SponsorBlockPP,
)
from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
-from .update import detect_variant, is_non_updateable
+from .update import UPDATE_SOURCES, detect_variant, is_non_updateable
from .utils import (
OUTTMPL_TYPES,
POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
expand_path,
format_field,
get_executable_path,
+ get_system_config_dirs,
+ get_user_config_dirs,
join_nonempty,
orderedSet_from_options,
remove_end,
+ variadic,
write_string,
)
-from .version import __version__
+from .version import CHANNEL, __version__
def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
+ PACKAGE_NAME = 'yt-dlp'
+
root = Config(create_parser())
if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
- def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
- # .config
- xdg_config_home = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
- userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
- if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
- userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is not None:
- return userConf, userConfFile
-
- # appdata
- appdata_dir = os.getenv('appdata')
- if appdata_dir:
- userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is None:
- userConfFile += '.txt'
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is not None:
- return userConf, userConfFile
+ def read_config(*paths):
+ path = os.path.join(*paths)
+ conf = Config.read_file(path, default=None)
+ if conf is not None:
+ return conf, path
- # home
- userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is None:
- userConfFile += '.txt'
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is not None:
- return userConf, userConfFile
+ def _load_from_config_dirs(config_dirs):
+ for config_dir in config_dirs:
+ head, tail = os.path.split(config_dir)
+ assert tail == PACKAGE_NAME or config_dir == os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), f'.{PACKAGE_NAME}')
- return default, None
+ yield read_config(head, f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf')
+ if tail.startswith('.'): # ~/.PACKAGE_NAME
+ yield read_config(head, f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf.txt')
+ yield read_config(config_dir, 'config')
+ yield read_config(config_dir, 'config.txt')
- def add_config(label, path, user=False):
+ def add_config(label, path=None, func=None):
""" Adds config and returns whether to continue """
if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
return False
- # Multiple package names can be given here
- # E.g. ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
- # the configuration file of any of these three packages
- for package in ('yt-dlp',):
- if user:
- args, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
- else:
- current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
- args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
- if args is not None:
- root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
- return True
+ elif func:
+ assert path is None
+ args, current_path = next(
+ filter(None, _load_from_config_dirs(func(PACKAGE_NAME))), (None, None))
+ else:
+ current_path = os.path.join(path, 'yt-dlp.conf')
+ args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
+ if args is not None:
+ root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
return True
def load_configs():
yield not ignore_config_files
yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_known_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
- yield add_config('User', None, user=True)
- yield add_config('System', '/etc')
+ yield add_config('User', func=get_user_config_dirs)
+ yield add_config('System', func=get_system_config_dirs)
opts = optparse.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False})
try:
try:
- if overrideArguments:
+ if overrideArguments is not None:
root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
else:
root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
- # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
+ # optparse is deprecated since Python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
ALIAS_DEST = '_triggered_aliases'
ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT = 100
raise
return self.check_values(self.values, self.largs)
- def error(self, msg):
+ def _generate_error_message(self, msg):
msg = f'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
- raise optparse.OptParseError(f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg)
+ return f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg
+
+ def error(self, msg):
+ raise optparse.OptParseError(self._generate_error_message(msg))
def _get_args(self, args):
return sys.argv[1:] if args is None else list(args)
if multiple_keys:
allowed_keys = fr'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
mobj = re.match(
- fr'(?i)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
+ fr'(?is)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
value[0] if multiple_args else value)
if mobj is not None:
keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
if multiple_args:
val = [val, *value[1:]]
elif default_key is not None:
- keys, val = [default_key], value
+ keys, val = variadic(default_key), value
else:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(
f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
+ def when_prefix(default):
+ return {
+ 'default': {},
+ 'type': 'str',
+ 'action': 'callback',
+ 'callback': _dict_from_options_callback,
+ 'callback_kwargs': {
+ 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
+ 'default_key': default,
+ 'multiple_keys': False,
+ 'append': True,
+ },
+ }
+
parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
alias_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Aliases')
Formatter = string.Formatter()
aliases = (x if x.startswith('-') else f'--{x}' for x in map(str.strip, aliases.split(',')))
try:
+ args = [f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)]
alias_group.add_option(
- *aliases, help=opts, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
- metavar=' '.join(f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)), action='callback',
+ *aliases, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
+ metavar=' '.join(args), help=opts.format(*args), action='callback',
callback=_alias_callback, callback_kwargs={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs})
except Exception as err:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
help='Print program version and exit')
general.add_option(
'-U', '--update',
- action='store_true', dest='update_self',
+ action='store_const', dest='update_self', const=CHANNEL,
help=format_field(
is_non_updateable(), None, 'Check if updates are available. %s',
- default='Update this program to the latest version'))
+ default=f'Update this program to the latest {CHANNEL} version'))
general.add_option(
'--no-update',
action='store_false', dest='update_self',
help='Do not check for updates (default)')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--update-to',
+ action='store', dest='update_self', metavar='[CHANNEL]@[TAG]',
+ help=(
+ 'Upgrade/downgrade to a specific version. CHANNEL can be a repository as well. '
+ f'CHANNEL and TAG default to "{CHANNEL.partition("@")[0]}" and "latest" respectively if omitted; '
+ f'See "UPDATE" for details. Supported channels: {", ".join(UPDATE_SOURCES)}'))
general.add_option(
'-i', '--ignore-errors',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
'--ignore-config', '--no-config',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
help=(
- 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
+ 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given to --config-locations. '
'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
'(Alias: --no-config)'))
general.add_option(
general.add_option(
'--no-flat-playlist',
action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
- help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
+ help='Fully extract the videos of a playlist (default)')
general.add_option(
'--live-from-start',
action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
