TheFrenchGhostys-Ultimate-YouTube-DL-Scripts-Collection/docs/Details.md

## Details:

`--format "(bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=4320]/bestvideo[height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=2880]/bestvideo[height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=2160]/bestvideo[height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=1440]/bestvideo[height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=1080]/bestvideo[height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=720]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=720]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=720]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=720]/bestvideo[height>=720]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=480][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=480][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=480][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=480][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=480][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=480]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=480]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=480]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=480]/bestvideo[height>=480]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=360][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=360][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=360][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=360][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=360][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=360]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=360]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=360]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=360]/bestvideo[height>=360]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=240][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=240][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=240][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=240][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=240][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=240]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=240]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=240]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=240]/bestvideo[height>=240]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=144][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=144][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=144][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=144][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>=144][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height>=144]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01][height>=144]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9.2][height>=144]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][height>=144]/bestvideo[height>=144]/bestvideo)+(bestaudio[acodec^=opus]/bestaudio)/best"`: Tell yt-dlp to download the best quality available prioritizing the most compressed/recent codecs, except for 240p and 144p where AVC is prioritized (Original idea by [Veloldo](https://redd.it/c6fh4x))

(Watch on Mobile Script) `--format "(bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=720]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=480][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=480]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=360][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=360]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=240][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=240]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=144][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1][height=144]/bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1])+(bestaudio[acodec^=mp4a]/bestaudio)/best"`: Tell yt-dlp to download ancient video and audio format that are support by every mobile devices.

(Audio Only Scripts) `--format "(bestaudio[acodec^=opus]/bestaudio)/best"`: Tell yt-dlp to download best audio quality available prioritizing the most compressed/recent codecs.

`--verbose`: Tell yt-dlp to print various debugging information.

`--force-ipv4`: Tell yt-dlp to use IPv4, needed because lots of hosting and VPNs providers don't support IPv6.

`--sleep-interval 5 --max-sleep-interval 30`: Tell yt-dlp to pause between 5 and 30 seconds between 2 download to avoid getting "429 - Too Many Requests". (Original idea by [BioSchokoMuffin](https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/cr8t0k/can_you_answer_a_few_questions_i_have_about/ex3megb/)).

`--ignore-errors`: Tell yt-dlp to continue on download errors (for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist).

`--no-continue`: Tell yt-dlp not to resume partially downloaded files and to restart from the beginning (Mainly to avoid corruption).

`--no-overwrites`: Tell yt-dlp not to overwrite existing files (Useful when metadata has already been downloaded).

`--download-archive archive.log`: Tell yt-dlp to write every video that has been downloaded in `archive.log` to automatically skip them next time the script is started.

`--add-metadata`: Tell yt-dlp to write metadata to the video files.

`--parse-metadata "%(title)s:%(meta_title)s"`: Tell yt-dlp to match the metadata `title` to the title of the video (to avoid overwriting it with the title of the identified content).

`--parse-metadata "%(uploader)s:%(meta_artist)s"`: Tell yt-dlp to match the metadata `uploader` to the name of the uploader (to avoid overwriting it to the artist name of the identified content).

`--write-description`: Tell yt-dlp to write video description to a `.description` file.

`--write-info-json`: Tell yt-dlp to write video metadata to a `.info.json` file.

`--write-annotations`: Tell yt-dlp to write video annotations to a `.annotations.xml` file.

`--write-thumbnail`: Tell yt-dlp to write thumbnail image to disk.

`--embed-thumbnail`: Tell yt-dlp to embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art (only useful when downloading audio-only content like podcast).

`--all-subs`: Tell yt-dlp to download all the available subtitles of the video.

`--embed-subs`: Tell yt-dlp to embed subtitles in the video.

`--get-comments`: Tell yt-dlp to download YouTube comments to `info.json` (this is REALLY slow, around 10 comments per second).

`--throttled-rate 100K`: For age-gated videos that are detected to be throttled, it will restart the download.

`--check-formats`: Workaround for an edge case (see this [issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/502)).

`--concurrent-fragments 5`:  Set the number of dash/hlsnative fragments to 5 concurrent download to speed things up.

(Audio Only Scripts) `--extract-audio`: Extract audio if it's included in a video file, otherwise don't do anything.

`--match-filter "!is_live & !live"`: Tell yt-dlp to skip videos that are currently live on YouTube.

(Channels Scripts) `--output "%(uploader)s/%(uploader)s - %(upload_date)s - %(title)s/%(uploader)s - %(upload_date)s - %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s"`: Tell yt-dlp to download the videos in folders and subfolders, using the naming scheme `Uploader/Uploader - 20191231 - Title/Uploader - 20191231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`.

(Playlists Scripts) `--output "%(playlist)s (%(uploader)s)/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s"`: Tell yt-dlp to download the videos in folders and subfolders, using the naming scheme `PlaylistName - Uploader/20191231 - Title/20191231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`.

(Unique Scripts) `--output "%(title)s - %(uploader)s - %(upload_date)s/%(title)s - %(uploader)s - %(upload_date)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s"`: Tell yt-dlp to download the videos in folders and subfolders, using the naming scheme `Title - Uploader - 20191231/Title - Uploader - 20191231 [VIDEOID].ext`.

`--merge-output-format "mkv"`: Tell yt-dlp to merge the video and audio that were downloaded separately in a `.mkv` file.

(Archivist Scripts) `--datebefore "$(date --date="30 days ago" +%Y%m%d)"`: Tell yt-dlp to download everything that was created before the current date, minus 30 days.

(Recent Scripts) `--dateafter "$(date --date="30 days ago" +%Y%m%d)"`: Tell yt-dlp to download everything that was created after the current date, minus 30 days.

`--batch-file "Source - XXXXXX.txt"`: Tell yt-dlp to look for links in `Source - XXXXXX.txt`. 

`2>&1 | tee output.log`: Tell the shell to output stdout and stderr to `output.log`.