From 61ff2408e395eb723c9adc7e2d13d205f496836e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wm4 Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:38:58 +0200 Subject: manpage: document ytdl:// --- DOCS/man/mpv.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'DOCS') diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst index f4876ac00e..4ceae1ca27 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst @@ -646,6 +646,15 @@ PROTOCOLS either aliases to documented protocols, or are just redirections to protocols implemented and documented in FFmpeg. +``ytdl://...`` + By default, the youtube-dl hook script (enabled by default for mpv CLI) + only looks at http URLs. Prefixing an URL with ``ytdl://`` forces it to + be always processed by the script. This can also be used to invoke special + youtube-dl functionality like playing a video by ID or invoking search. + + Keep in mind that you can't pass youtube-dl command line options by this, + and you have to use ``--ytdl-raw-options`` instead. + ``-`` Play data from stdin. -- cgit v1.2.3