tweal yt-dlp options

porjo · web-flow · commit 22a2ec0d7fb9 · 2025-08-19T06:13:34.000+10:00
diff --git a/internal/ytworker/download.go b/internal/ytworker/download.go
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func (yt *Download) download(ctx context.Context, id int64, outCh chan<- util.Ms
 
 		// Added 2025-01-18 after finding very poor quality audio from the dash settings above.
 		// It seems Youtube has moved from 48kb/s to 32kb/s in their LQ files and it sounds awful!
-		// yt-dlp doc: bestaudio*: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video.
-		"-f", "bestaudio*",
+		// prefer best audio-only format, otherwise fallback to best any format 
+		"-f", "bestaudio/best",
 	}
 
 	if yt.sponsorBlock {

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`@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func (yt *Download) download(ctx context.Context, id int64, outCh chan<- util.Ms`
`192`	`192`
`193`	`193`	`// Added 2025-01-18 after finding very poor quality audio from the dash settings above.`
`194`	`194`	`// It seems Youtube has moved from 48kb/s to 32kb/s in their LQ files and it sounds awful!`
`195`		`- // yt-dlp doc: bestaudio*: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video.`
`196`		`- "-f", "bestaudio*",`
	`195`	`+ // prefer best audio-only format, otherwise fallback to best any format`
	`196`	`+ "-f", "bestaudio/best",`
`197`	`197`	`}`
`198`	`198`
`199`	`199`	`if yt.sponsorBlock {`