Selecting Wrong Video Height

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[QuasarX]

youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKJ5eE7I1k

C:\Youtube-DL>youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKJ5eE7I1k
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Downloading webpage
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Extracting video information
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for hHKJ5eE7I1k:
format code  extension  resolution note
249          webm       audio only DASH audio   58k , opus @ 50k, 1.10MiB
250          webm       audio only DASH audio   84k , opus @ 70k, 1.54MiB
140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz), 2.87MiB
171          webm       audio only DASH audio  141k , vorbis@128k, 2.57MiB
251          webm       audio only DASH audio  167k , opus @160k, 3.03MiB
160          mp4        256x144    DASH video  111k , avc1.4d400c, 15fps, video only, 2.39MiB
278          webm       256x144    144p  169k , webm container, vp9, 30fps, video only, 2.12MiB
133          mp4        426x240    DASH video  252k , avc1.4d4015, 30fps, video only, 5.45MiB
242          webm       426x240    240p  299k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 4.55MiB
243          webm       640x360    360p  511k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 8.46MiB
134          mp4        640x360    DASH video  612k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 9.88MiB
244          webm       854x480    480p  926k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 15.59MiB
135          mp4        854x480    DASH video 1126k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 19.55MiB
247          webm       1280x720   720p 1803k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 31.41MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   DASH video 2241k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 38.40MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  1080p 3213k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 55.07MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  DASH video 4202k , avc1.640028, 30fps, video only, 70.66MiB
264          mp4        2560x1440  DASH video 9974k , avc1.640032, 30fps, video only, 161.22MiB
271          webm       2560x1440  1440p 10152k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 175.80MiB
313          webm       3840x2160  2160p 21647k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 378.08MiB
266          mp4        3840x2160  DASH video 22233k , avc1.640033, 30fps, video only, 374.81MiB
138          mp4        3840x2160  DASH video 25128k , avc1.640033, 30fps, video only, 414.82MiB
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)

I want to select 1080pvideo(mp4)+bestaudio(m4a)

youtube-dl -f "[ext=mp4][height<=1080]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKJ5eE7I1k

But it is selecting f22 (720p)

C:\Youtube-DL>youtube-dl -f "[ext=mp4][height<=1080]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKJ5eE7I1k
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Downloading webpage
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Extracting video information
[youtube] hHKJ5eE7I1k: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] Resuming download at byte 148480
[download] Destination: Panasonic LUMIX GH4 'Light of the Yucatan' in 4K by Bryan Harvey-hHKJ5eE7I1k.f22.mp4
[download]   1.6% of 41.23MiB at 351.64KiB/s ETA 01:58
ERROR: Interrupted by user

This code working with this video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKJ5eE7I1k
-f "bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=1080]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]"

But not work with; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3Bgo5qJZE
It is selecting format code 133 not 134

C:\Youtube-DL>youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3Bgo5qJZE
[youtube] tU3Bgo5qJZE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] tU3Bgo5qJZE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] tU3Bgo5qJZE: Extracting video information
[youtube] tU3Bgo5qJZE: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for tU3Bgo5qJZE:
format code  extension  resolution note
249          webm       audio only DASH audio   51k , opus @ 50k, 1010.34KiB
250          webm       audio only DASH audio   61k , opus @ 70k, 1.17MiB
171          webm       audio only DASH audio  109k , vorbis@128k, 2.02MiB
140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz), 2.48MiB
251          webm       audio only DASH audio  143k , opus @160k, 2.72MiB
278          webm       256x140    144p   97k , webm container, vp9, 15fps, video only, 865.40KiB
160          mp4        256x140    DASH video  129k , avc1.4d400c, 15fps, video only, 1.08MiB
242          webm       426x234    240p  135k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 1.13MiB
243          webm       640x350    360p  221k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 1.94MiB
134          mp4        640x350    DASH video  282k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 2.84MiB
133          mp4        426x234    DASH video  302k , avc1.4d4015, 30fps, video only, 2.43MiB
17           3gp        176x144    small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k
36           3gp        320x176    small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2
18           mp4        640x350    medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k
43           webm       640x360    medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k (best)

How I can select bestvideo Equal or less than 1080p , file format mp4, fps Equal or less than 30 fps

[dstftw]

-f "bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=1080]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4][height<=1080]".

[QuasarX]

Did you try with this video? It is not work.

youtube-dl -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=1080]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4][height<=1080]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3Bgo5qJZE

It is missing format code : 133, downloading format code: 134