s#phihag#rg3

[youtube-dl.git] / README.md

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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 ## OPTIONS
     -h, --help               print this help text and exit
     -v, --version            print program version and exit
-    -U, --update             update this program to latest stable version
+    -U, --update             update this program to latest version
     -i, --ignore-errors      continue on download errors
     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT   download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
     -R, --retries RETRIES    number of retries (default is 10)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to d
 
 ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What''s this?
 
-Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/phihag/youtube-dl/issues/8), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
+Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
 
 ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
 
@@ -80,11 +80,23 @@ Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://w
 
 The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
 
+### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
+
+youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
+
 ## COPYRIGHT
-**youtube-dl**: Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. The program is
-released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This README file was
-originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is
-likewise released into the public domain.
+
+youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
+
+This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
 
 ## BUGS
-Bugs should be reported at: <https://github.com/phihag/youtube-dl/issues>
+
+Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
+
+Please include:
+
+* Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
+* The output of `youtube-dl --version`
+* The output of `python --version`
+* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).