how to specify quality format with dailymotion and vimeo

[kiranbulley]

[how can i download video from dailymotion with specific quality format]
[youtube-dl -v --list-formats http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5yzn9o ]

version: 2017.09.02

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--list-formats', u'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5yzn9o']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Darwin-15.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5yzn9o: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for x5yzn9o:
format code extension resolution note
hls-144-0 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-144-1 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-144-2 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-144-3 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-0 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-1 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-2 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-3 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-0 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-1 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-2 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-3 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-480-0 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-480-1 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-480-2 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-480-3 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-0 mp4 1280x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-1 mp4 1280x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-2 mp4 1280x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-3 mp4 1280x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-0 mp4 1920x1080 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-1 mp4 1920x1080 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-2 mp4 1920x1080 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-3 mp4 1920x1080 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
http-144 mp4 176x144
http-240 mp4 320x240
http-380 mp4 512x384
http-480 mp4 848x480
http-720 mp4 1280x720
http-1080 mp4 1920x1080 (best)

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Single video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5yzn9o

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Description of issue

i have run the above command for that i got result which i have mention above but how should i specify quality code in command to download video from dailymotion and vimeo.

[kayb94]

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#video-format-options

[kiranbulley]

hi ,
youtube-dl -v http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hnk8x -F best[height=360] "output path"

for above command i am getting following result

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hnk8x', u'-F', u'best[height=360]', u'/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/video_main']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Darwin-15.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x3hnk8x: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for x3hnk8x:
format code extension resolution note
hls-144-0 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-144-1 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-144-2 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-144-3 mp4 176x96 105k , avc1.42000b, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-0 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-1 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-2 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-240-3 mp4 320x184 246k , avc1.42000d, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-0 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-1 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-2 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-380-3 mp4 512x288 460k , avc1.420016, mp4a.40.5
hls-480-0 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-480-1 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-480-2 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-480-3 mp4 848x480 836k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-0 mp4 1272x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-1 mp4 1272x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-2 mp4 1272x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-720-3 mp4 1272x720 2149k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-0 mp4 1592x904 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-1 mp4 1592x904 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-2 mp4 1592x904 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
hls-1080-3 mp4 1592x904 6221k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2
http-144 mp4 176x144
http-240 mp4 320x240
http-380 mp4 512x384
http-480 mp4 848x480
http-720 mp4 1280x720
http-1080 mp4 1920x1080 (best)
ERROR: u'best[height=360]' is not a valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl "ytsearch:best[height=360]" ) to search YouTube
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 762, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1861, in _real_extract
% (url, url), expected=True)
ExtractorError: u'best[height=360]' is not a valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl "ytsearch:best[height=360]" ) to search YouTube

Actually i am struggling with how should i specify quality code in command in case of dailymotion and vimeo.

[kayb94]

Have you read the link that I posted?
-f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info
This applies to all sites, not just dailymotion and vimeo.
If you're interested in Arch or Manjaro, you should get familiar with man pages ;)

[rautamiekka]

youtube-dl -v http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hnk8x -F best[height=360] "output path"

That's illegal syntax in 2 ways: the "output path" is actually just another vid link to youtube-dl (you'll use --output "..." to designate location and/or filename format) and the -F best[height=360] should have -f instead.

Seeing it's a comparison between Linux distros which'll possibly contain text in a window, you'll want one of the best, and this'll get you both the very best vid and audio and combines them using FFmpeg or avconv (but if it fails it takes the best ready-to-view combination and doesn't use FFmpeg/avconv), saved as ~/Downloads/_DailyMotion_/UPLOADER_NAME_OR_ID/VIDEO_NAME WIDTHxHEIGHT dailymotion#x3hnk8x#.EXTENSION (however be warned I haven't used youtube-dl on a Linux yet, so this might not work as intended at first):

youtube-dl --ignore-config --verbose --verbose --ignore-errors --no-mark-watched --format 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best' --audio-format best --audio-quality 0 --output '~/Downloads/_DailyMotion_/%(uploader_id)s/%(title)s %(resolution)s dailymotion#%(id)s#.%(ext)s' -x --no-playlist --console-title --no-mtime --retries infinite --continue --no-overwrites --fragment-retries infinite 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hnk8x'

But if you're fine with 720p, this does that:

youtube-dl --ignore-config --verbose --verbose --ignore-errors --no-mark-watched --format 'bestvideo[height=720]+bestaudio/best[height=720]' --audio-format best --audio-quality 0 --output '~/Downloads/_DailyMotion_/%(uploader_id)s/%(title)s %(resolution)s dailymotion#%(id)s#.%(ext)s' -x --no-playlist --console-title --no-mtime --retries infinite --continue --no-overwrites --fragment-retries infinite 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hnk8x'

This'll do 480p:

youtube-dl --ignore-config --verbose --verbose --ignore-errors --no-mark-watched --format 'bestvideo[height=480]+bestaudio/best[height=480]' --audio-format best --audio-quality 0 --output '~/Downloads/_DailyMotion_/%(uploader_id)s/%(title)s %(resolution)s dailymotion#%(id)s#.%(ext)s' -x --no-playlist --console-title --no-mtime --retries infinite --continue --no-overwrites --fragment-retries infinite 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hnk8x'

[kiranbulley]

thank you