youtube-dl

commit acda92f6bc76a81e6457448fdf371f9d04e0065d
parent ddfd0f2727797f42c807cfc55c6ffa2b2561343f
Author: Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>
Date:   Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:51:03 +0100

Clarify --no-playlist documentation (Closes #4309)

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README.md
 | 
3
++-
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youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
 | 
2
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youtube_dl/options.py
 | 
2
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3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
                                      COUNT views
     --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than
                                      COUNT views
-    --no-playlist                    download only the currently playing video
+    --no-playlist                    If the URL refers to a video and a
+                                     playlist, download only the video.
     --age-limit YEARS                download only videos suitable for the given
                                      age
     --download-archive FILE          Download only videos not listed in the
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     extract_flat:      Do not resolve URLs, return the immediate result.
                        Pass in 'in_playlist' to only show this behavior for
                        playlist items.
+    no_playlist:       If the URL contains both a playlist and a video ID,
+                       download the video, not the playlist.
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the FileDownloader:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     selection.add_option(
         '--no-playlist',
         action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
-        help='download only the currently playing video')
+        help='If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download only the video.')
     selection.add_option(
         '--age-limit',
         metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,