Add --prefer-insecure option (Fixes #2364)

2014-03-21 00:33:53 +01:00
parent d2983ccb25
commit 7e8c0af004
3 changed files with 15 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                       again.
    cookiefile:        File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to.
    nocheckcertificate:Do not verify SSL certificates
+    prefer_insecure:   Use HTTP instead of HTTPS to retrieve information.
+                       At the moment, this is only supported by YouTube.
    proxy:             URL of the proxy server to use
    socket_timeout:    Time to wait for unresponsive hosts, in seconds
    bidi_workaround:   Work around buggy terminals without bidirectional text