updating to support cli functionality

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -276,11 +276,19 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
     # source and target containers. From this point the container won't change,
     # so metadata can be added here.
     if opts.addmetadata:
-        postprocessors.append({
+        if hasattr(opts, 'preferredinfo'):
-            'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
+            with open(opts.preferredinfo) as read_file:
-            'preferredinfo': json.load(opts.preferredinfo),
+                preferredinfo = json.load(read_file)
+            postprocessors.append({
+                'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
+                'preferredinfo': preferredinfo,
+                })
+        else:
+            postprocessors.append({
+                'key': 'FFmpegMetadata'
             })
         
+
     if opts.convertsubtitles:
         postprocessors.append({
             'key': 'FFmpegSubtitlesConvertor',

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -818,6 +818,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--add-metadata',
         action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
         help='Write metadata to the video file')
+    postproc.add_option(
+        '--preferred-info',
+        dest='preferredinfo', metavar='FILE',
+        help='Override metadata on the outputted file')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--metadata-from-title',
         metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',