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Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 13/04/2019 16:07, Dale wrote: |
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>> This is what I have right now. |
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>> --format |
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>> bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best |
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>> [...] |
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>> That seems to have another option I |
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>> like to, get .mp4 if available. I think. It did anyway. :/ Time will |
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>> tell. |
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> YouTube uses lower quality for mp4 (H.264). Downloading webm (VP9) is |
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> recommended. But not all videos are available in that format. Which is |
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> why the format options I posted contain both, with the meaning of "try |
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> webm first, but if not available, then try mp4." |
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> Note: this is not about file size. The VP9 webm version has higher |
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> quality than the *same size* H.264 mp4. |
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On your note, I've noticed that in the past when I use download helper |
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with Firefox. Sometimes a smaller file or a file about the same size |
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will have a much better resolution. One can't tell by file size what |
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the resolution is really. That's why I use exiftool to get the info. I |
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wish there was a GUI way to do that, like right click and it show up or |
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something easy. So far, exiftool or playing the video in Smplayer is |
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the only way I know. |
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As long as I don't have to download a 1GB file to get a 10 minute video, |
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I can live with it. What I hate is downloading the thing and it not |
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being what I needed to begin with. ROFL I have DSL but downloading a |
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1GB file takes a couple hours. Yea, I've done that before. Waste of |
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time and bandwidth. |
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Thanks much. I figured I was doing something wrong. I think all the |
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info I got when searching just confused me more. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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