yt-dlp will not download in ts format

[Skaperen]

i installed yt-dlp using "pip3 install --no-deps yt-dlp". in an empty directory on an Xubuntu 18.04.6 LTS based system. i tried "yt-dlp --format ts ${URL}" and got the message "Requested format is not available" and exits with status 1. changing "ts" to "mp4" and doing the command, again, and it begins downloading. i also tried "webm" and that fails the same as ts did. i was told in another thread i started that i should download to the "ts" format and that i should use yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl. does anyone know how to get yt-dlp to download to "ts" format, instead of "mp4"?

sorry, i cannot give out the URL.

this is in a new thread because it is a different kind of question.

[lomero]

try this:

yt-dlp https://mpd -o video.%(ext)s

[LZAA]

Only for 'HLS Stream':

yt-dlp --hls-prefer-mpegts ...

[Skaperen]

try this:

yt-dlp https://mpd -o video.%(ext)s

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

[Skaperen]

Only for 'HLS Stream':

yt-dlp --hls-prefer-mpegts ...

yt-dlp: error: no such option: --hls-prefer-mpegts

lt2a/forums /home/forums 13> yt-dlp https://mpd -o --hls-prefer-mpegts https://mpd -o video.ts
ERROR: Fixed output name but more than one file to download: video.ts
lt2a/forums /home/forums 14> yt-dlp --version
2021.11.10.1
lt2a/forums /home/forums 15>

[october262]

Only for 'HLS Stream':

yt-dlp --hls-prefer-mpegts ...

yt-dlp: error: no such option: --hls-prefer-mpegts

lt2a/forums /home/forums 13> yt-dlp https://mpd -o --hls-prefer-mpegts https://mpd -o video.ts
ERROR: Fixed output name but more than one file to download: video.ts
lt2a/forums /home/forums 14> yt-dlp --version
2021.11.10.1
lt2a/forums /home/forums 15>

try --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts --fixup warn
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/388974-how-to-use-youtube-dl-or-ffmpeg-to-download-video-in-ts

[Skaperen]

Only for 'HLS Stream':

yt-dlp --hls-prefer-mpegts ...

yt-dlp: error: no such option: --hls-prefer-mpegts

lt2a/forums /home/forums 13> yt-dlp https://mpd -o --hls-prefer-mpegts https://mpd -o video.ts
ERROR: Fixed output name but more than one file to download: video.ts
lt2a/forums /home/forums 14> yt-dlp --version
2021.11.10.1
lt2a/forums /home/forums 15>

try --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts --fixup warn
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/388974-how-to-use-youtube-dl-or-ffmpeg-to-download-video-in-ts

instead of the other options or in addition to them? or can you give a whole command example?

[Skaperen]

this is what i get so far

lt2a/forums /home/forums 4> yt-dlp --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts --fixup warn https://mpd -o video.ts
[generic] mpd: Requesting header
WARNING: [generic] Could not send HEAD request to https://mpd: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
[generic] mpd: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [generic] Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known> (caused by URLError(gaierror(-2, 'Name or service not known'),)) (caused by URLError(gaierror(-2, 'Name or service not known'),))
lt2a/forums /home/forums 5>

[lomero]

on https://mpd you can raplace with valid fresh mpd...
if you do not enter an mpd link how can you hope to download?

[Skaperen]

what is the meaning of "mpd"? is that related to "url"? i thought "https://mpd" was some special URL. so as far as i knew, i was giving it some input. an example in the computer world i have experience in would have "$url" or "${url}" where the URL goes (but without the quotes). so, i am still too newbie here and still trying to learn. my TV experience ranges from master control operator to loading and tweaking 2 quadruplex tapes in RCA machines circa 1970s at a TV broadcast station.

when someone suggests an option to try on a command, i won't know if it is to be added somewhere or replace something. that's why whole complete commands would be better.

yt-dlp -i "$url" --format ts "$savefile.ts"

the command assumes the common shells in Linux and BSD.

[Skaperen]

i did this command:

yt-dlp -i "$url" --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts --fixup warn save.ts

with shell variable "url" set to the URL. the download started going. but it did not save to file "save.ts". instead, it saved to a file it named with info from the web site plus ".mp4.part" appended to the name. and it was one single file that kept growing. i want to have it split into segments so i can convert each individually to webm and concatenate them together into one.

edit:

and i want the segments to start with an I-frame even if that affects the segment sizes a little. segments sizes should be about from 1 to 10 minutes, plus or minus a few seconds is OK.

