On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 17:06, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > dale@fireball ~/Desktop/Videos/TV_Series/Midsomer_Murders $ > /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl --format > 'bestvideo[ext=webm,ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' <Lots of > video links that include HD versions> > ERROR: u'ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' is not a > valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl > "ytsearch:ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best" ) to > search YouTube
I have not updated to yesterday's version yet, but using this format string on the command line on a HD video downloaded a 720p video, as expected. Immediate thought is that there's a stray config file somewhere still. Why do you get the 'ytdl-format' thing? As far as the internet can tell me, this is a mpv command line option. Regards, Arve
