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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:18:52
Message-Id: q8sgib$s2k$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file by Dale
1 On 13/04/2019 11:55, Dale wrote:
2 > Just tried this as well.
3 >
4 > root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config
5 >  ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best
6 >
7 > It still insists on downloading the largest file.
8
9 "--ytdl-format" is an MPV option, not a youtube-dl option. Also,
10 omitting the "--" from the option name is an MPV thing. youtube-dl still
11 needs the "--".
12
13 So you need:
14
15 --format
16 bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>