Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/2019 11:11, Dale wrote: >> Anyway, I want to set it so that the highest resolution it >> will download is 720P. [...] >> >> I stuck the following into the file, in each location I tried. >> >> ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best >> >> From my googling, that's what is shown is several places as being >> correct. >> >> What am I missing here? Does it look in a new place that I haven't >> found yet? Name changed? Something else? Anyone have a idea on where >> this goes and/or why this isn't working? > > Are you actually downloading with youtube-dl, or are you viewing them > directly with mpv? Because the mpv config file is only used by mpv, > not by youtube-dl: > > https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#configuration > > > Anyway, you should limit the width of the video, not the height. For > 720p, the width would be 1280. To get the highest quality encoding, > prefer VP9 (webm) instead of H.264 (mp4), but allow H.264 fallback if > a video doesn't have a VP9 encoding. Also, I use a rule to prevent > dash segments because (at least in the past) prevents video seeking > from working. I use SMPlayer as an MPV front-end, and in the advanced > settings, I use this: > > --ytdl-format > bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?2560]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][protocol!=http_dash_segments][width<=?2560]+bestaudio/best > > This is to limit to 1440p though. For 720p, use a 1280 width: > > --ytdl-format > bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][protocol!=http_dash_segments][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best > > >
I'm actually downloading with youtube-dl. I thought it odd that it would refer to a mpv file for downloading. Still, when I searched, it is what kept popping up. Maybe a search term confused google. After I posted, I tried searching for other terms and found the link you reference in your post. I then created the file here: /etc/youtube-dl.conf I put in the same as mentioned before but it still downloads a huge file. I got this using exiftool: root@fireball / # exiftool /home/dale/Desktop/Documents/Food/long-path-to-video.mp4 | grep size File Size : 192 MB Movie Data Size : 200847130 Image Size : 1920x1080 root@fireball / # It still seems to ignore that I want a smaller video. Just for clarity: root@fireball / # cat /etc/youtube-dl.conf ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best root@fireball / # I'll try your setting but I would think it would still pick something smaller than 1920x1080. Right? Dale :-) :-)
