customize --external-downloader option

[remitamine]

is there any way to edit the options of the external downloader.
as i see in the file external.py there is an argument for aria2 '--max-connection-per-server', '4' passed to the cmd variable,can i edit this to other variable other than 4.
in general it will a good thing to have a way to customize the external downloader.

[HASJ]

seconded.

[AndyHoang]

3th 👍

[phihag]

Since youtube-dl 2015.03.03.1, you can use the --external-downloader-args parameter if you want to configure other settings than the default for that downloader. See our FAQ if you need help updating.

[alisseo]

i use youtube-dl whit IDMAN whit this batch:

youtube-dl.exe -U
@echo off
echo.
echo paste the video page link:
set /p "link="     
youtube-dl.exe -g %link% >> url.txt
SET /p url= < url.txt
del url.txt
SET folder=%~dp0
path-to\IDMan.exe /d "%url%"  /n /q /p %folder%
explorer %folder%
exit

copy the code in a text file like "video-dl.bat", set the PATCH for idman.exe, save this file in the same folder of youtube-dl.exe

[Alttawab]

@alisseo how can i use these batch in windows?
i copy it in bat extension file but it doesn't work

[Hrxn]

It won't work without IDMan.exe

I guess it's the program called Internet Download Manager?

[Alttawab]

@Hrxn i use IDM ,I replace "path-to" with my path but it didn't work is there any thing else must edit
in the script ?

[Hrxn]

Not sure, I don't use IDM. But you can always run the .bat/.cmd from the command prompt, remove @echo off and see where it complains.