but then never let the audio format alone cause you to lose mp4.first and foremost always take the best available video quality regardless of format.I realize this thread is a bit old, but I think the situation has changed somewhat. include-ads Download advertisements as wellĪccording to this comment by glenn-slayden, an mp4 format with highest video quality is obtained as follows: download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers Present,key > NUMBER (like 'comment_count > Of available keys) to match if the key is Specify any key (see help for -o for a list match-filter FILTER Generic video filter (experimental). max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or You canġ-3,7,10-13', it will download the videos Separated by commas like: '-playlist-items playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last) Video Selection: -playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1) To get the best video quality (1080p DASH - format '137') and best audio quality (DASH audio - format '140'), you must use the following command: youtube-dl -f 137+140 You can choose best and type youtube-dl -f 22 Available formats for 3JZ_D3ELwOQ:ġ71 webm audio only DASH webm audio, 48k (worst)ġ40 m4a audio only DASH audio, mp4 192p DASH video 3JZ_D3ELwOQ: Extracting video information 3JZ_D3ELwOQ: Downloading video info webpage Then you can choose to download a certain format-type by entering the number for the format code (in the sample below 11): youtube-dl -f 11 url To list the available formats type: youtube-dl -F url

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