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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. |