Improve subtitles support

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 873432bee4117fe8fd6c49f81cfac0991a388bcf..4fcf8c83dd1574347c0e3e5cc0473ee293b4c323 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help='lists all available subtitles for the video')
     subtitles.add_option(
         '--sub-format',
-        action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='srt',
-        help='subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube only)')
+        action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
+        help='subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "ass/srt/best"')
     subtitles.add_option(
         '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
         action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',