From 1cefca9e440f343281779e47720128e9614cf147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pukkandan Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:54:38 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add warning when using `-f best` --- yt_dlp/__init__.py | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py index ab68f26c0..9acc10c91 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py +++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py @@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ def _real_main(argv=None): sys.exit(0) # Conflicting, missing and erroneous options + if opts.format == 'best': + warnings.append('.\n '.join( + '"-f best" selects the best pre-merged format which is often not the best option', + 'To let yt-dlp download and merge the best available formats, simply do not pass any format selection', + 'If you know what you are doing and want only the best pre-merged format, use "-f b" instead to suppress this warning')) if opts.usenetrc and (opts.username is not None or opts.password is not None): parser.error('using .netrc conflicts with giving username/password') if opts.password is not None and opts.username is None: