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-->
- [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support
- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2020.10.31**
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- [ ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
- [ ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
- [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dlc with (`youtube-dlc -v
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- Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser.
- Make sure that site you are requesting is not dedicated to copyright infringement, see https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc. youtube-dlc does not support such sites. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.
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- Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x])
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-->
- [ ] I'm reporting a new site support request
- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlcc version **2020.10.31**
- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2021.01.07**
- [ ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
- [ ] I've checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights
- [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar site support requests including closed ones
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- Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x])
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-->
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- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2020.10.31**
- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2021.01.07**
- [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar site feature requests including closed ones
## Description
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-->
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- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2020.10.31**
- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2021.01.07**
- [ ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
- [ ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
- [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dlc with (`youtube-dlc -v
@ -55,13 +55,17 @@ Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dlc with (`youtube-dlc -v
```
PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE
```
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## Description
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- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version **2020.10.31**
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- [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones
## Description
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- First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dlc. Run `youtube-dlc --version` and ensure your version is %(version)s. If it's not, see https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED.
- Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser.
- Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc.
- Search the bugtracker for similar issues: https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc. DO NOT post duplicates.
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- Finally, put x into all relevant boxes like this [x] (Dont forget to delete the empty space)
-->
- [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support
@ -50,7 +53,11 @@ Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dlc with (`youtube-dlc -v
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- First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dlc. Run `youtube-dlc --version` and ensure your version is %(version)s. If it's not, see https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED.
- Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser.
- Make sure that site you are requesting is not dedicated to copyright infringement, see https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc. youtube-dlc does not support such sites. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.
- Search the bugtracker for similar site support requests: https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc. DO NOT post duplicates.
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- Make sure that site you are requesting is not dedicated to copyright infringement, see https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc. youtube-dlc does not support such sites. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.
- Search the bugtracker for similar site support requests: https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc. DO NOT post duplicates.
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about: Report a bug unrelated to any particular site or extractor
title: ''
labels: ''
assignees: ''
---
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@ -18,12 +21,12 @@ title: ''
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- First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dlc. Run `youtube-dlc --version` and ensure your version is %(version)s. If it's not, see https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED.
- Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser.
- Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc.
- Search the bugtracker for similar issues: https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc. DO NOT post duplicates.
- Read bugs section in FAQ: https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc
- Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x])
- Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc.
- Search the bugtracker for similar issues: https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc. DO NOT post duplicates.
- Read bugs section in FAQ: https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc
- Finally, put x into all relevant boxes like this [x] (Dont forget to delete the empty space)
-->
- [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
@ -52,7 +55,11 @@ Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dlc with (`youtube-dlc -v
about: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
title: ''
labels: 'request'
title: "[Feature Request]"
labels: Request
assignees: ''
---
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@ -19,9 +21,9 @@ labels: 'request'
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### Before submitting a *pull request* make sure you have:
- [ ] At least skimmed through [adding new extractor tutorial](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#adding-support-for-a-new-site) and [youtube-dl coding conventions](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#youtube-dl-coding-conventions) sections
- [ ] [Searched](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/search?q=is%3Apr&type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar pull requests
- [ ] [Searched](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/search?q=is%3Apr&type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar pull requests
- [ ] Checked the code with [flake8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8)
### In order to be accepted and merged into youtube-dl each piece of code must be in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/). Check one of the following options:
youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms.
youtube-dlc is a fork of youtube-dl with the intention of getting features tested by the community merged in the tool faster, since youtube-dl's development seems to be slowing down. (https://web.archive.org/web/20201014194602/https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/26462)
youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com and many other [video platforms](docs/supportedsites.md)
This is a fork of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) which is inturn a fork of [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
* Renamed: `--write-subs`, --no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
* Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
* Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by @pauldubois98
* Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2020.01.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8) - See [blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280) for details
* Cleaned up the fork for public use
### 2021.01.05-2
* **Changed defaults:**
* Enabled `--ignore`
* Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
* Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
* Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
* Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
* Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
* Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
### 2021.01.07
* Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
* Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
* Created First Release
# INSTALLATION
[How to update](#update)
**All Platforms**
Preferred way using pip:
You may want to use `python3` instead of `python`
python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc
To use the latest version, simply download and run the [latest release](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/releases/latest).
Currently, there is no support for any package managers.
**DO NOT UPDATE using `-U` !** instead download binaries again
### COMPILE
**Windows** users can download [youtube-dlc.exe](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc.exe) (**do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`!).
