What does sorting order mean?

[rvzaytsev]

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What does sorting order mean? For example -S res:720 will give preference to 720p, or will it ONLY consider 720p and just not download anything if there is no 720p?

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[seproDev]

Sorting means what it sounds like. It's how yt-dlp sorts the formats to determine what the best/worst format is. -S res:720 means sort by resolution, starting with 720p. Since it is only sorting, worse resolutions are still possible to be downloaded if no 720p format exists. You can read more about this in the documentation: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#sorting-formats