Enable option to select subtitle formats

przemyslawpluta · Apr 4, 2019 · 4bc1caa · 4bc1caa
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ var options = {
   auto: false,
   // Downloads all the available subtitles.
   all: false,
+  // Subtitle format. YouTube generated subtitles
+  // are available ttml or vtt.
+  format: 'ttml',
   // Languages of subtitles to download, separated by commas.
   lang: 'en',
   // The directory to save the downloaded files in.

diff --git a/lib/youtube-dl.js b/lib/youtube-dl.js
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ ytdl.getInfo = function getInfo(url, args, options, callback) {
  *   {Boolean} auto
  *   {Boolean} all
  *   {String} lang
+ *   {String} format
  *   {String} cwd
  * @param {Function(!Error, Object)} callback
  */
@@ -349,6 +350,9 @@ ytdl.getSubs = function getSubs(url, options, callback) {
   if (options.lang) {
     args.push('--sub-lang=' + options.lang);
   }
+  if (options.format) {
+    args.push('--sub-format=' + options.format);
+  }
   if (!options.warrning) {
     args.push('--no-warnings');
   }