Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/2019 16:07, Dale wrote: >> This is what I have right now. >> >> --format >> bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best >> >> >> [...] >> >> That seems to have another option I >> like to, get .mp4 if available. I think. It did anyway. :/ Time will >> tell. > > YouTube uses lower quality for mp4 (H.264). Downloading webm (VP9) is > recommended. But not all videos are available in that format. Which is > why the format options I posted contain both, with the meaning of "try > webm first, but if not available, then try mp4." > > Note: this is not about file size. The VP9 webm version has higher > quality than the *same size* H.264 mp4. > > >
On your note, I've noticed that in the past when I use download helper with Firefox. Sometimes a smaller file or a file about the same size will have a much better resolution. One can't tell by file size what the resolution is really. That's why I use exiftool to get the info. I wish there was a GUI way to do that, like right click and it show up or something easy. So far, exiftool or playing the video in Smplayer is the only way I know. As long as I don't have to download a 1GB file to get a 10 minute video, I can live with it. What I hate is downloading the thing and it not being what I needed to begin with. ROFL I have DSL but downloading a 1GB file takes a couple hours. Yea, I've done that before. Waste of time and bandwidth. Thanks much. I figured I was doing something wrong. I think all the info I got when searching just confused me more. Dale :-) :-)
