YT-DLP "--audio-multistreams" in MKV instead of MP4

[pssh]

Trying the "--audio-multistreams" with YT-DLP,
while with N_m3u8DL-RE it works great with

"-sa all"

to download ALL
yt-dlp needs specific command
and allows the best two:

-f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams

Would best three Audio tracks be:

-f "bv*+ba+ba.2+ba.3" --audio-multistreams

?


Also if only downloading best audio/video I get MP4

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba" `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

With two best Audio tracks I get MKV

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

is there any way to force MP4 container instead of MKV
when downloading with two and more audio tracks?


Forcing MP4 with "-S "mp4" results in MKV ...
and in the log:
Deprecated Feature: Using arbitrary fields (mp4) for format sorting is deprecated and may be removed in a future version

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams -S "mp4" `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

Downloading "ALL" audio tracks, downloads both DASH and HLS, and muxes it to MKV

dash-audio_fre=96000 m4a audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 96k 48k [fr] DASH audio, m4a_dash
dash-audio_qaa=96000 m4a audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 96k 48k [qaa] DASH audio, m4a_dash
hls-audio-aacl-96-Audio_Français mp4 audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k m3u8 │ audio only mp4a 96k [fr] Audio Français
hls-audio-aacl-96-Audio_Originale mp4 audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k m3u8 │ audio only mp4a 96k [qaa] Audio Originale

yt-dlp -f "bv*+mergeall[vcodec=none]" --audio-multistreams `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

And I would like both AUDIO tracks (dash or hls) and best VIDEO in MP4 container ...

[LZAA]

Url?

[pssh]

Url?

Its in the YT-DLP commands

https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html

[keep_it_breezy]

Trying the "--audio-multistreams" with YT-DLP,
while with N_m3u8DL-RE it works great with

"-sa all"

to download ALL
yt-dlp needs specific command
and allows the best two:

-f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams

Would best three Audio tracks be:

-f "bv*+ba+ba.2+ba.3" --audio-multistreams

?


Also if only downloading best audio/video I get MP4

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba" `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

With two best Audio tracks I get MKV

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

is there any way to force MP4 container instead of MKV
when downloading with two and more audio tracks?


Forcing MP4 with "-S "mp4" results in MKV ...
and in the log:
Deprecated Feature: Using arbitrary fields (mp4) for format sorting is deprecated and may be removed in a future version

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams -S "mp4" `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

Downloading "ALL" audio tracks, downloads both DASH and HLS, and muxes it to MKV

dash-audio_fre=96000 m4a audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 96k 48k [fr] DASH audio, m4a_dash
dash-audio_qaa=96000 m4a audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 96k 48k [qaa] DASH audio, m4a_dash
hls-audio-aacl-96-Audio_Français mp4 audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k m3u8 │ audio only mp4a 96k [fr] Audio Français
hls-audio-aacl-96-Audio_Originale mp4 audio only │ ~ 82.75MiB 96k m3u8 │ audio only mp4a 96k [qaa] Audio Originale

yt-dlp -f "bv*+mergeall[vcodec=none]" --audio-multistreams `
-o "%(title)s.FR.1987.540p.FRTV.WEB-DL.AAC.LC.2.0.H.264.%(ext)s" `
--replace-in-metadata "title,uploader,series" "[ _]" "." `
--embed-subs `
--sub-langs all `
--embed-chapters `
--embed-metadata `
--embed-info-json `
--embed-thumbnail `
"https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html"

And I would like both AUDIO tracks (dash or hls) and best VIDEO in MP4 container ...

Your Syntax looks slightly funky and perhaps incorrect - I would, as always, when you're after fairly complex configurations like this (multiple tracks etc) recommend using N_m3u8. Nevertheless, this functioned fine for me:

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams "https://www.france.tv/films/6002616-wall-street.html" --merge-output-format mp4