[rh:requests] Add handler for `requests` HTTP library (#3668)

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / options.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 9d6dbec9fce28d07e2a90331c5692ec780f9af1d..4254974fcbe99bbed2c88d0c0d06efbd6a6bd220 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -471,11 +471,12 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
                 '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'
             }, 'aliases': {
                 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams', '-playlist-match-filter'],
                 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', '-playlist-match-filter'],
                 '2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
-                '2022': ['no-external-downloader-progress', 'playlist-match-filter'],
+                '2022': ['no-external-downloader-progress', 'playlist-match-filter', 'prefer-legacy-http-handler'],
             }
         }, help=(
             'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
     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',
@@ -1012,8 +1013,9 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
         '--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(