[lomero]

-i dont need on yt-dlp. is for ffmpeg
and replace $url with valid mpd
if you do not know what is mpd read some old post in this forum

[lfer94]

yt-dlp -f bv[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a] --merge-output-format ts "URL"

You can replace m4a with aac, in case it doesn't work

[Skaperen]

sound is not an issue (yet). so, i will leave it with "m4a" for now.

i tried that command but i got message "Requested format is not available". i thought that ts could contain what mp4 contained so that yt-dlp would have ffmpeg take h.263 out of mp4 as it came in and put it in ts to save as a file. but that did not happen that way. maybe it is trying to get the website to use the ts and the website is rejecting that.

@lomero which old post tells about "mpd"? i assume this is an acronym. a search here for "mpd" gives many hits. looking at a few talks about URLs with ".mpd" at the end. my URL does not have "mpd" anywhere in it.

[lfer94]

Execute yt-dlp -F URL and show us the results

[Skaperen]

Execute yt-dlp -F URL and show us the results

[$sitename] $filname: Downloading webpage
[$sitename] $filname: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for $filname:
ID EXT RESOLUTION │   TBR PROTO  │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC     ABR
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
0  mp4 426x240    │  488k m3u8_n │ avc1.42c015  488k mp4a.40.2 0k
1  mp4 854x480    │ 1258k m3u8_n │ avc1.4d401f 1258k mp4a.40.2 0k
2  mp4 960x540    │ 2028k m3u8_n │ avc1.4d401f 2028k mp4a.40.2 0k
3  mp4 1280x720   │ 3396k m3u8_n │ avc1.4d401f 3396k mp4a.40.2 0k

the $ is where i am masking data i am obscuring. it's just a site name and a file name (missing an 'e') that is in the URL.

[lfer94]

[$sitename] $filname: Downloading webpage
[$sitename] $filname: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for $filname:
ID EXT RESOLUTION │   TBR PROTO  │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC     ABR
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
0  mp4 426x240    │  488k m3u8_n │ avc1.42c015  488k mp4a.40.2 0k
1  mp4 854x480    │ 1258k m3u8_n │ avc1.4d401f 1258k mp4a.40.2 0k
2  mp4 960x540    │ 2028k m3u8_n │ avc1.4d401f 2028k mp4a.40.2 0k
3  mp4 1280x720   │ 3396k m3u8_n │ avc1.4d401f 3396k mp4a.40.2 0k

the $ is where i am masking data i am obscuring. it's just a site name and a file name (missing an 'e') that is in the URL.

Ok, so try downloading the video and audio separately

yt-dlp -f bv --hls-prefer-native "URL" --no-part -o video.ts

yt-dlp -f ba "URL" --no-part -o audio.m4a

And then merge them using ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i video.ts -i audio.m4a -c copy merged.ts

If you keep getting the same error it's because the .ts extension doesn't exist in this case, as shown in "available formats" (mp4 only)

[Skaperen]

again, "Requested format is not available".

so, the website has to offer the same container, not just the same encoding? yt-dlp doesn't know how to have ffmpeg re-container it or ffmpeg can't do it?

[codehound]

It isn't DASH.

It isn't separate video+audio streams.

You can download a complete mp4 (or nothing at) 4 diff qualities.

If you download as .ts MediaInfo may report 'invalid file extension' - try it.

[LZAA]

youtube-dl -f 3 --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts "URL" -o video.ts

[lfer94]

It isn't DASH.

It isn't separate video+audio streams.

You can download a complete mp4 (or nothing at) 4 diff qualities.

Yes, you are right.

I thought it would work like "-vcodec copy -an" works in ffmpeg.

so, the website has to offer the same container, not just the same encoding? yt-dlp doesn't know how to have ffmpeg re-container it or ffmpeg can't do it?

Hmm, I don't know. Better try with Streamlink.

[Skaperen]

youtube-dl -f 3 --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts "URL" -o video.ts

i get file "video.ts.part" but it is directly playable. so this works. now to segment it into pieces. maybe doing this after the download is done will work for me. pieces seems to be the only way to convert to webm in a way i can reboot in the middle (since the re-encoding is so slow).

thanks!!