On 13/04/2019 11:55, Dale wrote:
Just tried this as well.root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best It still insists on downloading the largest file.
"--ytdl-format" is an MPV option, not a youtube-dl option. Also, omitting the "--" from the option name is an MPV thing. youtube-dl still needs the "--".
So you need:--format bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best