On 22/09/2020 10:30, Chris Brady wrote: > Try > > https://superuser.com/questions/846842/how-to-get-best-quality-audio-using-youtube-dl > > CJB > > On 21/09/2020, budge <aje...@errichel.co.uk> wrote: >> Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible >> download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are >> available to supplement specific items from my early music collection. >> >> My preferred solution is to download the audio using youtube-dl and I >> know I could then encode the file as a flac file but this creates huge >> files, albeit lossless, so my question is, is there any point in doing >> this if the initial audio quality is limited by the youtube video >> recording system bit rate? Also, as a more senior citizen, I believe I >> am unlikely to be able to hear the difference between the flac and other >> options. >> >> I know there are members in this group who have significant knowledge >> and experience in these matters and I am hoping for suggestions for the >> best format for my purposes. >> >> Budge. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> get_iplayer mailing list >> get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer >> > > Hi Chris, Getting up to speed now thanks to your link and some further reading. I shall continue reading on the concept of bestaudio and what it delivers. Having looked at a chosen video in this case there are four options, format code 249 webm, format code 250 webm, format code 140 m4a and format code 251 webm. Will experiment a bit. Thanks for your help. Budge
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