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Update format documentation (Closes #2158)

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Philipp Hagemeister 2014-01-17 01:42:52 +01:00
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<li><a href="#d3">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="#d4">Supported sites</a></li>
<li><a href="#d5">Proxy support</a></li>
<li><a href="#d6">YouTube formats</a></li>
<li><a href="#d6">Video formats</a></li>
<li><a href="#d7">Output template</a></li>
<li><a href="#d8">Configuration</a></li>
</ul>
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<p>youtube-dl supports downloading videos through a proxy, by setting the <em>http_proxy</em> environment variable to the proxy URL, as in <code>http://proxy_machine_name:port/</code>.</p>
<h1 id="d6">YouTube formats</h1>
<h1 id="d6">YouTube Video</h1>
<p>Using the -f option and other related options, you can specify the video format to be downloaded from YouTube. If you have an order of preference, specify the formats separating them with slashes: <code>-f 22/17/18</code>. Instead of keeping a video format table here, I will refer you to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs">list of YouTube formats on Wikipedia</a>.</p>
<p>Using the -f option and other related options, you can specify the video format to be downloaded. Add the <code>-F</code> option to see all valid formats. If you have an order of preference other than best quality, specify the formats separating them with slashes: <code>-f 22/17/18</code>. You can also pass in an extension, like <code>-f mp4/webm</code>.</p>
<h1 id="d7">Output template</h1>