Option to choose different downloader for different protocols

* Renamed `--external-downloader-args` to `--downloader-args`
* Added `native` as an option for the downloader
* Use similar syntax to `--downloader-args` etc. Eg: `--downloader dash:native --downloader aria2c`
* Deprecated `--hls-prefer-native` and `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg` since the same can now be done with `--downloader "m3u8:native"` and `m3u8:ffmpeg` respectively
* Split `frag_urls` protocol into `m3u8_frag_urls` and `dash_frag_urls`
* Standardize shortening of protocol names with `downloader.shorten_protocol_name`
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pukkandan
2021-04-10 20:38:33 +05:30
parent d818eb7473
commit 52a8a1e1b9
7 changed files with 95 additions and 33 deletions

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@@ -639,11 +639,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg')
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
help='Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS downloader')
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-use-mpegts',
dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
@@ -659,11 +659,20 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='NAME',
'--downloader', '--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
'default_key': 'default', 'process': lambda x: x.strip()},
help=(
'Name or path of the external downloader to use. '
'Currently supports %s (Recommended: aria2c)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
'(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',