[extractor] Deprecate `_sort_formats`

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / extractor / youtube.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 7e3530c0fa24c377bd7b45cc706259776b10f082..8a2dd728c2cb78fe07a5fa92591cd7edb94bfbcc 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -4003,10 +4003,6 @@ def is_bad_format(fmt):
 
         formats.extend(self._extract_storyboard(player_responses, duration))
 
-        # source_preference is lower for throttled/potentially damaged formats
-        self._sort_formats(formats, (
-            'quality', 'res', 'fps', 'hdr:12', 'source', 'vcodec:vp9.2', 'channels', 'acodec', 'lang', 'proto'))
-
         info = {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': video_title,
@@ -4036,6 +4032,8 @@ def is_bad_format(fmt):
             'playable_in_embed': get_first(playability_statuses, 'playableInEmbed'),
             'live_status': live_status,
             'release_timestamp': live_start_time,
+            '_format_sort_fields': (  # source_preference is lower for throttled/potentially damaged formats
+                'quality', 'res', 'fps', 'hdr:12', 'source', 'vcodec:vp9.2', 'channels', 'acodec', 'lang', 'proto')
         }
 
         subtitles = {}