New FAQ: What is this binary file? (+ small fix to other one)

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Filippo Valsorda 2012-09-28 19:55:18 +02:00
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@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not suppor
youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
### SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character ###
### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
The error
@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like th
git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git
cd youtube-dl
python -m youtube-dl --help
python -m youtube_dl --help
Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make compile`.
# COPYRIGHT
youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.