the facebook extractor doesn't show formats and downloads when verbose is used.

[shirishag75]

Hi all,
I am using youtube-dl version

$ youtube-dl --version
2015.02.06

Now I tried to figure out if there are multiple resolutions to the video, it doesn't give/share anything.

$ youtube-dl -F "https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152990229886015"
[facebook] 10152990229886015: Downloading webpage
[info] Available formats for 10152990229886015:
format code extension resolution  note 
0           mp4       unknown     

When I put the verbose flags the video is downloaded.

$ youtube-dl --verbose "https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152990229886015"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152990229886015']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.02.06
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.0
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.2-6, avprobe 11.2-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 10152990229886015: Downloading webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://fbcdn-video-h-a.akamaihd.net/hvideo-ak-xpf1/v/t43.1792-2/10361281_10152990231436015_110273172_n.mp4?efg=big-hash &vabr=some-hash=alphanumerict-hing[&__gda__=another hash'
[download] Destination: The Black Guy and White Guy series kicked off this year with #mitwa Bringing ...-10152990229886015.mp4
[download] 100% of 1.69MiB in 00:34

I have taken out the hash values and alphanumeric numbering as a security precaution. Perhaps those hashes were akamai's or they may have something to do with my fb a/c .

Anyways, the moot point is that why it downloads a certain resolution. Are all the videos in FB at a single resolution or are there multiple resolutions ?

Looking forward for answers.

[jaimeMF]

In the next version it will list two formats: sd and hd; since they don't seem to provide resolution info, we can't list it.

[shirishag75]

@jaimeMF thank you.

[phihag]

I believe this issue to be fixed in youtube-dl version 2015.02.24 and newer. See our FAQ if you need help updating.