commit f4b659f782b65fbc52348c034bfc13ba1f7994ed
parent c70446c7dff09cba6b9ece2900692dd12954c2cd
Author: Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:33:54 +0200
Document order of preference for format selection (closes #798)
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
verbose)
## Video Format Options:
- -f, --format FORMAT video format code
+ -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
+ preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
--all-formats download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one
is requested
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
video_format.add_option('-f', '--format',
- action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', help='video format code')
+ action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT',
+ help='video format code, specifiy the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"')
video_format.add_option('--all-formats',
action='store_const', dest='format', help='download all available video formats', const='all')
video_format.add_option('--prefer-free-formats',