diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9442c1ba7..5474a959c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1265,41 +1265,57 @@ Plugins are loaded from `/ytdlp_plugins//__init__.py`. Currently These are all the deprecated options and the current alternative to achieve the same effect - --cn-verification-proxy URL --geo-verification-proxy URL - --id -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" - -A, --auto-number -o "%(autonumber)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" - -t, --title -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" - -l, --literal -o accepts literal names +#### Not recommended +While these options still work, their use is not recommended since there are other alternatives to achieve the same effect + --all-formats -f all --all-subs --sub-langs all --write-subs --autonumber-size NUMBER Use string formatting. Eg: %(autonumber)03d --autonumber-start NUMBER Use internal field formatting like %(autonumber+NUMBER)s --metadata-from-title FORMAT --parse-metadata "%(title)s:FORMAT" - --prefer-avconv avconv is no longer officially supported (Alias: --no-prefer-ffmpeg) - --prefer-ffmpeg Default (Alias: --no-prefer-avconv) --hls-prefer-native --downloader "m3u8:native" --hls-prefer-ffmpeg --downloader "m3u8:ffmpeg" - --avconv-location avconv is no longer officially supported - -C, --call-home Not implemented - --no-call-home Default - --include-ads Not implemented - --no-include-ads Default - --write-srt --write-subs + --sponskrub-args ARGS --ppa "sponskrub:ARGS" + --test Used by developers for testing extractors. Not intended for the end user + + +#### Old aliases +These are aliases that are no longer documented for various reasons + + --avconv-location --ffmpeg-location + --cn-verification-proxy URL --geo-verification-proxy URL + --dump-headers --print-traffic + --dump-intermediate-pages --dump-pages + --force-write-download-archive --force-write-archive + --load-info --load-info-json + --no-split-tracks --no-split-chapters --no-write-srt --no-write-subs - --srt-lang LANGS --sub-langs LANGS --prefer-unsecure --prefer-insecure --rate-limit RATE --limit-rate RATE - --force-write-download-archive --force-write-archive - --dump-intermediate-pages --dump-pages - --dump-headers --print-traffic - --youtube-print-sig-code No longer supported + --split-tracks --split-chapters + --srt-lang LANGS --sub-langs LANGS --trim-file-names LENGTH --trim-filenames LENGTH + --write-srt --write-subs --yes-overwrites --force-overwrites - --load-info --load-info-json - --split-tracks --split-chapters - --no-split-tracks --no-split-chapters - --sponskrub-args ARGS --ppa "sponskrub:ARGS" - --test Only used for testing extractors + +#### No longer supported +These options may no longer work as intended + + --prefer-avconv avconv is not officially supported by yt-dlp (Alias: --no-prefer-ffmpeg) + --prefer-ffmpeg Default (Alias: --no-prefer-avconv) + -C, --call-home Not implemented + --no-call-home Default + --include-ads No longer supported + --no-include-ads Default + --youtube-print-sig-code No longer supported + --id -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" + -A, --auto-number -o "%(autonumber)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" + -t, --title -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" + -l, --literal -o accepts literal names + +#### Removed +Currently, there are no options that have been completely removed. But there are plans to remove the old output options `-A`,`-t`, `-l`, `--id` (which have been deprecated since 2014) in the near future. If you are still using these, please move to using `--output` instead + # MORE