SyntaxError('Invalid filter specification

[levaculik2]

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when I try to download the audio [language=portuguese (Brazil)] and it's giving this error.

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[debug] Command-line config: ['-v', '--audio-multistreams', '-f', 'bv[height=234]+ba[language=japanese]+ba[language=portuguese (Brazil)]', '-a', '/home/levaculik/Documentos/list/list.txt', '--all-subs', '--embed-subs', '--cookies', '/home/levaculik/Documentos/cookies/funimation.txt', '--no-geo-bypass', '--no-check-certificate', '--external-downloader', 'aria2c']
[debug] Batch file urls: ['https://www.funimation.com/v/overlord/two-venturers']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.08.08 [3157158] (source)
[debug] Plugins: ['SamplePluginIE', 'SamplePluginPP']
[debug] Git HEAD: df2a5633d
[debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Linux-5.4.0-124-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29 (glibc 2.31)
[debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
[debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.7, ffprobe 4.2.7
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, secretstorage-2.3.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__main__.py", line 17, in <module>
    yt_dlp.main()
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 953, in main
    _exit(*variadic(_real_main(argv)))
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 915, in _real_main
    with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 693, in __init__
    else self.build_format_selector(self.params['format']))
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2282, in build_format_selector
    return _build_selector_function(parsed_selector)
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2149, in _build_selector_function
    fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2149, in <listcomp>
    fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2170, in _build_selector_function
    selector_1, selector_2 = map(_build_selector_function, selector.selector)
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2149, in _build_selector_function
    fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2149, in <listcomp>
    fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2170, in _build_selector_function
    selector_1, selector_2 = map(_build_selector_function, selector.selector)
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2149, in _build_selector_function
    fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2149, in <listcomp>
    fs = [_build_selector_function(s) for s in selector]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2246, in _build_selector_function
    filters = [self._build_format_filter(f) for f in selector.filters]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 2246, in <listcomp>
    filters = [self._build_format_filter(f) for f in selector.filters]
  File "/home/levaculik/tools/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1898, in _build_format_filter
    raise SyntaxError('Invalid filter specification %r' % filter_spec)
SyntaxError: Invalid filter specification 'language=portuguese(Brazil)'

[pukkandan]

Workaround: Use language^=portuguese

[pukkandan]

language^=portuguese, not language^=portuguese (brazil)

[levaculik2]

language^=portuguese, not language^=portuguese (brazil)

once again thank you very much pukkandan it worked.