Merge remote-tracking branch 'jaimeMF/format_selection'

[youtube-dl.git] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 472ae9c0c7ef6a1f3aa5e122e8ad31778113c570..cd642ce3b5a58aca93e4fb6cc7c65d3a540cdc35 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
 
 
     video_format.add_option('-f', '--format',
-            action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT',
+            action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
             help='video format code, specifiy the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported')
     video_format.add_option('--all-formats',
             action='store_const', dest='format', help='download all available video formats', const='all')
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             help='languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'')
 
     downloader.add_option('-r', '--rate-limit',
-            dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
+            dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
     downloader.add_option('-R', '--retries',
             dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', help='number of retries (default is %default)', default=10)
     downloader.add_option('--buffer-size',
-            dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', help='size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) (default is %default)', default="1024")
+            dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', help='size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)', default="1024")
     downloader.add_option('--no-resize-buffer',
             action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer',
             help='do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.', default=False)