mkv/mka video files
--no-embed-info-json Do not embed the infojson as an attachment
to the video file
- --parse-metadata FROM:TO Parse additional metadata like title/artist
+ --parse-metadata [WHEN:]FROM:TO
+ Parse additional metadata like title/artist
from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA"
- for details
- --replace-in-metadata FIELDS REGEX REPLACE
+ for details. Supported values of "WHEN" are
+ the same as that of --use-postprocessor
+ (default: pre_process)
+ --replace-in-metadata [WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE
Replace text in a metadata field using the
given regex. This option can be used
- multiple times
+ multiple times. Supported values of "WHEN"
+ are the same as that of --use-postprocessor
+ (default: pre_process)
--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
(using dublin core and xdg standards)
--concat-playlist POLICY Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of
raise ValueError(f'{cmd} is invalid; {err}')
yield action
- parse_metadata = opts.parse_metadata or []
if opts.metafromtitle is not None:
- parse_metadata.append('title:%s' % opts.metafromtitle)
- opts.parse_metadata = list(itertools.chain(*map(metadataparser_actions, parse_metadata)))
+ opts.parse_metadata.setdefault('pre_process', []).append('title:%s' % opts.metafromtitle)
+ opts.parse_metadata = {
+ k: list(itertools.chain(*map(metadataparser_actions, v)))
+ for k, v in opts.parse_metadata.items()
+ }
# Other options
if opts.playlist_items is not None:
def get_postprocessors(opts):
yield from opts.add_postprocessors
- if opts.parse_metadata:
+ for when, actions in opts.parse_metadata.items():
yield {
'key': 'MetadataParser',
- 'actions': opts.parse_metadata,
- 'when': 'pre_process'
+ 'actions': actions,
+ 'when': when
}
sponsorblock_query = opts.sponsorblock_mark | opts.sponsorblock_remove
if sponsorblock_query:
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,