Dale wrote: > 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 > > :-) :-) >
Just tried this as well. root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best root@fireball / # It still insists on downloading the largest file. Like this: root@fireball / # exiftool /home/dale/Desktop/Documents/Food/long-path-to-file.mp4 | grep size File Size : 191 MB Movie Data Size : 1689868 Image Size : 1920x1080 root@fireball / # I'm sure this is some silly thing I'm missing here. Maybe a typo or something?? I'm trying to copy and paste when I can since it helps prevent typos. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
