debian 12.11, yt-dlp stable@2025.06.30.

I used this argument: “-f bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]”

and it works: it downloads the best available video, audio and ffmpeg merges both in a single file. Automatically.

Except that the maximum resolution I need is 1920 x 1080 p. Best available video is oftentimes 4096 x 2160 p, too much for the target hardware.

Using -F to check different resolutions to then select one (like -f 299 or -f 148) is tiresome.

How do I do that? Ideally for whole playlists involving between 25 and 50 videos.

  • darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    10·
    2 days ago

    Taken from https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp. Replace 480 with 1080. Multiple options in the documentation to choose from.

    Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p, or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p

    $ yt-dlp -S "height:480"