add 'continuous numbering' option

README.md

@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ You can now run the program, see the examples below. The course will download to
 # Advanced Usage
 
 ```
-usage: main.py [-h] -c COURSE_URL [-b BEARER_TOKEN] [-q QUALITY] [-l LANG] [-cd CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS] [--disable-ipv6] [--skip-lectures] [--download-assets] [--download-captions] [--download-quizzes]
+usage: main.py [-h] -c COURSE_URL [-b BEARER_TOKEN] [-q QUALITY] [-l LANG] [-cd CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS] [--disable-ipv6] [--skip-lectures] [--download-assets]
-               [--keep-vtt] [--skip-hls] [--info] [--id-as-course-name] [-sc] [--save-to-file] [--load-from-file] [--log-level LOG_LEVEL] [--browser {chrome,firefox,opera,edge,brave,chromium,vivaldi,safari}]
+               [--download-captions] [--download-quizzes] [--keep-vtt] [--skip-hls] [--info] [--id-as-course-name] [-sc] [--save-to-file] [--load-from-file]
-               [--use-h265] [--h265-crf H265_CRF] [--h265-preset H265_PRESET] [--use-nvenc] [-v]
+               [--log-level LOG_LEVEL] [--browser {chrome,firefox,opera,edge,brave,chromium,vivaldi,safari}] [--use-h265] [--h265-crf H265_CRF] [--h265-preset H265_PRESET]
+               [--use-nvenc] [--out OUT] [--continue-lecture-numbers]
 
 Udemy Downloader
 
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ options:
   -b BEARER_TOKEN, --bearer BEARER_TOKEN
                         The Bearer token to use
   -q QUALITY, --quality QUALITY
-                        Download specific video quality. If the requested quality isn't available, the closest quality will be used. If not specified, the best quality will be downloaded for each lecture
+                        Download specific video quality. If the requested quality isn't available, the closest quality will be used. If not specified, the best quality will be
+                        downloaded for each lecture
   -l LANG, --lang LANG  The language to download for captions, specify 'all' to download all captions (Default is 'en')
   -cd CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS, --concurrent-downloads CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS
                         The number of maximum concurrent downloads for segments (HLS and DASH, must be a number 1-30)
@@ -112,10 +114,10 @@ options:
   --id-as-course-name   If specified, the course id will be used in place of the course name for the output directory. This is a 'hack' to reduce the path length
   -sc, --subscription-course
                         Mark the course as a subscription based course, use this if you are having problems with the program auto detecting it
-  --save-to-file        If specified, course content will be saved to a file that can be loaded later with --load-from-file, this can reduce processing time (Note that asset links expire after a certain
+  --save-to-file        If specified, course content will be saved to a file that can be loaded later with --load-from-file, this can reduce processing time (Note that asset
-                        amount of time)
+                        links expire after a certain amount of time)
-  --load-from-file      If specified, course content will be loaded from a previously saved file with --save-to-file, this can reduce processing time (Note that asset links expire after a certain amount of
+  --load-from-file      If specified, course content will be loaded from a previously saved file with --save-to-file, this can reduce processing time (Note that asset links
-                        time)
+                        expire after a certain amount of time)
   --log-level LOG_LEVEL
                         Logging level: one of DEBUG, INFO, ERROR, WARNING, CRITICAL (Default is INFO)
   --browser {chrome,firefox,opera,edge,brave,chromium,vivaldi,safari}
@@ -125,7 +127,9 @@ options:
   --h265-preset H265_PRESET
                         Set a custom preset value for H.265 encoding. FFMPEG default is medium
   --use-nvenc           Whether to use the NVIDIA hardware transcoding for H.265. Only works if you have a supported NVIDIA GPU and ffmpeg with nvenc support
-  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
+  --out OUT, -o OUT     Set the path to the output directory
+  --continue-lecture-numbers, -n
+                        Use continuous lecture numbering instead of per-chapter
 ```
 
 -   Passing a Bearer Token and Course ID as an argument
@@ -177,6 +181,9 @@ options:
     -   `python main.py -c <Course URL> --use-h265 --h265-preset faster`
 -   Encode in H.265 using NVIDIA hardware transcoding:
     -   `python main.py -c <Course URL> --use-h265 --use-nvenc`
+-   Use continuous numbering (don't restart at 1 in every chapter):
+    -   `python main.py -c <Course URL> --continue-lecture-numbers`
+    -   `python main.py -c <Course URL> -n`
 
 If you encounter errors while downloading such as
 

_version.py

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "1.2.11"

main.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from pathvalidate import sanitize_filename
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError as conn_error
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
-from _version import __version__
 from constants import *
 from tls import SSLCiphers
 from utils import extract_kid
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ h265_preset = "medium"
 use_nvenc = False
 browser = None
 cj = None
+use_continuous_lecture_numbers = False
 
 
 # from https://stackoverflow.com/a/21978778/9785713
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def log_subprocess_output(prefix: str, pipe: IO[bytes]):
 
 # this is the first function that is called, we parse the arguments, setup the logger, and ensure that required directories exist
 def pre_run():
-    global dl_assets, dl_captions, dl_quizzes, skip_lectures, caption_locale, quality, bearer_token, course_name, keep_vtt, skip_hls, concurrent_downloads, disable_ipv6, load_from_file, save_to_file, bearer_token, course_url, info, logger, keys, id_as_course_name, LOG_LEVEL, use_h265, h265_crf, h265_preset, use_nvenc, browser, is_subscription_course, DOWNLOAD_DIR
+    global dl_assets, dl_captions, dl_quizzes, skip_lectures, caption_locale, quality, bearer_token, course_name, keep_vtt, skip_hls, concurrent_downloads, disable_ipv6, load_from_file, save_to_file, bearer_token, course_url, info, logger, keys, id_as_course_name, LOG_LEVEL, use_h265, h265_crf, h265_preset, use_nvenc, browser, is_subscription_course, DOWNLOAD_DIR, use_continuous_lecture_numbers
 
     # make sure the logs directory exists
     if not os.path.exists(LOG_DIR_PATH):
@@ -225,7 +225,13 @@ def pre_run():
         type=str,
         help="Set the path to the output directory",
     )
-    parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", action="version", version="You are running version {version}".format(version=__version__))
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--continue-lecture-numbers", "-n",
+        dest="use_continuous_lecture_numbers",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Use continuous lecture numbering instead of per-chapter",
+    )
+    # parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", action="version", version="You are running version {version}".format(version=__version__))
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.download_assets:
@@ -295,6 +301,8 @@ def pre_run():
         browser = args.browser
     if args.out:
         DOWNLOAD_DIR = os.path.abspath(args.out)
+    if args.use_continuous_lecture_numbers:
+        use_continuous_lecture_numbers = args.use_continuous_lecture_numbers
 
     # setup a logger
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -1980,7 +1988,8 @@ def main():
 
                 if clazz == "chapter":
                     # reset lecture tracking
-                    lecture_counter = 0
+                    if not use_continuous_lecture_numbers:
+                        lecture_counter = 0
                     lectures = []
 
                     chapter_index = entry.get("object_index")