On Saturday, 13 April 2019 12:19:46 BST Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > 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
This part of the man page is worth a read for format configuration options: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#format-selection -- Regards, Mick
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