--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default
5)
- --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|xvid)
- --postprocessor-args Extra parameters for video post-processor.
+ --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
+ --postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor
-k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default
--no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default
--embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)
The following options are used by the post processors:
prefer_ffmpeg: If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
otherwise prefer avconv.
- postprocessor_args: Extra parameters for external apps, like avconv.
+ postprocessor_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
+ postprocessor.
"""
params = None
if not opts.audioquality.isdigit():
parser.error('invalid audio quality specified')
if opts.recodevideo is not None:
- if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv', 'xvid']:
+ if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv', 'avi']:
parser.error('invalid video recode format specified')
if opts.convertsubtitles is not None:
if opts.convertsubtitles not in ['srt', 'vtt', 'ass']:
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
- help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|xvid)')
+ help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
postproc.add_option(
'--postprocessor-args',
- dest='postprocessor_args', default=None, metavar='ARGS',
- help='Extra parameters for video post-processor.')
+ dest='postprocessor_args', metavar='ARGS',
+ help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor')
postproc.add_option(
'-k', '--keep-video',
action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
def run(self, information):
path = information['filepath']
prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition('.')
- ext = self._preferedformat
+ outpath = prefix + sep + self._preferedformat
options = self._extra_cmd_args
- if self._preferedformat == 'xvid':
- ext = 'avi'
+ if self._preferedformat == 'avi':
options.extend(['-c:v', 'libxvid', '-vtag', 'XVID'])
- outpath = prefix + sep + ext
if information['ext'] == self._preferedformat:
self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] Not converting video file %s - already is in target format %s' % (path, self._preferedformat))
return [], information
self.run_ffmpeg(path, outpath, options)
information['filepath'] = outpath
information['format'] = self._preferedformat
- information['ext'] = ext
+ information['ext'] = self._preferedformat
return [path], information