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On Saturday, 13 April 2019 12:19:46 BST Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 13/04/2019 11:55, Dale wrote: |
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> > Just tried this as well. |
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> > |
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> > root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config |
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> > |
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> > ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best |
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> > |
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> > It still insists on downloading the largest file. |
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> "--ytdl-format" is an MPV option, not a youtube-dl option. Also, |
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> omitting the "--" from the option name is an MPV thing. youtube-dl still |
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> needs the "--". |
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> |
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> So you need: |
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> --format |
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> bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280] |
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> +bestaudio/best |
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This part of the man page is worth a read for format configuration options: |
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https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#format-selection |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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