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mkv error #6044
mkv error #6044
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It's a WARNING rather than an ERROR. It just tells you the final file has a different format than what YouTube provides. If you can play the downloaded file, just ignore the warning. |
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So if I want to download the highest possible video quality while retaining the mp4 extension output, what should I do? |
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Could you paste the video link so that I or others can examine the situation in more details? |
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I don't have a specific link at the moment but earlier on my Windows machine, some videos wouldn't download at the highest available quality until I was told that I have to download ffmpeg. So on my Mac machine, I downloaded ffmpeg in order not to have the previous issue however I ended up getting that warning in my first post. So I removed ffmpeg (on my Mac) and now videos are downloaded in mp4 again. So yea, what should I do in order for me to download the best video quality as well as in mp4 format? I want to avoid mkv or any non mp4 formats while having the best video quality possible. |
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In general it's impossible. This warning indicates there's no way to preserve mp4 format as well as qualities. |
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Okay so let's say I forced it to download the highest video quality, would I get a video without audio as an output? Generally speaking, what are the disadvantages of forcing it to download the highest video quality other than getting an undesired output format? Do I need ffmpeg in order for me to get the best video quality? |
No, unless you specify
I think no.
Yes. YouTube serves the best quality video and the best quality audio separately. youtube-dl needs to merge them into a single video+audio file. This step requires ffmpeg. |
Hello,
I get this error while trying to download: "WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv"
The configuration file I'm currently using is: "-U --no-overwrites --no-cache-dir --restrict-filenames --ignore-errors --batch-file /Users/tareksalama/Desktop/batchvideos.txt -o /Users/tareksalama/Desktop/downloads/Youtube/%(uploader)s/%(title)s_%(uploader)s_%(id)s.%(ext)s"
When I removed ffmpeg from my system, the error didn't come back.
However, earlier I was having an issue where the best available video quality wouldn't download until someone on here told me that I needed to download ffmpeg.
I'd love to be able to download the best available quality which is usually mp4 too. I don't care much about the audio but it has to be there too.