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-f "bestvideo" says 'ERROR: requested format not available' on some vimeo video #14754

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retsyo opened this issue Nov 15, 2017 · 3 comments
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@retsyo retsyo commented Nov 15, 2017

python N:\greensoft\net\youtube-dl-master\youtube_dl\__main__.py --proxy 127.0.0.1:3059 -f "bestvideo" https://vimeo.com/96737246
``` says `ERROR: requested format not available`

but 
```bash
python N:\greensoft\net\youtube-dl-master\youtube_dl\__main__.py --proxy 127.0.0.1:3059 -f "bestvideo" https://vimeo.com/226888622
``` can runs ok
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@dstftw dstftw commented Nov 15, 2017

This video doesn't have bestvideo format as clearly stated in the error messge.

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@retsyo retsyo commented Nov 15, 2017

yes, but it is hard for user to download loads of videos via --batch-file list.txt because user can't know this parameter for every video and write every command line. So is it possible to ignore bestvideo format if there is no one?

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@dstftw dstftw commented Nov 15, 2017

Bother to read format selection section.

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