[downloader] Add --hls-prefer-native to use the native HLS downloader (#4966)

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Philipp Hagemeister 2015-02-17 12:09:12 +01:00
parent 1db5fbcfe3
commit 85729c51af
4 changed files with 12 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
call_home: Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
youtube-dl servers for debugging.
sleep_interval: Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
external_downloader: Executable of the external downloader to call.
listformats: Print an overview of available video formats and exit.
list_thumbnails: Print a table of all thumbnails and exit.
match_filter: A function that gets called with the info_dict of
@ -235,6 +234,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
match_filter_func in utils.py is one example for this.
no_color: Do not emit color codes in output.
The following options determine which downloader is picked:
external_downloader: Executable of the external downloader to call.
None or unset for standard (built-in) downloader.
hls_prefer_native: Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg/avconv.
The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
the FileDownloader:

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@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'match_filter': match_filter,
'no_color': opts.no_color,
'ffmpeg_location': opts.ffmpeg_location,
'hls_prefer_native': opts.hls_prefer_native,
}
with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:

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@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ def get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, params={}):
if ed.supports(info_dict):
return ed
if protocol == 'm3u8' and params.get('hls_prefer_native'):
return NativeHlsFD
return PROTOCOL_MAP.get(protocol, HttpFD)

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@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
'--xattr-set-filesize',
dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
help='(experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize')
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true',
help='(experimental) Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg.')
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',