**Compile**
**For Windows**:
To build the Windows executable yourself (without version info!)
python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
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New way to build Windows is to use `python pyinst.py` (please use python3 64Bit)
For 32Bit Version use a 32Bit Version of python (3 preferred here as well) and run `python pyinst32.py`
For Unix:
**For Unix**:
You will need the required build tools
python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
Then simply type this
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make
# UPDATE
**DO NOT UPDATE using `-U` !** instead download binaries again or when installed with pip use a described above when installing.
I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them easier.
# DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
youtube-dlc [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
# OPTIONS
`Ctrl+F` is your friend :D
<!-- Autogenerated -->
## General Options:
-h, --help Print this help text and exit
--version Print program version and exit
-U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
sure that you have sufficient permissions
(run with sudo if needed)
-U, --update [BROKEN] Update this program to latest
version. Make sure that you have sufficient
permissions (run with sudo if needed)
-i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
skip unavailable videos in a playlist
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
playlist or the command line) if an error
occurs
(default) (Same as --no-abort-on-error)
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
error occurs (Same as --no-ignore-errors)
--dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
--list-extractors List all supported extractors
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
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extractor
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
from google videos for youtube-dlc "large
from google videos for youtube-dl "large
apple". Use the value "auto" to let
youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
warning when guessing). "error" just throws
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching.
--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
--ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
in the global configuration file
/etc/youtube-dlc.conf: Do not read the user
/etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
dlc/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-
dlc/config.txt on Windows)
dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
on Windows)
--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
the path to the config or its containing
directory.
--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
only list them.
--flat-videos Do not resolve the video urls
--no-flat-playlist Extract the videos of a playlist
--mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
--no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
--no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched
--no-color Do not emit color codes in output
## Network Options:
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SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date
--date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date.
The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"
--datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
this date (i.e. inclusive)
this date. The date formats accepted is the
same as --date
--dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
this date (i.e. inclusive)
this date. The date formats accepted is the
same as --date
--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
COUNT views
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
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service), but who also have a description,
use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
--no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
to a video and a playlist.
--yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
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downloaded videos in it.
--break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
to download a file that's in the archive.
--no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
--include-ads Download advertisements as well
(experimental)
--no-include-ads Do not download advertisements (default)
## Download Options:
-r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
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--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
--sponskrub Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections
with the data available in SponsorBlock
API. This is enabled by default if the
sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)
--no-sponskrub Do not use sponskrub
--sponskrub-cut Cut out the sponsor sections instead of
simply marking them
--no-sponskrub-cut Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut
them out (default)
--sponskrub-force Run sponskrub even if the video was already
downloaded
--no-sponskrub-force Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the
video was already downloaded (default)
--sponskrub-location PATH Location of the sponskrub binary; either
the path to the binary or its containing
directory.
--sponskrub-args None Give these arguments to sponskrub
## Extractor Options:
--ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
(Same as --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
--allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
(Same as --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
# CONFIGURATION
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- `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
- `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
- `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
- `duration_string` (string): Length of the video (HH-mm-ss)
- `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform
- `like_count` (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
- `dislike_count` (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
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To use percent literals in an output template use `%%`. To output to stdout use `-o -`.
The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
The current default template is `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`.
In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
By default youtube-dlc tries to download the best available quality, i.e. if you want the best quality you **don't need** to pass any special options, youtube-dlc will guess it for you by **default**.
But sometimes you may want to download in a different format, for example when you are on a slow or intermittent connection. The key mechanism for achieving this is so-called *format selection* based on which you can explicitly specify desired format, select formats based on some criterion or criteria, setup precedence and much more.
By default, youtube-dlc tries to download the best available quality if you **don't** pass any options.
This is generally equivalent to using `-f bestvideo*+bestaudio/best`. However, if multiple audiostreams is enabled (`--audio-multistreams`), the default format changes to `-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best`. Similarly, if ffmpeg and avconv are unavailable, or if you use youtube-dlc to stream to `stdout` (`-o -`), the default becomes `-f best/bestvideo+bestaudio`.
The general syntax for format selection is `--format FORMAT` or shorter `-f FORMAT` where `FORMAT` is a *selector expression*, i.e. an expression that describes format or formats you would like to download.
The general syntax for format selection is `--f FORMAT` (or `--format FORMAT`) where `FORMAT` is a *selector expression*, i.e. an expression that describes format or formats you would like to download.
**tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#format-selection-examples).
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You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
- `best`: Select the best quality format represented by a single file with video and audio.
- `worst`: Select the worst quality format represented by a single file with video and audio.
- `bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format (e.g. DASH video). May not be available.
- `worstvideo`: Select the worst quality video-only format. May not be available.
- `bestaudio`: Select the best quality audio only-format. May not be available.
- `worstaudio`: Select the worst quality audio only-format. May not be available.
- `b*`, `best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
- `w*`, `worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
- `b`, `best`: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
- `w`, `worst`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
- `bv`, `bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format. Equivalent to `best*[acodec=none]`
- `wv`, `worstvideo`: Select the worst quality video-only format. Equivalent to `worst*[acodec=none]`
- `bv*`, `bestvideo*`: Select the best quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec!=none]`
- `wv*`, `worstvideo*`: Select the worst quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none]`
- `ba`, `bestaudio`: Select the best quality audio-only format. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec=none]`
- `wa`, `worstaudio`: Select the worst quality audio-only format. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec=none]`
- `ba*`, `bestaudio*`: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to `best*[acodec!=none]`
- `wa*`, `worstaudio*`: Select the worst quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to `worst*[acodec!=none]`
For example, to download the worst quality video-only format you can use `-f worstvideo`.
For example, to download the worst quality video-only format you can use `-f worstvideo`. It is however recomended to never actually use `worst` and related options. When your format selector is `worst`, the format which is worst in all respects is selected. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use `-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps` instead of `-f worst`. See [sorting formats](#sorting-formats) for more details.
If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes. Note that slash is left-associative, i.e. formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example `-f 22/17/18` will download format 22 if it's available, otherwise it will download format 17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format 18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes. Note that formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example `-f 22/17/18` will download format 22 if it's available, otherwise it will download format 17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format 18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
If you want to download several formats of the same video use a comma as a separator, e.g. `-f 22,17,18` will download all these three formats, of course if they are available. Or a more sophisticated example combined with the precedence feature: `-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`.
You can merge the video and audio of multiple formats into a single file using `-f <format1>+<format2>+...` (requires ffmpeg or avconv installed), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg/avconv. If `--no-video-multistreams` is used, all formats with a video stream except the first one are ignored. Similarly, if `--no-audio-multistreams` is used, all formats with an audio stream except the first one are ignored. For example, `-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio` will download and merge all 3 given formats. The resulting file will have 2 video streams and 2 audio streams. But `-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio --no-video-multistreams` will download and merge only `bestvideo` and `bestaudio`. `best` is ignored since another format containing a video stream (`bestvideo`) has already been selected. The order of the formats is therefore important. `-f best+bestaudio --no-audio-multistreams` will download and merge both formats while `-f bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams` will ignore `best` and download only `bestaudio`.
## Filtering Formats
You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=720]"` (or `-f "[filesize>10M]"`).
The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons `<`, `<=`, `>`, `>=`, `=` (equals), `!=` (not equals):
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- `container`: Name of the container format
- `protocol`: The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower-case (`http`, `https`, `rtsp`, `rtmp`, `rtmpe`, `mms`, `f4m`, `ism`, `http_dash_segments`, `m3u8`, or `m3u8_native`)
- `format_id`: A short description of the format
- `language`: Language code
Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation `!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g. `!*=` (does not contain).
Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, i.e. the metadata offered by the video hoster.
Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, i.e. the metadata offered by the video hoster. Any other field made available by the extractor can also be used for filtering.
Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (`?`) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so `-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]"` selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.
You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using `-f <video-format>+<audio-format>` (requires ffmpeg or avconv installed), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg/avconv.
Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than 480 you can use `-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'`.
Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26, youtube-dlc uses `-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best` as the default format selection (see [#5447](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/5447), [#5456](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/5456)). If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` separately and muxing them together into a single file giving the best overall quality available. Otherwise it falls back to `best` and results in downloading the best available quality served as a single file. `best` is also needed for videos that don't come from YouTube because they don't provide the audio and video in two different files. If you want to only download some DASH formats (for example if you are not interested in getting videos with a resolution higher than 1080p), you can add `-f bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best` to your configuration file. Note that if you use youtube-dlc to stream to `stdout` (and most likely to pipe it to your media player then), i.e. you explicitly specify output template as `-o -`, youtube-dlc still uses `-f best` format selection in order to start content delivery immediately to your player and not to wait until `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` are downloaded and muxed.
