Hi Rogerio, Your suggestion makes a lot of sense. Please find a new patch for the manfile. The explanation of the codes is taken from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs Regards, Nicola 2010/11/30 Rogério Brito <rbr...@ime.usp.br> > Hi, Nicola. > > On Nov 30 2010, Nicola Ferralis wrote: > > Description: Add explanation in help menu about movie format code > > Author: Nicola Ferralis <feran...@hotmail.com> > > Debian-bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605311 > > (...) > > > - action='store', dest='format', > metavar='FORMAT', help='video format code') > > + action='store', dest='format', > metavar='FORMAT', help='video format code: WebM (480p: 43 - 720p: 45) - > Mobile 360p: 18 - H264 (720p: 22 - 1080p: 37)') > > I am not willing to apply a patch to the script itself, but I will *gladly* > accept patches to the manpage, with more detailed descriptions of the > meaning of what the video formats may mean. > > There are some reasons for that: > > * The source code is more volatile than the documentation. > > * The meaning of the video formats vary from site to site. > > For instance, I usually grab videos from video.google.com and the meaning > of the format there is not the same as for youtube. I am also implementing > upstream the ability to grab videos from vimeo.com and it seems that, > there, > we only have SD and HD videos. > > * The manpage can hold a detailed description of the details above, while > having them in the source code is not the right place. > > So, if you send me a patch to the manpage, I am willing to upload a new > revision of the package. > > > Regards, > > -- > Rogério Brito : rbr...@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 4096R/BCFCAAAA > http://rb.doesntexist.org : Packages for LaTeX : algorithms.berlios.de > DebianQA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=rbrito%40ime.usp.br >
Description: Add explanation in manpage about movie format code Author: Nicola Ferralis <feran...@hotmail.com> Origin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs Debian-bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605311 diff -Nru rg3-youtube-dl-f8dc441.orig//debian/youtube-dl.1 rg3-youtube-dl-f8dc441/debian/youtube-dl.1 --- rg3-youtube-dl-f8dc441.orig//debian/youtube-dl.1 2010-08-09 10:38:59.000000000 -0700 +++ rg3-youtube-dl-f8dc441/debian/youtube-dl.1 2010-11-30 14:41:19.840755711 -0800 @@ -189,8 +189,10 @@ home directory. The machine name is youtube regarding this usage. .IP "\-f \fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR, \-\-format=\fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR" 4 .IX Item "-f FMT, --format=FMT" -Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video. Note -that not all videos are available in all formats. +Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video. +WebM (480p: 43 - 720p: 45) - H264 (480p: 18 - 720p: 22 - 1080p: 37) - +H263 400x240: 5 - FLV-H264 (640x360: 34 - 854x480: 35) - 3GP: 17 +Note that not all videos are available in all formats. .IP "\-b, \-\-best\-quality" 4 .IX Item "-b, --best-quality" This option is deprecated, does nothing currently, and is expected to be
