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[Documentation] Document the order of formats preferred #14251

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marmistrz opened this issue Sep 18, 2017 · 6 comments
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[Documentation] Document the order of formats preferred #14251

marmistrz opened this issue Sep 18, 2017 · 6 comments

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@marmistrz marmistrz commented Sep 18, 2017

README.md mentions a lot about determining precedence of formats when it comes to quality. There's no information about what order of formats is the default one (webm, mp4, etc.) and how it's changed by --prefer-free-formats.

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@dstftw dstftw commented Sep 18, 2017

Fell free to file a PR.

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@marmistrz marmistrz commented Sep 18, 2017

I'd file if I knew at all. I'll do that if you point me where it's defined.

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@dstftw dstftw commented Sep 18, 2017

Order of formats is an implementation detail and may change any time. --prefer-free-formats gives preference to free formats over non-free when several formats are identical according to quality metadata. Similarly, free formats order is an implementation detail.

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@marmistrz marmistrz commented Sep 18, 2017

Which formats arw considered free and which not?

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@dstftw dstftw commented Sep 18, 2017

Royalty-free and non royalty-free correspondingly.

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@marmistrz marmistrz commented Sep 18, 2017

Is the list of royalty-free formats somewhere in the code?

Look, all my knowledge in this matter is that mp3 is patented. Just as most users'

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