From 4c8f9c2577da2f4ba7300d44613599e96cde5c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Sergey=20M=E2=80=A4?= Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:27:15 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] [README.md] Add comments in sample configuration for clarity --- README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 04f423c17..e01b71cff 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -412,11 +412,19 @@ You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a c For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory: ``` +# Lines starting with # are comments + +# Always extract audio -x + +# Do not copy the mtime --no-mtime + +# Use this proxy --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128 + +# Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s -# Lines starting with # are comments ``` Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`. -- 2.22.2