Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-26 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 26Oct2017 22:24, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 25 October 2017, JD sent: I was also wondering if youtube-dl can transcode the video to 1920x1080 if it is not already in that resolution. Wouldn't it be better to simply download the file as-is? Then, when you play it, later on, let your

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-26 Thread Richard Shaw
I use the codec packages from RPM Fusion so I don't mind using AAC audio... You can see what all formats are available using a random video link: $ youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dhmS237wsw [youtube] 9dhmS237wsw: Downloading webpage [youtube] 9dhmS237wsw: Downloading video info we

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/25/2017 07:30 PM, JD wrote: Some merges into mp4 are failing. To wit: [download] Destination: Calling Elvis--Dire Straits - Topic--1920x1080.f137.mp4 [download] 100% of 24.04MiB in 00:05 [download] Destination: Calling Elvis--Dire Straits - Topic--1920x1080.f251.webm [download] 100% of

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-26 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 25 October 2017, JD sent: > I was also wondering if youtube-dl can transcode the video to > 1920x1080 if it is not already in that resolution. Wouldn't it be better to simply download the file as-is? Then, when you play it, later on, let your player do its magic. That way,

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/26/17 10:30, JD wrote: > Some merges into mp4 are failing. To wit: > > [download] Destination: Calling Elvis--Dire Straits - > Topic--1920x1080.f137.mp4 > [download] 100% of 24.04MiB in 00:05 > [download] Destination: Calling Elvis--Dire Straits - > Topic--1920x1080.f251.webm > [download] 1

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread JD
On 10/25/2017 06:21 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 25Oct2017 11:40, JD wrote: On 10/25/2017 11:12 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: JD meant to write: Is there a way to tell youtube-dl to save "the best formats of audio and video" of a download into mp4. I think the --merge-output-format option is

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread JD
On 10/25/2017 06:21 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 25Oct2017 11:40, JD wrote: On 10/25/2017 11:12 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: JD meant to write: Is there a way to tell youtube-dl to save "the best formats of audio and video" of a download into mp4. I think the --merge-output-format option is

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread JD
On 10/25/2017 06:21 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 25Oct2017 11:40, JD wrote: On 10/25/2017 11:12 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: JD meant to write: Is there a way to tell youtube-dl to save "the best formats of audio and video" of a download into mp4. I think the --merge-output-format option is

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 25Oct2017 11:40, JD wrote: On 10/25/2017 11:12 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: JD meant to write: Is there a way to tell youtube-dl to save "the best formats of audio and video" of a download into mp4. I think the --merge-output-format option is what you're looking for: https://github.com/rg3/

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread JD
On 10/25/2017 11:12 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: JD meant to write: Is there a way to tell youtube-dl to save "the best formats of audio and video" of a download into mp4. I think the --merge-output-format option is what you're looking for: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.

Re: OT: youtube-dl Question

2017-10-25 Thread Todd Zullinger
JD meant to write: Is there a way to tell youtube-dl to save "the best formats of audio and video" of a download into mp4. I think the --merge-output-format option is what you're looking for: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#video-format-options -- Todd