[YouTube] Downloading 60fps video as mp4

[sn0wyfall]

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I'm want to download a 60fps YouTube video at 1080p or even 2K with audio as a .mp4 file. However, when I use -F to see which formats I can download, it seems like all 60fps options which are 1080p or above are .webm files. Is this a limitation with YouTube? Does this mean that it is impossible to download 1080p 60fps video as a .mp4 directly with YouTube? The reason I ask is that some programs such as 4K Video Downloader download files as .mp4 files, so I was wondering if the same was possible with youtube-dl.

Sorry for the noobish question!

[dstftw]

it seems like all 60fps options which are 1080p or above are .webm files

Incorrect. Here is the example URL with 1080 60fps mp4:

> py -3.6 .\youtube_dl\__main__.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6lYqgWAmrg -F
[youtube] Z6lYqgWAmrg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Z6lYqgWAmrg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] Z6lYqgWAmrg: Extracting video information
[info] Available formats for Z6lYqgWAmrg:
format code  extension  resolution note
249          webm       audio only DASH audio   53k , opus @ 50k, 1.28MiB
250          webm       audio only DASH audio   67k , opus @ 70k, 1.48MiB
171          webm       audio only DASH audio  107k , vorbis@128k, 2.42MiB
251          webm       audio only DASH audio  119k , opus @160k, 2.84MiB
140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k, 3.49MiB
160          mp4        256x144    144p  110k , avc1.42c00c, 15fps, video only, 2.99MiB
278          webm       256x144    144p  114k , webm container, vp9, 30fps, video only, 2.59MiB
133          mp4        426x240    240p  253k , avc1.4d4015, 30fps, video only, 6.73MiB
242          webm       426x240    240p  267k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 5.59MiB
243          webm       640x360    360p  488k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 10.40MiB
134          mp4        640x360    360p  611k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 11.82MiB
244          webm       854x480    480p  916k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 18.84MiB
135          mp4        854x480    480p 1123k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 23.11MiB
247          webm       1280x720   720p 1905k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 37.94MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   720p 2253k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 44.70MiB
302          webm       1280x720   720p60 3137k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 63.14MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  1080p 3196k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 67.74MiB
298          mp4        1280x720   720p60 3325k , avc1.4d4020, 60fps, video only, 74.19MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 4224k , avc1.640028, 30fps, video only, 81.71MiB
303          webm       1920x1080  1080p60 5129k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 109.29MiB
299          mp4        1920x1080  1080p60 5537k , avc1.64002a, 60fps, video only, 128.89MiB
264          mp4        2560x1440  1440p 10125k , avc1.640032, 30fps, video only, 192.97MiB
271          webm       2560x1440  1440p 10498k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 209.84MiB
308          webm       2560x1440  1440p60 14676k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 319.24MiB
266          mp4        3840x2160  2160p 22834k , avc1.640033, 30fps, video only, 491.75MiB
313          webm       3840x2160  2160p 26094k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 483.65MiB
315          webm       3840x2160  2160p60 31943k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 701.52MiB
17           3gp        176x144    small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k
36           3gp        320x180    small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2
43           webm       640x360    medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k
18           mp4        640x360    medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k
22           mp4        1280x720   hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)

If there is no higher resolution 60 fps mp4 listed then no such formats exist for your particular video.

some programs such as 4K Video Downloader download files as .mp4 files

Did you actually tried to check whether downloaded (and not re-encoded) files are actually 60fps?

[sn0wyfall]

@dstftw Well, okay, I meant for 2K and above then I guess. But I'm not sure about whether those downloaded .mp4s are 6- fps, now that you mention it. Thank you for your time.