general.add_option(
'--no-colors', '--no-colours',
- action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
- help='Do not emit color codes in output (Alias: --no-colours)')
+ action='store_const', dest='color', const={
+ 'stdout': 'no_color',
+ 'stderr': 'no_color',
+ },
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ general.add_option(
+ '--color',
+ dest='color', metavar='[STREAM:]POLICY', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': 'stdout|stderr',
+ 'default_key': ['stdout', 'stderr'],
+ 'process': str.strip,
+ }, help=(
+ 'Whether to emit color codes in output, optionally prefixed by '
+ 'the STREAM (stdout or stderr) to apply the setting to. '
+ 'Can be one of "always", "auto" (default), "never", or '
+ '"no_color" (use non color terminal sequences). '
+ 'Can be used multiple times'))
general.add_option(
'--compat-options',
metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_values': {
'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
- 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
- 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley',
- 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
+ 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge', 'playlist-match-filter',
+ 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'no-external-downloader-progress',
+ 'embed-metadata', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
+ 'prefer-legacy-http-handler', 'manifest-filesize-approx'
}, 'aliases': {
- 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
- 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
+ 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams', '-playlist-match-filter', '-manifest-filesize-approx'],
+ 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', '-playlist-match-filter', '-manifest-filesize-approx'],
+ '2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
+ '2022': ['2023', 'no-external-downloader-progress', 'playlist-match-filter', 'prefer-legacy-http-handler', 'manifest-filesize-approx'],
+ '2023': [],
}
}, help=(
'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
)
+ network.add_option(
+ '--impersonate',
+ metavar='CLIENT[:OS]', dest='impersonate', default=None,
+ help=(
+ 'Client to impersonate for requests. E.g. chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. '
+ 'Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client.'),
+ )
+ network.add_option(
+ '--list-impersonate-targets',
+ dest='list_impersonate_targets', default=False, action='store_true',
+ help='List available clients to impersonate.',
+ )
network.add_option(
'-4', '--force-ipv4',
action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
help='Make all connections via IPv6',
)
+ network.add_option(
+ '--enable-file-urls', action='store_true',
+ dest='enable_file_urls', default=False,
+ help='Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by default for security reasons.'
+ )
geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
geo.add_option(
'--cn-verification-proxy',
dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ geo.add_option(
+ '--xff', metavar='VALUE',
+ dest='geo_bypass', default='default',
+ help=(
+ 'How to fake X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to try bypassing geographic restriction. '
+ 'One of "default" (only when known to be useful), "never", '
+ 'an IP block in CIDR notation, or a two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code'))
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass',
- action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
- help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)')
+ action='store_const', dest='geo_bypass', const='default',
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
geo.add_option(
'--no-geo-bypass',
- action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass',
- help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
+ action='store_const', dest='geo_bypass', const='never',
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
geo.add_option(
- '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
- dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
- help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
+ '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE', dest='geo_bypass',
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
geo.add_option(
- '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
- dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
- help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
+ '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK', dest='geo_bypass',
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
selection.add_option(
'-I', '--playlist-items',
dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
help=(
- 'Comma separated playlist_index of the videos to download. '
+ 'Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download. '
'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
- 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the videos at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
+ 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
selection.add_option(
'--min-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
- help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
+ help='Abort download if filesize is smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
selection.add_option(
'--max-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
- help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
+ help='Abort download if filesize is larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
selection.add_option(
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
help=(
- 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
- '[now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. E.g. --date today-2weeks'))
+ 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
+ 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format [now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. '
+ 'E.g. "--date today-2weeks" downloads only videos uploaded on the same day two weeks ago'))
selection.add_option(
'--datebefore',
metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (caseless). '
'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
selection.add_option(
- '--no-match-filter',
- metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
- help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
+ '--no-match-filters',
+ dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not use any --match-filter (default)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--break-match-filters',
+ metavar='FILTER', dest='breaking_match_filter', action='append',
+ help='Same as "--match-filters" but stops the download process when a video is rejected')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-break-match-filters',
+ dest='breaking_match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not use any --break-match-filters (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--no-playlist',
action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
'--break-on-existing',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-break-on-existing',
+ action='store_false', dest='break_on_existing',
+ help='Do not stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--break-on-reject',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
- help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
'--break-per-input',
action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
- help='--break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, --max-downloads, and autonumber resets per input URL')
+ help='Alters --max-downloads, --break-on-existing, --break-match-filter, and autonumber to reset per input URL')
selection.add_option(
'--no-break-per-input',
action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
'--netrc-location',
dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '--netrc-cmd',
+ dest='netrc_cmd', metavar='NETRC_CMD',
+ help='Command to execute to get the credentials for an extractor.')
