Feature request "-F". #140

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opened 2026-02-20 21:03:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-20 21:03:35 -05:00

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Originally created by @bat999 on GitHub (Sep 29, 2011).

Hi
I use youtube-dl, it's great.
Recently I've also tried another program named "cclive".
From here:- http://cclive.sourceforge.net

It's no better than youtube-dl (imho) but it has an option:-
$ cclive -F [url]

This finds the formats that are available for a YouTube video.
Like this:-
$ cclive -F http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWfaJS7FmU&feature=related

Then we can use the chart on Wikipedia to decide which is best for our needs.
Here:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs

Then:-
$ youtube-dl -t -f 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWfaJS7FmU&feature=related

Is there a chance that sometime a "-F" option could be added to youtube-dl?

EDIT !!!!
I've just seen issue #181 "-L", I think this will do the same job. :-)

Originally created by @bat999 on GitHub (Sep 29, 2011). Hi I use youtube-dl, it's great. Recently I've also tried another program named "cclive". From here:- http://cclive.sourceforge.net It's no better than youtube-dl (imho) but it has an option:- $ cclive -F [url] This finds the formats that are available for a YouTube video. Like this:- $ cclive -F http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWfaJS7FmU&feature=related Result:- Checking ... .......... ......... done. fmt05_240p|fmt18_360p|fmt34_360p|fmt35_480p|fmt43_360p|fmt44_480p Then we can use the chart on Wikipedia to decide which is best for our needs. Here:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs Then:- $ youtube-dl -t -f 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWfaJS7FmU&feature=related Is there a chance that sometime a "-F" option could be added to youtube-dl? EDIT !!!! I've just seen issue #181 "-L", I think this will do the same job. :-)

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2026-02-20 21:03:37 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:03:38 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2011):

Actually, I think -F is nicer, because we already have -f for format selection. This is indeed a duplicate of #181, which will be merged shortly.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2011): Actually, I think `-F` is nicer, because we already have -f for format _selection_. This is indeed a duplicate of #181, which will be merged shortly.

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