commit c84d3a557de8eddc8e63adbd11ab40877f52c502
parent 6ad2b01e14fe22e4607ea16cebbd13b4270505ca
Author: Sergey M <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 19:18:25 +0500
[README.md] Clarify unavailable sequences in output format
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. T
- `format_id`: The sequence will be replaced by the format code specified by `--format`.
- `duration`: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the video in seconds.
+Note that some of the aforementioned sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, such sequences will be replaced with `NA`.
+
The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
In some cases, you don't want special characters such as δΈ, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title: