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--prefer-free-formats doesn't use webm when selecting bestvideo #17999

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Nolkaloid opened this issue Oct 28, 2018 · 3 comments
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--prefer-free-formats doesn't use webm when selecting bestvideo #17999

Nolkaloid opened this issue Oct 28, 2018 · 3 comments
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@Nolkaloid Nolkaloid commented Oct 28, 2018

What is the purpose of your issue?

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When using --prefer-free-formats -f bestvideo+bestaudio it downloads an video mp4 and an audio webm then merges into a mkv. Although it should download a webm video and webm audio and merge it into a webm.
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@dstftw dstftw commented Oct 28, 2018

It will only prefer webm when all quality metadata of free and non free formats are identical.
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@Nolkaloid Nolkaloid commented Oct 28, 2018

@dstftw then how can I force it to download the best webm video possible?
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@dstftw dstftw commented Oct 28, 2018

Bother to read FAQ.
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