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@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ ## Network Options:
 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER          playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            playlist video to end at (default is last)
+    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       playlist video items to download. Specify
+                                     indices of the videos in the playlist
+                                     seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items
+                                     1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
+                                     indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
+                                     specify range: "--playlist-items
+                                     1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
+                                     at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
     --match-title REGEX              download only matching titles (regex or
                                      caseless sub-string)
     --reject-title REGEX             skip download for matching titles (regex or
@@ -124,7 +132,8 @@ ## Video Selection:
 ## Download Options:
     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT           maximum download rate in bytes per second
                                      (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
-    -R, --retries RETRIES            number of retries (default is 10)
+    -R, --retries RETRIES            number of retries (default is 10), or
+                                     "infinite".
     --buffer-size SIZE               size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
                                      (default is 1024)
     --no-resize-buffer               do not automatically adjust the buffer
@@ -132,6 +141,11 @@ ## Download Options:
                                      automatically resized from an initial value
                                      of SIZE.
     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order
+    --xattr-set-filesize             (experimental) set file xattribute
+                                     ytdl.filesize with expected filesize
+    --external-downloader COMMAND    (experimental) Use the specified external
+                                     downloader. Currently supports
+                                     aria2c,curl,wget
 
 ## Filesystem Options:
     -a, --batch-file FILE            file containing URLs to download ('-' for
@@ -191,7 +205,6 @@ ## Filesystem Options:
     --write-info-json                write video metadata to a .info.json file
     --write-annotations              write video annotations to a .annotation
                                      file
-    --write-thumbnail                write thumbnail image to disk
     --load-info FILE                 json file containing the video information
                                      (created with the "--write-json" option)
     --cookies FILE                   file to read cookies from and dump cookie
@@ -206,6 +219,12 @@ ## Filesystem Options:
     --no-cache-dir                   Disable filesystem caching
     --rm-cache-dir                   Delete all filesystem cache files
 
+## Thumbnail images:
+    --write-thumbnail                write thumbnail image to disk
+    --write-all-thumbnails           write all thumbnail image formats to disk
+    --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail
+                                     formats
+
 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
     -q, --quiet                      activates quiet mode
     --no-warnings                    Ignore warnings
@@ -259,6 +278,8 @@ ## Workarounds:
     --bidi-workaround                Work around terminals that lack
                                      bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
                                      or fribidi executable in PATH
+    --sleep-interval SECONDS         Number of seconds to sleep before each
+                                     download.
 
 ## Video Format Options:
     -f, --format FORMAT              video format code, specify the order of
@@ -267,10 +288,22 @@ ## Video Format Options:
                                      by extension for the extensions aac, m4a,
                                      mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. You can also use
                                      the special names "best", "bestvideo",
-                                     "bestaudio", "worst".  By default, youtube-
-                                     dl will pick the best quality. Use commas
-                                     to download multiple audio formats, such as
-                                     -f
+                                     "bestaudio", "worst".  You can filter the
+                                     video results by putting a condition in
+                                     brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]" (or
+                                     -f "[filesize>10M]").  This works for
+                                     filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, and vbr
+                                     and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != .
+                                     Formats for which the value is not known
+                                     are excluded unless you put a question mark
+                                     (?) after the operator. You can combine
+                                     format filters, so  -f "[height <=?
+                                     720][tbr>500]" selects up to 720p videos
+                                     (or videos where the height is not known)
+                                     with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. By
+                                     default, youtube-dl will pick the best
+                                     quality. Use commas to download multiple
+                                     audio formats, such as -f
                                      136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.
                                      You can merge the video and audio of two
                                      formats into a single file using -f <video-
@@ -572,7 +605,7 @@ ### Adding support for a new site
 5. Add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py).
 6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will be then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc.
 7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). Add tests and code for as many as you want.
-8. If you can, check the code with [pyflakes](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes) (a good idea) and [pep8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8) (optional, ignore E501).
+8. If you can, check the code with [flake8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8).
 9. When the tests pass, [add](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files and [commit](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 
         $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py