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Diffstat (limited to 'yt_dlp/options.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | yt_dlp/options.py | 30 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py index e70471282..55c2b9aa3 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/options.py +++ b/yt_dlp/options.py @@ -190,15 +190,15 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): general.add_option( '--dump-user-agent', action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False, - help='Display the current browser identification') + help='Display the current browser identification and exit') general.add_option( '--list-extractors', action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False, - help='List all supported extractors') + help='List all supported extractors and exit') general.add_option( '--extractor-descriptions', action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False, - help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors') + help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit') general.add_option( '--force-generic-extractor', action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False, @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): video_format.add_option( '-F', '--list-formats', action='store_true', dest='listformats', - help='List all available formats of requested videos') + help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used') video_format.add_option( '--list-formats-as-table', action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True, @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): subtitles.add_option( '--list-subs', action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False, - help='List all available subtitles for the video') + help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used') subtitles.add_option( '--sub-format', action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best', @@ -788,9 +788,13 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): help='Ignore warnings') verbosity.add_option( '-s', '--simulate', - action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False, + action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None, help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk') verbosity.add_option( + '--no-simulate', + action='store_false', dest='simulate', + help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used') + verbosity.add_option( '--ignore-no-formats-error', action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False, help=( @@ -809,8 +813,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): action='callback', dest='forceprint', type='str', default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None}, help=( - 'Simulate, quiet but print the given fields. Either a field name ' - 'or similar formatting as the output template can be used')) + 'Quiet, but print the given fields for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. ' + 'Either a field name or same syntax as the output template can be used')) verbosity.add_option( '-g', '--get-url', action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False, @@ -846,17 +850,17 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): verbosity.add_option( '-j', '--dump-json', action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False, - help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys') + help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys') verbosity.add_option( '-J', '--dump-single-json', action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False, help=( - 'Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. ' - 'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line')) + 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. ' + 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line')) verbosity.add_option( '--print-json', action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False, - help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded)') + help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP) verbosity.add_option( '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive', action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False, @@ -1127,7 +1131,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): thumbnail.add_option( '--list-thumbnails', action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False, - help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats') + help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used') link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options') link.add_option( |