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| author | Sergey M <[email protected]> | 2016-02-03 19:18:25 +0500 |
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| committer | Sergey M <[email protected]> | 2016-02-03 19:18:25 +0500 |
| commit | c84d3a557de8eddc8e63adbd11ab40877f52c502 (patch) | |
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[README.md] Clarify unavailable sequences in output format
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@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. T - `format_id`: The sequence will be replaced by the format code specified by `--format`. - `duration`: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the video in seconds. +Note that some of the aforementioned sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, such sequences will be replaced with `NA`. + The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`. In some cases, you don't want special characters such as δΈ, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title: |