From c2b61af54827373780415edce92b971b43ceead1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaime=20Marqui=CC=81nez=20Ferra=CC=81ndiz?= Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 15:09:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [options] Document the syntax for merging formats (closes #3940, closes #4132) --- youtube_dl/options.py | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py index 997e92ad7..cdcf2f62c 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/options.py +++ b/youtube_dl/options.py @@ -261,7 +261,16 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts): video_format.add_option( '-f', '--format', action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None, - help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". 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') + help='video format code, specify the order of preference using' + ' slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also' + ' supported. You can also use the special names "best",' + ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and' + ' "worstaudio". 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 + (requires ffmpeg or' + ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.') video_format.add_option( '--all-formats', action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',