[downloader/external] Add support for custom options (Fixes #4885, closes #5098)

[youtube-dl.git] / youtube_dl / downloader / common.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
index 3ae90021a28e661ab532a2d42a7c4e0826d1f46f..8ed5c19a6b8079c9807faa4fa7a505a398974975 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
     max_filesize:       Skip files larger than this size
     xattr_set_filesize: Set ytdl.filesize user xattribute with expected size.
                         (experimenatal)
+    external_downloader_args:  A list of additional command-line arguments for the
+                        external downloader.
 
     Subclasses of this one must re-define the real_download method.
     """