added --srt-lang; updated README; extended the -g FAQ

[youtube-dl.git] / README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4adcb1f..1f752b9 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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
+    --version                print program version and exit
     -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)
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --get-format             simulate, quiet but print output format
     --no-progress            do not print progress bar
     --console-title          display progress in console titlebar
+    -v, --verbose            print various debugging information
 
 ### Video Format Options:
     -f, --format FORMAT      video format code
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
                              requested
     --max-quality FORMAT     highest quality format to download
     -F, --list-formats       list all available formats (currently youtube only)
+    --write-srt              write video closed captions to a .srt file
+                             (currently youtube only)
+    --srt-lang LANG          language of the closed captions to download
+                             (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en'
 
 ### Authentication Options:
     -u, --username USERNAME  account username
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://w
 
 ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
 
-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.
+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. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
 
 ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info