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	Move the documentation for the --format option to the manpage
				
					
				
			It's too big for beeing embedded in the help message and it's easier to edit in the markdown file.
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		| @@ -322,32 +322,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): | ||||
|     video_format.add_option( | ||||
|         '-f', '--format', | ||||
|         action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None, | ||||
|         help=( | ||||
|             'Video format code, specify the order of preference using' | ||||
|             ' slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . ' | ||||
|             ' Instead of format codes, you can select by extension for the ' | ||||
|             'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. ' | ||||
|             'You can also use the special names "best",' | ||||
|             ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". ' | ||||
|             ' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in' | ||||
|             ' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"' | ||||
|             ' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). ' | ||||
|             ' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps' | ||||
|             ' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, !=' | ||||
|             ' and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol' | ||||
|             ' and the comparisons =, != .' | ||||
|             ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you' | ||||
|             ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.' | ||||
|             ' You can combine format filters, so  ' | ||||
|             '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" ' | ||||
|             'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not ' | ||||
|             'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.' | ||||
|             ' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.' | ||||
|             ' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as' | ||||
|             ' -f  136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.' | ||||
|             ' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single' | ||||
|             ' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or' | ||||
|             ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.')) | ||||
|         help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info') | ||||
|     video_format.add_option( | ||||
|         '--all-formats', | ||||
|         action='store_const', dest='format', const='all', | ||||
|   | ||||
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	 Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz
					Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz