From: Filippo Valsorda Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:55:18 +0000 (+0200) Subject: New FAQ: What is this binary file? (+ small fix to other one) X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5cdfaeb37bd17870979686b961ab9859938d09ce;p=youtube-dl New FAQ: What is this binary file? (+ small fix to other one) --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 147168949..9712e5358 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not suppor youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. -### SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character ### +### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ### The error @@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like th git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git cd youtube-dl - python -m youtube-dl --help + python -m youtube_dl --help Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. +### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone? + +Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make compile`. + # COPYRIGHT youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.