yt-dlp downloads 360p video only, but on youtube there's 480p available

[Anonymous84]

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[davexnet]

Use yt-dlp from the command line to get all the resolutions

[Anonymous84]

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[davexnet]

Sometimes you have to explicitly pick the format you want by using -f:

yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc" -f 135+140

[ElCap]

Use yt-dlp from the command line to get all the resolutions

And it clearly shows 480p as available.
But doesn't explain why below command

yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc

picks only 360p.

seems strange that it would pick 360p if it shows 480p....
maybe you have an older version or some different sorting priority

whats the output of these commands?

yt-dlp -F "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc"

yt-dlp -s -v "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc"

yt-dlp automatically picks 244+251 by default for me

[ridibunda]

To download highest bitrate 480p video:

yt-dlp -f 135 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc

yt-dlp --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSQ4FLBCSc
[youtube] kVSQ4FLBCSc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] kVSQ4FLBCSc: Downloading android player API JSON
[info] Available formats for kVSQ4FLBCSc:
ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ──────────
sb2 mhtml 48x27 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb1 mhtml 61x45 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb0 mhtml 122x90 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
599 m4a audio only 2 │ 37.43MiB 31k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.5 31k 22k ultralow, m4a_dash
600 webm audio only 2 │ 38.82MiB 32k dash │ audio only opus 32k 48k ultralow, webm_dash
139 m4a audio only 2 │ 59.31MiB 49k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.5 49k 22k low, m4a_dash
249 webm audio only 2 │ 56.30MiB 46k dash │ audio only opus 46k 48k low, webm_dash
250 webm audio only 2 │ 68.03MiB 56k dash │ audio only opus 56k 48k low, webm_dash
140 m4a audio only 2 │ 157.42MiB 129k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k medium, m4a_dash
251 webm audio only 2 │ 150.37MiB 124k dash │ audio only opus 124k 48k medium, webm_dash
17 3gp 176x144 7 1 │ 90.33MiB 74k https │ mp4v.20.3 74k mp4a.40.2 0k 22k 144p
597 mp4 196x144 15 │ 36.15MiB 30k dash │ avc1.4d400b 30k video only 144p, mp4_dash
598 webm 196x144 15 │ 41.99MiB 35k dash │ vp9 35k video only 144p, webm_dash
160 mp4 196x144 30 │ 103.31MiB 85k dash │ avc1.4d400c 85k video only 144p, mp4_dash
278 webm 196x144 30 │ 93.78MiB 77k dash │ vp9 77k video only 144p, webm_dash
133 mp4 328x240 30 │ 228.05MiB 188k dash │ avc1.4d400d 188k video only 240p, mp4_dash
242 webm 328x240 30 │ 198.34MiB 163k dash │ vp9 163k video only 240p, webm_dash
134 mp4 490x360 30 │ 500.37MiB 412k dash │ avc1.4d401e 412k video only 360p, mp4_dash
18 mp4 490x360 30 2 │ 617.76MiB 508k https │ avc1.42001E 508k mp4a.40.2 0k 44k 360p
243 webm 490x360 30 │ 353.67MiB 291k dash │ vp9 291k video only 360p, webm_dash
135 mp4 654x480 30 │ 972.56MiB 800k dash │ avc1.4d401e 800k video only 480p, mp4_dash
244 webm 654x480 30 │ 636.31MiB 523k dash │ vp9 523k video only 480p, webm_dash