Won't download facebook 1080p #11073

astandarduser · 2016-10-30T09:40:00Z

On firefox it gives the options for hd or sd no matter what (hd being 720). In chrome it has 360, 720, 1080 etc... But it only allows 1080 when logged in. Is there a way to get 1080p facebook videos with youtube-dl because the best it gets is 720, even on a 1080p video

yan12125 · 2016-10-30T09:41:42Z

Any example link?

astandarduser · 2016-10-30T09:43:13Z

https://www.facebook.com/cnn/videos/10155529876156509/
Please don't say I can just dl this elsewhere because I do not actually want this video, just want to be able to download in 1080 (also I am using the exe version of youtube-dl if that makes any difference)

astandarduser · 2016-10-30T09:46:50Z

That thread is closed and you said that you could only see 1080, which is probably because you are not logged in

yan12125 · 2016-10-30T10:26:26Z

which is probably because you are not logged in

I don't want to leak my sensitive information to Google, so I don't use Facebook on Chrome/Chromium. With d9ee2e5 public 1080P videos are correctly detected, so I guess youtube-dl should also work for login-required ones.

yan12125 · 2016-10-30T10:36:47Z

are you able to explain to me how to use it?

That's a change in youtube-dl. You can either wait for the next release or follow developer instructions for how to try the cutting-edge version.

astandarduser · 2016-10-30T10:46:10Z

Sorry for so many questions, but roughly how often do they update the exe, and will the update have the change you made with facebook.py?

yan12125 · 2016-10-30T10:53:41Z

roughly how often do they update the exe

Usually no longer than one or two weeks

will the update have the change you made with facebook.py

Yes.

astandarduser · 2016-10-30T11:11:08Z

Thank you for the help :)

astandarduser · 2016-10-30T23:27:53Z

They released the update and it still didn't fix the issue
Here is an example 1080 video that I found which only downloads 720 https://www.facebook.com/dulcedelight/videos/1251846471504847/

Hrxn · 2016-10-31T02:18:29Z

Where do you see the 1080p video there? Only with Facebook account? Because the browser also shows me just 720p..

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:05:09Z

Yes you have to be logged in to see 1080, that is the case with many fb videos, and it is the reason why I posted the question

yan12125 · 2016-10-31T08:06:09Z

Still no 1080p with --username and --password?

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:07:30Z

what do you mean by that?

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:07:47Z

can you write the full command

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:08:18Z

I didn't know you could use your credentials with youtube-dl

yan12125 · 2016-10-31T08:10:51Z

Like this:

youtube-dl --username (your username) --password (your password) URL

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:11:22Z

Thanks so much, I will test it now

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:16:58Z

Hmmmn, a few questions. Do I keep the brackets? Also on facebook do I use my email as the username? Also I tried (using email and pass) with and without brackets and it says no such option --password

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:18:06Z

Never mind, you spelled password wrong

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:22:31Z

All that happens when I use login, is it gets the wrong video and it is still 720, (I used no brackets)

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:27:27Z

No matter what url I write from the page, it gets the same video

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T08:30:36Z

I tried logging in using the old youtube-dl before you made the change to the facebook.py and it got the right video but still 720

yan12125 · 2016-10-31T09:00:18Z

I got a Facebook account and watch this video in Chromium. It's still 720p:

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:02:47Z

http://i.imgur.com/A3HU2zj.png

Hrxn · 2016-10-31T09:02:50Z

Okay, tried it as well.. (Don't really use Facebook, but still have an old account)

Used my .netrc for credentials..

C:\Users\Hrxn>youtube-dl.exe -v -n -F --ignore-config "https://www.facebook.com/dulcedelight/videos/1251846471504847/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-n', '-F', '--ignore-config', 'https://www.facebook.com/dulcedelight/videos/1251846471504847/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.31
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82143-gbf14393, ffprobe N-82143-gbf14393
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] Downloading login page
[facebook] Logging in
[facebook] 1251846471504847: Downloading webpage
[info] Available formats for 1251846471504847:
format code               extension  resolution note
1583686988324332ad        m4a        audio only [eng] DASH audio   49k , mp4a.40.29 (48000Hz)
1583686991657665vd        mp4        426x240    [eng] DASH video  267k , avc1.4d401e, video only
1583687101657654v         mp4        640x360    [eng] DASH video  500k , avc1.4d401e, video only
1583687631657601v         mp4        854x480    [eng] DASH video  774k , avc1.4d401e, video only
1583687544990943v         mp4        1280x720   [eng] DASH video 1442k , avc1.64001f, video only
dash_sd_src               mp4        unknown
dash_sd_src_no_ratelimit  mp4        unknown
dash_hd_src               mp4        unknown
dash_hd_src_no_ratelimit  mp4        unknown    (best)

C:\Users\Hrxn>

The video is 1280x720p btw...

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:04:20Z

It is 1080, see the image I posted, I download the 720 through youtubedl compare to the 1080 in chrome and there is visible difference
http://i.imgur.com/A3HU2zj.png

Hrxn · 2016-10-31T09:08:38Z

They released the update and it still didn't fix the issue
Here is an example 1080 video that I found which only downloads 720 https://www.facebook.com/dulcedelight/videos/1251846471504847/

Okay, used Chrome to sign-in into my old Facebook account, here is what I see:

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:11:14Z

Your chrome is up to date?

yan12125 · 2016-10-31T09:12:11Z

Your chrome is up to date?

From chrome://help/: Version 54.0.2840.71 (64-bit)

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:12:32Z

http://i.imgur.com/IoIbFuY.jpg

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:12:58Z

Left is through chrome 1080, right is after youtube-dl 720

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:13:39Z

Maybe facebook only allows 1080 in some countries I don't know

yan12125 · 2016-10-31T09:15:26Z

God knows. Only those who can watch 1080P are able to fix this.

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:18:07Z

Thanks for the help by the way. Also, you may want to remove the change you made to facebook.py. It causes problems when you use login info

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:18:24Z

At least for me it did, worked with old youtube-dl

Hrxn · 2016-10-31T09:22:48Z

Yeah, latest Chrome stable, of course..

Next two guesses would be:

Geo IP filter. Could be tested with VPN, just use the right exit
There are different tiers/categories of Facebook accounts ('Pro', Premier, VIP, god knows..)

Does anyone know anything about that?

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:27:15Z

Don't know about tiers but I created a facebook account with no info other than name like 10 minutes ago and I was able to see 1080, I think it is to do with location

yan12125 · 2016-10-31T09:35:40Z

Where are you?

astandarduser · 2016-10-31T09:38:20Z

new zealand

yan12125 mentioned this issue Oct 30, 2016

Can't download video from FB in 1080 #10870

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yan12125 mentioned this issue Feb 14, 2017

Error downloading Facebook video #12128

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Won't download facebook 1080p #11073

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