diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 4007ebd95..59434f2a5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ Allows you to download and transcode video from supported sites. Needs ffmpeg fo
     $ sudo wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/dz0ny/youtube-dl/raw/master/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl && sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
 
 ## Usage
+
+### Example
+
+    $ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRHRssf3B6o -T mp4 -C 'sh -c "cp <filepath> <stitle>.mp4 && rm <filepath>"'
+
+  Command line options:
+
     $ youtube-dl [options] url...
 
     Options:
@@ -86,11 +93,17 @@ Allows you to download and transcode video from supported sites. Needs ffmpeg fo
                             pass additional parameters to ffmpeg (example: -vcodec
                             libx264 -vpre slow -vpre ipod640 -b 2048k -acodec
                             libfaac -ab 96k)
+                            
+      Post download action:
+        -C COMMAND, --command=COMMAND
+                            command to run after file has been downloaded
+                            (example: 'sh -c "cp <filepath> <stitle>.mp4 && rm <filepath>"' )
 
 # License 
   
   Public domain code
 
+
 # Authors
   
   * Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez
diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 6d29452e7..8b1aa9a25 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ class Transcode(PostProcessor):
 		self._downloader.to_screen(u'[transcode] Started transcoding of %s to %s' % ( self._file_path, self._new_file_path) )
 		stringish_command = 'ffmpeg -y -i "%s" %s "%s"' % (self._file_path, self.args, self._new_file_path)
 		self.encode(stringish_command)
-		return None
+		return information
 
 	def encode(self, cmd):
 		pipe = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -2652,6 +2652,27 @@ class Transcode(PostProcessor):
 			pass
 		self._downloader.to_screen(u'[transcode] Completed transcoding of %s to %s' % ( self._file_path, self._new_file_path) )
 
+class SimplePostProcessor(PostProcessor):
+	"""Post Processor for file transcoding"""
+	def __init__(self,command):
+		self.command_raw = command
+		PostProcessor.__init__(self, None)
+
+	def run(self, information):
+		for key, value in information.iteritems():
+			self.command_raw = self.command_raw.replace("<" + key + ">", value)	
+		self.command = shlex.split( str( self.command_raw ) )
+		self._downloader.to_screen(u'[PostProcessor] Started command %s' %  self.command_raw )
+		pipe = subprocess.Popen(
+			( self.command )
+		)
+		retval = pipe.wait()
+		while retval == 2 or retval == 1:
+			pass
+		self._downloader.to_screen(u'[PostProcessor] Finnished command %s' %  self.command_raw )
+
+		return information
+
 ### MAIN PROGRAM ###
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	try:
@@ -2783,6 +2804,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 				action='store', dest='transcode_extra', metavar='ARGS', help='pass additional parameters to ffmpeg (example: -vcodec libx264 -vpre slow -vpre ipod640 -b 2048k -acodec libfaac -ab 96k)', default=False)
 		parser.add_option_group(transcode)
 
+		postprocess = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post download action')
+		postprocess.add_option('-C','--command',
+				action='store', dest='post_download_command', metavar='COMMAND', help='command to run after file has been downloaded (example: "sh -c cp <filepath> /tmp/<title>.tmp && rm <filepath>" )', default=False)
+		parser.add_option_group(postprocess)
+
 		(opts, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
 		# Open appropriate CookieJar
@@ -2934,6 +2960,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 			except PostProcessingError, err:
 				sys.exit(err)
 
+		# Custom command parser
+		if opts.post_download_command:
+			try:
+				post_download_command = SimplePostProcessor(opts.post_download_command)
+				fd.add_post_processor(post_download_command)
+			except PostProcessingError, err:
+				sys.exit(err)
+
 		# Update version
 		if opts.update_self:
 			update_self(fd, sys.argv[0])