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@@ -979,8 +979,9 @@ You can also use a file extension (currently `3gp`, `aac`, `flv`, `m4a`, `mp3`, You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats: - `all`: Select all formats - - `b*`, `best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio. - - `w*`, `worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio. + - `mergeall`: Select and merge all formats (Must be used with `--audio-multistreams`, `--video-multistreams` or both) + - `b*`, `best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio + - `w*`, `worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio - `b`, `best`: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]` - `w`, `worst`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]` - `bv`, `bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format. Equivalent to `best*[acodec=none]` @@ -1094,10 +1095,17 @@ $ yt-dlp # by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name. $ yt-dlp -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s' +# Download and merge the best format that has a video stream, +# and all audio-only formats into one file +$ yt-dlp -f 'bv*+mergeall[vcodec=none]' --audio-multistreams + +# Download and merge the best format that has a video stream, +# and the best 2 audio-only formats into one file +$ yt-dlp -f 'bv*+ba+ba.2' --audio-multistreams # The following examples show the old method (without -S) of format selection -# and how to use -S to achieve a similar but better result +# and how to use -S to achieve a similar but (generally) better result # Download the worst video available (old method) $ yt-dlp -f 'wv*+wa/w' @@ -1178,7 +1186,7 @@ $ yt-dlp -S '+codec:h264' $ yt-dlp -f '((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)' # Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p, -# or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video, +# or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video, # prefering larger framerate for formats with the same resolution $ yt-dlp -S 'res:720,fps' |