quvi (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

quvi – query video tool

SYNOPSIS

quvi [options] [url…]

DESCRIPTION

quvi is a command line tool for parsing video download links. It supports Youtube and other similar video websites.

OPTIONS

-h, –help

Print help and exit.

-v, –version

Print program version and exit.

–hosts

Print supported hosts and exit.

-q, –quiet

Turn off all output.

–debug

Turn on libcurl verbose mode.

-n, –no-verify

Do not verify video link. Note that quvi will not report video file length, content-type or file suffix if this option is used.

–page-title=string

Match parsed video page title to string.

–video-id=string

Match parsed video ID to string.

–file-length=length

Match parsed video file length to length.

–file-suffix=string

Match parsed video file suffix to string.

-a, –test-all

Run all built-in tests. quvi will test all built-in video page links.

-t, –test=pattern

Match pattern to a built-in test page link and test it.

-d, –dump

Dump video details when running tests. To be used with –test-all.

–agent=string

Identify quvi as string to servers. Default is “Mozilla/5.0”.

–proxy=host[:port]

Use the specified HTTP proxy. Note that quvi will use http_proxy environment setting if it is set.

–connect-timeout=seconds

Maximum seconds allowed connection to server take. Default is 30.

-f, –format[=]format_id

Query video format, format_id depends on the host, see –hosts output.

EXAMPLES

quvi URL

Test URL.

quvi -a

Run all built-in host tests.

quvi -t youtube

Match ‘youtube’ string to built-in video page links and test it.

quvi URL -f best

Query ‘best’ of the video from the URL.

BUGS

Sure to be some. Please report them.

  <http://quvi.googlecode.com/>

DEBUGGING

quvi –debug URL

Spew out libcurl verbose mode messages.

$prefix/share/quvi/lua/README

$prefix/share/quvi/lua/website/README

Contain details about working with the quvi Lua scripts (e.g. website rules). If video link parsing breaks, have a look at these files.

$prefix/share/doc/quvi

Various HOWTOs can be found in this directory.

FILES

$HOME/.quvirc

You can define most of the command line options in the config file. For example:

agent = some_agent / 1.0 #--agent
                         proxy = http : // foo:1234    # --proxy
                                        no -
                                        verify #--no - verify debug #--debug

Note that you can also define QUVI_HOME and use it instead.

EXIT STATUS

quvi exits with 0 on success and >0 if an error occurred.

  QUVI_OK               = 0x00
  QUVI_MEM              = 0x01, Memory allocation failed
  QUVI_BADHANDLE        = 0x02, Bad session handle
  QUVI_INVARG           = 0x03, Invalid function argument
  QUVI_CURLINIT         = 0x04, libcurl initialization failed
  QUVI_LAST             = 0x05, Indicates end of list iteration
  QUVI_ABORTEDBYCALLBACK= 0x06, Aborted by callback function
  QUVI_LUAINIT          = 0x07, Lua initialization failure
  QUVI_NOLUAWEBSITE     = 0x08, Failed to find lua website scripts
  --
  QUVI_PCRE             = 0x40, libpcre error occurred
  QUVI_NOSUPPORT        = 0x41, libquvi does not support the video host
  QUVI_CURL             = 0x42, libcurl error occurred
  QUVI_ICONV            = 0x43, libiconv error occurred
  QUVI_LUA              = 0x44, lua error occurred

OTHER

Project page:

<http://quvi.googlecode.com/>

FAQ:

<http://code.google.com/p/quvi/wiki/FAQ>

Development code:

% git clone git://repo.or.cz/quvi.git

AUTHOR

Toni Gundogdu.

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