If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to youtube-dlc 2015.04.26), i.e. you want to download the best available quality media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify your choice with `-f best`. You may want to add it to the [configuration file](#configuration) in order not to type it every time you run youtube-dlc.
#### Format selection examples
## Sorting Formats
You can change the criteria for being considered the `best` by using `-S` (`--format-sort`). The general format for this is `--format-sort field1,field2...`. The available fields are:
- `video`, `has_video`: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream
- `audio`, `has_audio`: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream
- `extractor`, `preference`, `extractor_preference`: The format preference as given by the extractor
- `lang`, `language_preference`: Language preference as given by the extractor
- `quality`: The quality of the format. This is a metadata field available in some websites
- `source`, `source_preference`: Preference of the source as given by the extractor
- `proto`, `protocol`: Protocol used for download (`https`/`ftps` > `http`/`ftp` > `m3u8-native` > `m3u8` > `http-dash-segments` > other > `mms`/`rtsp` > unknown > `f4f`/`f4m`)
- `vcodec`, `video_codec`: Video Codec (`vp9` > `h265` > `h264` > `vp8` > `h263` > `theora` > other > unknown)
- `vext`, `video_ext`: Video Extension (`mp4` > `webm` > `flv` > other > unknown). If `--prefer-free-formats` is used, `webm` is prefered.
- `aext`, `audio_ext`: Audio Extension (`m4a` > `aac` > `mp3` > `ogg` > `opus` > `webm` > other > unknown). If `--prefer-free-formats` is used, the order changes to `opus` > `ogg` > `webm` > `m4a` > `mp3` > `aac`.
- `ext`, `extension`: Equivalent to `vext,aext`
- `filesize`: Exact filesize, if know in advance. This will be unavailable for mu38 and DASH formats.
- `filesize_approx`: Approximate filesize calculated from the manifests
- `size`, `filesize_estimate`: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize
- `height`: Height of video
- `width`: Width of video
- `res`, `dimension`: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.
- `fps`, `framerate`: Framerate of video
- `tbr`, `total_bitrate`: Total average bitrate in KBit/s
- `vbr`, `video_bitrate`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
- `abr`, `audio_bitrate`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
- `br`, `bitrate`: Equivalent to using `tbr,vbr,abr`
- `samplerate`, `asr`: Audio sample rate in Hz
Note that any other **numerical** field made available by the extractor can also be used. All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in decending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a `+`. Eg: `+res` prefers format with the smallest resolution. Additionally, you can suffix a prefered value for the fields, seperated by a `:`. Eg: `res:720` prefers larger videos, but no larger than 720p and the smallest video if there are no videos less than 720p. For `codec` and `ext`, you can provide two prefered values, the first for video and the second for audio. Eg: `+codec:avc:m4a` (equivalent to `+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a`) sets the video codec preference to `h264` > `h265` > `vp9` > `vp8` > `h263` > `theora` and audio codec preference to `mp4a` > `aac` > `vorbis` > `opus` > `mp3` > `ac3` > `dts`. You can also make the sorting prefer the nearest values to the provided by using `~` as the delimiter. Eg: `filesize~1G` prefers the format with filesize closest to 1 GiB.
The fields `has_video`, `extractor`, `lang`, `quality` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behaviour can be changed by using `--force-format-sort`. Apart from these, the default order used is: `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`. Note that the extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.
If your format selector is `worst`, the last item is selected after sorting. This means it will select the format that is worst in all repects. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use `-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps`.
**Tip**: You can use the `-v -F` to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).
## Format Selection examples
Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
```bash
# Download best mp4 format available or any other best if no mp4 available
'description':'In denial about his current situation, Marc is reluctantly convinced by his friends to enter rehab. Starring Marc Maron and Constance Zimmer.',
'age_limit':17,
'upload_date':'20160505',
'timestamp':1462468831,
'title':"The Graham Norton Show - Season 28 - Tina Fey's Adorable Airline-Themed Family Dinner",
'description':"It turns out child stewardesses are very generous with the wine! All-new episodes of 'The Graham Norton Show' premiere Fridays at 11/10c on BBC America.",
'User-Agent':'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 11_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/604.1.38 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.0 Mobile/15A402 Safari/604.1',
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