Fix --sleep-interval (#3426)

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index ea1660452..7bd7295e2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         if numeric_limit is None:
             parser.error('invalid rate limit specified')
         opts.ratelimit = numeric_limit
-    if opts.sleepinterval is not None:
-        try:
-            opts.sleepinterval = abs(int(opts.sleepinterval))
-        except ValueError:
-            parser.error(u'invalid sleep interval specified')
     if opts.min_filesize is not None:
         numeric_limit = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.min_filesize)
         if numeric_limit is None:
@@ -272,7 +267,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
         'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
         'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
-        'sleepinterval': opts.sleepinterval,
         'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
         'retries': opts.retries,
         'buffersize': opts.buffersize,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 12c9826f8..262c60013 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
     workarounds.add_option(
         '--sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
-        dest='sleep_interval',
+        dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
         help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
 
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')