Package: youtube-dl
Version: 2010.11.19-1
Severity: wishlist
The current help menu (--help) does not have any indication of which
format is available as a choice. This is the output:
Video Format Options:
-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
video format code
-m, --mobile-version
alias for -f 17
--all-formats download all available video formats
--max-quality=FORMAT
highest quality format to download
-b, --best-quality download the best video quality (DEPRECATED)
To specify the format, the -f flag is supposed to be used with a
number corresponding to some format (for example 43, 45, 18, 22, 37,
17).
Unfortunately, for the user, a guide to know what format corresponds
to which code is nowhere to be found.
How is the user supposed to know that code 37 corresponds to encoding
with h264 1080p?
This is a significant usability issue. One way to resolve it is to add
a short list of code-formats, for example:
WebM 480p: 43
WebM 720p: 45
Mobile 360p: 18
H264 720p: 22
h264 1080p: 37
OS: Ubuntu 10.10
kernel: 2.6.35-23-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP
Shell: /bin/sh
Versions of packages youtube-dl depends on:
ii python 2.6.6-2ubuntu1
youtube-dl recommends no packages.
Versions of packages youtube-dl suggests:
ii rtmpdump 2.3-2
