[core] Load plugins on demand (#11305)

- Adds `--no-plugin-dirs` to disable plugin loading - `--plugin-dirs` now supports post-processors Authored by: coletdjnz, Grub4K, pukkandan
2026-09-13 04:05:57 +00:00 · 2025-02-23 11:00:46 +13:00
parent 3a1583ca75
commit 4445f37a7a
24 changed files with 527 additions and 175 deletions
@@ -337,10 +337,11 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
    --plugin-dirs PATH              Path to an additional directory to search
                                    for plugins. This option can be used
                                    multiple times to add multiple directories.
-                                    Note that this currently only works for
-                                    extractor plugins; postprocessor plugins can
-                                    only be loaded from the default plugin
-                                    directories
+                                    Use "default" to search the default plugin
+                                    directories (default)
+    --no-plugin-dirs                Clear plugin directories to search,
+                                    including defaults and those provided by
+                                    previous --plugin-dirs
    --flat-playlist                 Do not extract a playlist's URL result
                                    entries; some entry metadata may be missing
                                    and downloading may be bypassed