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On Saturday, 13 April 2019 09:55:45 BST Dale wrote: |
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> root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config |
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> ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best |
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> root@fireball / # |
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> It still insists on downloading the largest file. |
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It is doing this because you're asking it to download a video of [height<=? |
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1280], and also download potentially separately an audio file - then mux them |
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into one container file. A *height* of <=1280 means a resolution of more than |
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1080p. So, no wonder it wants to download a much larger video file. In |
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addition, the question mark is used to download videos up to 1280 or videos |
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where the height is not known. Therefore it could potentially download a |
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bigger file if its height is somehow not declared in its web metadata. |
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As I understand it, to only download a single file containing both video and |
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audio and restrict its video size to height<=720, you should define it thus: |
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--format 'best[height<=720]' |
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For example, this URL is provided by Google in many different formats and |
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containers: |
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$ youtube-dl -F 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TavVZMewpY' |
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[youtube] 7TavVZMewpY: Downloading webpage |
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[youtube] 7TavVZMewpY: Downloading video info webpage |
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[info] Available formats for 7TavVZMewpY: |
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format code extension resolution note |
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249 webm audio only DASH audio 53k , opus @ 50k, 647.78KiB |
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250 webm audio only DASH audio 71k , opus @ 70k, 855.53KiB |
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171 webm audio only DASH audio 127k , vorbis@128k, 1.55MiB |
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140 m4a audio only DASH audio 130k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k, |
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1.68MiB |
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251 webm audio only DASH audio 141k , opus @160k, 1.65MiB |
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394 mp4 256x138 144p 91k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 947.02KiB |
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278 webm 256x138 144p 110k , webm container, vp9, 24fps, video only, |
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1.19MiB |
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160 mp4 256x138 144p 110k , avc1.4d400c, 24fps, video only, 834.76KiB |
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395 mp4 426x230 240p 202k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 1.69MiB |
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242 webm 426x230 240p 232k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.81MiB |
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133 mp4 426x230 240p 282k , avc1.4d4015, 24fps, video only, 1.91MiB |
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396 mp4 640x346 360p 359k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 3.01MiB |
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243 webm 640x346 360p 402k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 3.07MiB |
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134 mp4 640x346 360p 499k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 3.53MiB |
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397 mp4 854x460 480p 647k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 5.37MiB |
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244 webm 854x460 480p 760k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 4.97MiB |
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135 mp4 854x460 480p 837k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 5.36MiB |
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247 webm 1280x690 720p 1343k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 8.89MiB |
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136 mp4 1280x690 720p 1429k , avc1.4d401f, 24fps, video only, 8.26MiB |
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248 webm 1920x1036 1080p 2529k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 22.53MiB |
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137 mp4 1920x1036 1080p 4331k , avc1.640028, 24fps, video only, 26.69MiB |
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43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k, 10.60MiB |
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18 mp4 640x344 medium 610k , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k (44100Hz), |
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7.91MiB |
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22 mp4 1280x690 hd720 766k , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (44100Hz) |
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(best) |
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If you use: |
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youtube-dl --format 'best[height<=720]' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch? |
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v=7TavVZMewpY' |
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only a single file will be downloaded containing both video and audio. In |
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this case the video is 690 pixels high, which is <=720. |
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You can add: |
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--format 'best[height<=720]' |
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in your config file to not have to enter it every time you download a file. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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