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Soundcloud downloads are wav, even if mp3 is specified #6990

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opened 2026-02-21 03:28:50 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:28:50 -05:00

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Originally created by @groovinator on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016).

For instance:

youtube-dl --audio-format mp3 https://soundcloud.com/mycelium_music/spore-session-vol-13-emog-12-3
[soundcloud] mycelium_music/spore-session-vol-13-emog-12-3: Resolving id
[soundcloud] mycelium_music/spore-session-vol-13-emog-12-3: Downloading info JSON
[soundcloud] 123028713: Downloading track url
[soundcloud] 123028713: Checking download video format URL
[soundcloud] 123028713: Checking http_mp3_128_url video format URL
WARNING: Your copy of avconv is outdated and unable to properly mux separate video and audio files, youtube-dl will download single file media. Update avconv to version 10-0 or newer to fix this.
[download] Destination: Spore Session Vol. 13 - Emog [12-3-2013]-123028713.wav

I'm not sure whether this is because there isn't an mp3 available? If not, rather than downloading the wav, youtube-dl should probably suggest an alternative format. The user probably doesn't want to hammer soundcloud with a giant unecessary wav download!

Originally created by @groovinator on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016). For instance: ``` youtube-dl --audio-format mp3 https://soundcloud.com/mycelium_music/spore-session-vol-13-emog-12-3 [soundcloud] mycelium_music/spore-session-vol-13-emog-12-3: Resolving id [soundcloud] mycelium_music/spore-session-vol-13-emog-12-3: Downloading info JSON [soundcloud] 123028713: Downloading track url [soundcloud] 123028713: Checking download video format URL [soundcloud] 123028713: Checking http_mp3_128_url video format URL WARNING: Your copy of avconv is outdated and unable to properly mux separate video and audio files, youtube-dl will download single file media. Update avconv to version 10-0 or newer to fix this. [download] Destination: Spore Session Vol. 13 - Emog [12-3-2013]-123028713.wav ``` I'm not sure whether this is because there isn't an mp3 available? If not, rather than downloading the wav, youtube-dl should probably suggest an alternative format. The user probably doesn't want to hammer soundcloud with a giant unecessary wav download!

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2026-02-21 03:28:51 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:28:53 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016):

youtube-dl downloads best available quality by default. You have to explicitly tell it not to download wav if you don't want it.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016): youtube-dl downloads best available quality by default. You have to [explicitly tell](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#format-selection) it not to download wav if you don't want it.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:28:54 -05:00

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@groovinator commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016):

@dstftw if you look at the command line I used, I actually attempted to do that with the --audio-format flag, which was the first thing I found by searching for "mp3" in the man page. Why doesn't --audio-format x imply --format x for audio-only downloads?

@groovinator commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016): @dstftw if you look at the command line I used, I actually attempted to do that with the `--audio-format` flag, which was the first thing I found by searching for "mp3" in the man page. Why doesn't `--audio-format x` imply `--format x` for audio-only downloads?

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:28:54 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016):

Because these are different options. --audio-format a postprocessing option that is only used with --extract-audio to specify settings of audio stream to be extracted from downloaded format (wav in this case). --format is an option to specify formats to download.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2016): Because these are different options. `--audio-format` a postprocessing option that is only used with `--extract-audio` to specify settings of audio stream to be extracted from downloaded format (wav in this case). `--format` is an option to specify formats to download.

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