From f57dc1203cebcd47ba0084f6e71e40e6ef386a8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martchus Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:14:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] updated readme --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 02710d4..7e66fbe 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,18 @@ # Video Downloader -A video downloader with Qt GUI (currently only YouTube is maintained). +A video downloader with Qt GUI. + +Currently YouTube is the only maintained platform so this is basically a YouTube downloader. +Is also allows to download any quality, including the HD qualities. However +1080p streams (and above) are only provided as video-only or audio-only stream +by YouTube which currently need to be downloaded separately and then muxed together. + +This is just a downloader. It does not convert or mux anything. You might use +ffmpeg to convert/remux downloaded videos. + +TODO: + * Remove platforms that are not working. + * Mux video-only and audio-only streams. + * Command line interface ## Build instructions The video downloader depends on c++utilities and qtutilities and is built in the same way as these libaries.