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diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 index 78efa3d315..d5967c8bfb 100644 --- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested .RE .TP .B \-F, \-\-list\-formats -List all available formats +List all available formats of specified videos .RS .RE .TP @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ Write subtitle file .RE .TP .B \-\-write\-auto\-sub -Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only) +Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only) .RS .RE .TP @@ -1132,6 +1132,20 @@ We\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube\-dl. +.SS Do I need any other programs? +.PP +youtube\-dl works fine on its own on most sites. +However, if you want to convert video/audio, you\[aq]ll need +avconv (https://libav.org/) or ffmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/). +On some sites \- most notably YouTube \- videos can be retrieved in a +higher quality format without sound. +youtube\-dl will detect whether avconv/ffmpeg is present and +automatically pick the best option. +.PP +Videos or video formats streamed via RTMP protocol can only be +downloaded when rtmpdump (https://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/) is installed. +Downloading MMS and RTSP videos requires either +mplayer (http://mplayerhq.hu/) or mpv (https://mpv.io/) to be installed. .SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? .PP Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as |