# CHANGES
-See [Commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/commits) for more details
+See [commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/commits) for more details
-### 2021.01.05
+### 2021.01.05.01
* **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats) for details
* **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](#format-selection) for details
* New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
* 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](https://github.com/ytdl-org/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
+* **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
+### 2021.01.05.02
+* **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`
+
# ABOUT THIS FORK
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)
-## INSTALLATION
+### INSTALLATION
[How to update](#update)
**All Platforms**
make
-## UPDATE
+### 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.
-i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
skip unavailable videos in a playlist
- (Same as --no-abort-on-error)
+ (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
specified sort order, see "Sorting Formats"
for more details (default)
--video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged into
- a single file (default)
+ a single file
--no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for each
- output file
+ output file (default)
--audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into
- a single file (default)
+ a single file
--no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for each
- output file
+ output file (default)
--all-formats Download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
one is requested
-F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
videos
- --list-formats-as-table Present the output of -F in a more tabular form
- --list-formats-old Present the output of -F in older form (default)
+ --list-formats-as-table Present the output of -F in a more tabular
+ form (default)
+ --list-formats-old Present the output of -F in older form
(Same as --no-list-formats-as-table)
--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
related data on YouTube videos
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 δΈ, 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:
# FORMAT SELECTION
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 ffmpeg and avconv are unavailable, or if you use youtube-dlc to stream to `stdout` (`-o -`), the default becomes `-f best/bestvideo+bestaudio`.
+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 `--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.
- `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 the manifests
+ - `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
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` > `av01` > `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 by youtube-dlc is: `tbr,filesize,vbr,height,width,protocol,vext,abr,aext,fps,filesize_approx,source_preference,format_id`. Note that the extractors may override this default order, but not the user-provided order.
+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`.
```bash
# Download and merge the best best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
# or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
-$ youtube-dlc
-
-# Same as above
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv+ba/b'
# Download best format that contains video,
# and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo*+bestaudio/best' --no-audio-multistreams
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*+ba/b'
+
+# Same as above
+$ youtube-dlc
# Download the worst video available
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'worstvideo+worstaudio/worst'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'wv*+wa/w'
# Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
$ youtube-dlc -S '+res'
# Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/bestvideo+bestaudio / best'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4] / bv*+ba/b'
# Download the best video with the best extension
# (For video, mp4 > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
# Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
# or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio/best[height<=480] / worstvideo+bestaudio/worst'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*[height<=480]+ba/b[height<=480] / wv*+ba/w'
# Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
# or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
# Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
# or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'best[filesize<50M] / worst'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'b[filesize<50M] / w'
# Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
# or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'best' -S 'filesize:50M'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'b' -S 'filesize:50M'
# Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'best' -S 'filesize~50M'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'b' -S 'filesize~50M'
# Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
# or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
-$ youtube-dlc -f '(bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / bestvideo+bestaudio/best'
+$ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / (bv*+ba/b)'
# Download best video available via the best protocol
# (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
# Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
# For this case, an output template should be used since
# by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo,bestaudio' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
# Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
-$ youtube-dlc -f '(bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[vcodec^=avc1] / bestvideo+bestaudio/best'
+$ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[vcodec^=avc1] / (bv*+ba/b)'
# Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
# or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
# More complex examples
# Download the best video no better than 720p prefering framerate greater than 30,
-# or the worst video (prefering framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
-$ youtube-dlc -f '((bestvideo[fps>30]/bestvideo)[height<=720]/(worstvideo[fps>30]/worstvideo)) + bestaudio / (best[fps>30]/best)[height<=720]/(worst[fps>30]/worst)'
+# or the worst video (still prefering framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
+$ youtube-dlc -f '((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)'
# Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
# or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
# MORE
-For FAQ, Developer Instructions etc., see the [original README](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
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+For FAQ, Developer Instructions etc., see the [original README](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
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