For HLS streams, --recode-video should enforce a particular container in the first place #3610

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opened 2026-02-21 01:28:30 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments
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Originally created by @fstirlitz on GitHub (Dec 12, 2014).

To download HLS streams, youtube-dl uses ffmpeg to put the video in an MP4 container. When additionally --recode-video is specified on the command line, ffmpeg is run twice: first to download the video, and second to repack it in the requested container. I would like youtube-dl to put the video in the requested container directly.

Originally created by @fstirlitz on GitHub (Dec 12, 2014). To download HLS streams, youtube-dl uses ffmpeg to put the video in an MP4 container. When additionally `--recode-video` is specified on the command line, ffmpeg is run twice: first to download the video, and second to repack it in the requested container. I would like youtube-dl to put the video in the requested container directly.
deekerman 2026-02-21 01:28:30 -05:00
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