Howdy all, I followed a thread about youtube-dl not being updated and it was recommended to switch to yt-dlp. So, I switched. Then I found out that it doesn't use the old youtube-dl.conf file. It downloaded a HUGE video. The thing was 1080P. O_O Anyway, I created a new config file, yt-dlp.conf in /etc and copied the options to it. That didn't work well. I found a website with tips and I thought I changed things to where it will work like the old tool but it spits on my keyboard and exits. Obviously, I'm not doing something right here. Here's some info:
[IP-] [ ] net-misc/yt-dlp-2021.12.27 My .conf file for yt-dlp: --format 'bv*[ext=webm,ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' #My test line -i This is the line from the old youtube-dl.conf that worked for it: --format 'bestvideo[ext=webm,ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' -i This is what it spits out when I try to download a video. dale@fireball ~/Desktop/Documents/Firefox/Firefox Multi-Account Containers $ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=808xcfzkDRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL5cuGOzf54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy7lyvAfOSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfN5L5zAJUo Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.9/yt-dlp", line 33, in <module> sys.exit(load_entry_point('yt-dlp==2021.12.27', 'console_scripts', 'yt-dlp')()) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 842, in main _real_main(argv) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 803, in _real_main with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 630, in __init__ else self.build_format_selector(self.params['format'])) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2194, in build_format_selector return _build_selector_function(parsed_selector) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2067, in _build_selector_function fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector] File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2067, in <listcomp> fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector] File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2078, in _build_selector_function fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector.selector] File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2078, in <listcomp> fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector.selector] File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2088, in _build_selector_function selector_1, selector_2 = map(_build_selector_function, selector.selector) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2158, in _build_selector_function filters = [self._build_format_filter(f) for f in selector.filters] File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2158, in <listcomp> filters = [self._build_format_filter(f) for f in selector.filters] File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1816, in _build_format_filter raise SyntaxError('Invalid filter specification %r' % filter_spec) SyntaxError: Invalid filter specification 'ext=webm,ext=mp4' dale@fireball ~/Desktop/Documents/Firefox/Firefox Multi-Account Containers $ There's nothing sensitive there so nothing is edited or changed to prevent it from being public. It is as it was on my screen. What I'm trying for, I prefer mp4 videos but webm will do. I'd like the maximum size to be something like a 720P tall or 1280P wide. I really don't need a 1080P tall or larger to watch on my 24" monitor. Sometimes even 720P is to much, if it's just someone talking about things. I only need a higher res when it is showing how to repair something small or something. I think 720P would be good enough, always has anyway. I think it is happy with that setting tho. This seems to work but who knows what it will download. --format 'bestvideo[width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' The part it really doesn't like seems to be this: SyntaxError: Invalid filter specification 'ext=webm,ext=mp4' Can someone tell me what the new and improved yt-dlp wants in its conf file to try for mp4 first and then webm? Nothing I tried seems to work. :-( Thanks for the help. Dale :-) :-)
