Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

[Dale]

Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 13/04/2019 11:11, Dale wrote:
>> Anyway, I want to set it so that the highest resolution it
>> will download is 720P. [...]
>>
>> I stuck the following into the file, in each location I tried.
>>
>> ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best
>>
>>  From my googling, that's what is shown is several places as being
>> correct.
>>
>> What am I missing here?  Does it look in a new place that I haven't
>> found yet?  Name changed?  Something else?  Anyone have a idea on where
>> this goes and/or why this isn't working?
>
> Are you actually downloading with youtube-dl, or are you viewing them
> directly with mpv? Because the mpv config file is only used by mpv,
> not by youtube-dl:
>
> https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#configuration
>
>
> Anyway, you should limit the width of the video, not the height. For
> 720p, the width would be 1280. To get the highest quality encoding,
> prefer VP9 (webm) instead of H.264 (mp4), but allow H.264 fallback if
> a video doesn't have a VP9 encoding. Also, I use a rule to prevent
> dash segments because (at least in the past) prevents video seeking
> from working. I use SMPlayer as an MPV front-end, and in the advanced
> settings, I use this:
>
> --ytdl-format
> bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?2560]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][protocol!=http_dash_segments][width<=?2560]+bestaudio/best
>
> This is to limit to 1440p though. For 720p, use a 1280 width:
>
> --ytdl-format
> bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][protocol!=http_dash_segments][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best
>
>
>


I'm actually downloading with youtube-dl.  I thought it odd that it
would refer to a mpv file for downloading.  Still, when I searched, it
is what kept popping up.  Maybe a search term confused google.  After I
posted, I tried searching for other terms and found the link you
reference in your post.  I then created the file here: 
/etc/youtube-dl.conf  I put in the same as mentioned before but it still
downloads a huge file.  I got this using exiftool:

root@fireball / # exiftool
/home/dale/Desktop/Documents/Food/long-path-to-video.mp4 | grep size
File Size                       : 192 MB
Movie Data Size                 : 200847130
Image Size                      : 1920x1080
root@fireball / #

It still seems to ignore that I want a smaller video.  Just for clarity:

root@fireball / # cat /etc/youtube-dl.conf
ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best
root@fireball / #

I'll try your setting but I would think it would still pick something
smaller than 1920x1080.  Right? 

Dale

:-)  :-)