allowing to play the video while
downloading (some players may not be able
to play it)
- --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
- Currently supports
- aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
- --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
- downloader
+ --external-downloader NAME Use the specified external downloader.
+ Currently supports aria2c, avconv, axel,
+ curl, ffmpeg, httpie, wget
+ --downloader-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the external
+ downloader. Specify the downloader name and
+ the arguments separated by a colon ":". You
+ can use this option multiple times (Alias:
+ --external-downloader-args)
## Filesystem Options:
-a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
'key': 'ExecAfterDownload',
'exec_cmd': opts.exec_cmd,
})
- external_downloader_args = None
- if opts.external_downloader_args:
- external_downloader_args = compat_shlex_split(opts.external_downloader_args)
if 'default-compat' in opts.postprocessor_args and 'default' not in opts.postprocessor_args:
opts.postprocessor_args.setdefault('sponskrub', [])
'ffmpeg_location': opts.ffmpeg_location,
'hls_prefer_native': opts.hls_prefer_native,
'hls_use_mpegts': opts.hls_use_mpegts,
- 'external_downloader_args': external_downloader_args,
+ 'external_downloader_args': opts.external_downloader_args,
'postprocessor_args': opts.postprocessor_args,
'cn_verification_proxy': opts.cn_verification_proxy,
'geo_verification_proxy': opts.geo_verification_proxy,
return cli_valueless_option(self.params, command_option, param, expected_value)
def _configuration_args(self, default=[]):
- return cli_configuration_args(self.params, 'external_downloader_args', default)
+ args = self.params.get('external_downloader_args', {})
+ if isinstance(args, (list, tuple)): # for backward compatibility
+ return args
+ if args is None:
+ return default
+ assert isinstance(args, dict)
+
+ dl_args = args.get(self.get_basename().lower())
+ if dl_args is None:
+ dl_args = args.get('default', default)
+ assert isinstance(dl_args, (list, tuple))
+ return dl_args
+
def _call_downloader(self, tmpfilename, info_dict):
""" Either overwrite this or implement _make_cmd """
'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)'))
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
- dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
+ dest='external_downloader', metavar='NAME',
help=(
'Use the specified external downloader. '
- 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders())))
+ 'Currently supports %s' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
downloader.add_option(
- '--external-downloader-args',
- dest='external_downloader_args', metavar='ARGS',
- help='Give these arguments to the external downloader')
+ '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
+ metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={'default_key': 'default', 'process': compat_shlex_split},
+ help=(
+ 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
+ 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
+ 'You can use this option multiple times (Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
workarounds.add_option(