authentication.add_option(
'--video-password',
dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
+ help='Video-specific password')
authentication.add_option(
'--ap-mso',
dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
'This option can be used multiple times to set the sleep for the different retry types, '
'e.g. --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
downloader.add_option(
- '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
+ '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
- help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
+ help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments)')
downloader.add_option(
- '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
+ '--abort-on-unavailable-fragments', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
help='Abort download if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
downloader.add_option(
'--download-sections',
metavar='REGEX', dest='download_ranges', action='append',
help=(
- 'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
- 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
+ 'Download only chapters that match the regular expression. '
+ 'A "*" prefix denotes time-range instead of chapter. Negative timestamps are calculated from the end. '
+ '"*from-url" can be used to download between the "start_time" and "end_time" extracted from the URL. '
'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
downloader.add_option(
metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
workarounds.add_option(
- '--add-header',
+ '--add-headers',
metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
verbosity.add_option(
'-q', '--quiet',
- action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=None,
help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--no-quiet',
+ action='store_false', dest='quiet',
+ help='Deactivate quiet mode. (Default)')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-warnings',
dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
verbosity.add_option(
'-O', '--print',
- metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', default={}, type='str',
- action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
- 'default_key': 'video',
- 'multiple_keys': False,
- 'append': True,
- }, help=(
+ metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', **when_prefix('video'),
+ help=(
'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
- 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: video). '
'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
'This option can be used multiple times'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--print-to-file',
- metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', default={}, type='str', nargs=2,
- action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
- 'default_key': 'video',
- 'multiple_keys': False,
- 'append': True,
- }, help=(
+ metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', nargs=2, **when_prefix('video'),
+ help=(
'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
verbosity.add_option(
verbosity.add_option(
'-j', '--dump-json',
action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
- help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
+ help=(
+ 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
+ 'See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys'))
verbosity.add_option(
'-J', '--dump-single-json',
action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
filesystem.add_option(
'--output-na-placeholder',
dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
- help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "%default")'))
+ help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in --output (default: "%default")'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-size',
dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
'--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
help=(
- 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
- 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
+ 'Remove some internal metadata such as filenames from the infojson (default)'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--parse-metadata',
- metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
+ metavar='[WHEN:]FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', **when_prefix('pre_process'),
help=(
- 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
- 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
+ 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details. '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--replace-in-metadata',
- dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
- help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
+ dest='parse_metadata', metavar='[WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', nargs=3, **when_prefix('pre_process'),
+ help=(
+ 'Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times. '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--xattrs', '--xattr',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
postproc.add_option(
'--exec',
- metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', default={}, type='str',
- action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
- 'default_key': 'after_move',
- 'multiple_keys': False,
- 'append': True,
- }, help=(
- 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it (after_move if unspecified), separated by a ":". '
- 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor. '
+ metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', **when_prefix('after_move'),
+ help=(
+ 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it, separated by a ":". '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: after_move). '
'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
- 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
- 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
+ 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath,_filename|)q is appended to the end of the command. '
'This option can be used multiple times'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-exec',
'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
- '"before_dl" (before each video download), "post_process" (after each video download; default), '
+ '"video" (after --format; before --print/--output), "before_dl" (before each video download), '
+ '"post_process" (after each video download; default), '
'"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
'"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
'--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
+ 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys()),
# Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
# The filler category is very aggressive.
# It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
- f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
+ f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys())} are not available'))
sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
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