two ways to stream an audio track

[blanc]

Hi,

in yt-dlp there are two ways to stream an audio track:
1. –x
2. –F and choose the audio track

What’s the difference?

[sesamap159]

Hi,

in yt-dlp there are two ways to stream an audio track:
1. –x
2. –F and choose the audio track

What’s the difference?

Use -x when you want a specific output format (like MP3) and don't mind conversion.
Use -F/-f when you want the original, unconverted audio at the best quality (avoids quality loss from re-encoding).