# check format & codec
yt-dlp -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWsmn3-7scs
# output
[info] Available formats for vWsmn3-7scs:
ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
139 m4a audio only │ ~ 66.18MiB 64k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.5 64k 22k DASH audio, m4a_dash
140 m4a audio only │ ~148.90MiB 144k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 144k 44k DASH audio, m4a_dash
160 mp4 256x144 30 │ ~198.77MiB 192k dash │ avc1.4d400c 192k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
91 mp4 256x144 30 │ ~278.20MiB 269k m3u8 │ avc1.4d400c 269k mp4a.40.5 0k
133 mp4 426x240 30 │ ~433.53MiB 419k dash │ avc1.4d4015 419k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
92 mp4 426x240 30 │ ~524.70MiB 507k m3u8 │ avc1.4d4015 507k mp4a.40.5 0k
134 mp4 640x360 30 │ ~798.94MiB 773k dash │ avc1.4d401e 773k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
93 mp4 640x360 30 │ ~995.24MiB 962k m3u8 │ avc1.4d401e 962k mp4a.40.2 0k
135 mp4 854x480 30 │ ~ 1.09GiB 1077k dash │ avc1.4d401f 1077k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
94 mp4 854x480 30 │ ~ 1.30GiB 1283k m3u8 │ avc1.4d401f 1283k mp4a.40.2 0k
136 mp4 1280x720 30 │ ~ 2.21GiB 2187k dash │ avc1.4d401f 2187k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
298 mp4 1280x720 60 │ ~ 2.66GiB 2639k dash │ avc1.4d4020 2639k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
300 mp4 1280x720 60 │ ~ 2.95GiB 2922k m3u8 │ avc1.4d4020 2922k mp4a.40.2 0k
137 mp4 1920x1080 30 │ ~ 4.24GiB 4200k dash │ avc1.4d4028 4200k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
299 mp4 1920x1080 60 │ ~ 5.19GiB 5144k dash │ avc1.4d402a 5144k video only DASH video, mp4_dash
301 mp4 1920x1080 60 │ ~ 5.61GiB 5553k m3u8 │ avc1.4d402a 5553k mp4a.40.2 0k
# confirm download
yt-dlp -f 301 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWsmn3-7scs
Noted: Video quality higher than (>) 1080p is sperate audio & video source. Please watch carefully it should marked as <video only>
, <audio only>
, you will need to download both of the video and audio source by using:
yt-dlp -f 301+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWsmn3-7scs
.\yt-dlp.exe -f "(bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[protocol!*=dash]" --external-downloader ffmpeg --download-section "*93-111" --force-keyframes-at-cuts "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKbJlMAcgrQ"
Please close your browser first, otherwise will encounter permission denied
➜ yt-dlp.exe --cookies-from-browser chrome -f 140+137 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQDWbK8Rnc