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Add more formats, examples, and auto-generate the md table aligners.

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Thank you /u/rpollost and /u/daraeman.
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@ -11,118 +11,133 @@ Don't forget the magic words like "bestvideo", "bestaudio" to round out your sel
See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#format-selection See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#format-selection
There are more formats listed in [youtube-dl's source code](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/eb6181759f3a784d7b77ec9d2ec1a65dfd695d92/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py#L430),
but some of them seem to be obsolete and are no longer returned by `-F`
even when using the example video IDs listed there. I will only include
codes for which I have an example.
## Video formats ## Video formats
id|quality|codec id | quality | codec | examples
-:|-:|-: -: | -: | -: | :-
571|4320p60|AV1 571|4320p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ`
272|4320p30|VP9 272|4320p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F i6fWG4FxDZw`
337|2160p60 HDR|VP9 337|2160p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
401|2160p60|AV1 401|2160p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ`
315|2160p60|VP9 305|2160p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI`
313|2160p30|VP9 315|2160p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
336|1440p60 HDR|VP9 266|2160p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
400|1440p60|AV1 313|2160p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
308|1440p60|VP9 336|1440p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
271|1440p30|VP9 400|1440p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ`
335|1080p60 HDR|VP9 304|1440p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI`
399|1080p60|AV1 308|1440p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
299|1080p60|AVC 264|1440p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
303|1080p60|VP9 271|1440p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
137|1080p30|AVC 335|1080p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
248|1080p30|VP9 399|1080p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
334|720p60 HDR|VP9 299|1080p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
398|720p60|AV1 303|1080p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
298|720p60|AVC 137|1080p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
302|720p60|VP9 248|1080p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
136|720p30|AVC 334|720p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
247|720p30|VP9 398|720p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
333|480p60 HDR|VP9 298|720p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
397|480p30|AV1 302|720p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
135|480p30|AVC 136|720p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
244|480p30|VP9 247|720p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
332|360p60 HDR|VP9 333|480p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
396|360p30|AV1 397|480p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
134|360p30|AVC 135|480p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
243|360p30|VP9 244|480p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
331|240p60 HDR|VP9 332|360p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
395|240p30|AV1 396|360p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
133|240p30|AVC 134|360p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
242|240p30|VP9 243|360p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
330|144p60 HDR|VP9 331|240p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
394|144p30|AV1 395|240p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
160|144p30|AVC 133|240p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
278|144p30|VP9 242|240p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
330|144p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
394|144p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
160|144p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
278|144p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
### AVC only ### AVC only
id|quality|codec id | quality | codec | examples
-:|-:|-: -: | -: | -: | :-
299|1080p60|AVC 305|2160p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI`
137|1080p30|AVC 266|2160p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
298|720p60|AVC 304|1440p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI`
136|720p30|AVC 264|1440p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
135|480p30|AVC 299|1080p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
134|360p30|AVC 137|1080p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
133|240p30|AVC 298|720p60|AVC|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
160|144p30|AVC 136|720p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
135|480p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
134|360p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
133|240p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
160|144p30|AVC|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
### VP9 only ### VP9 only
id|quality|codec id | quality | codec | examples
-:|-:|-: -: | -: | -: | :-
272|4320p30|VP9 272|4320p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F i6fWG4FxDZw`
337|2160p60 HDR|VP9 337|2160p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
315|2160p60|VP9 315|2160p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
313|2160p30|VP9 313|2160p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
336|1440p60 HDR|VP9 336|1440p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
308|1440p60|VP9 308|1440p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
271|1440p30|VP9 271|1440p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
335|1080p60 HDR|VP9 335|1080p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
303|1080p60|VP9 303|1080p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
248|1080p30|VP9 248|1080p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
334|720p60 HDR|VP9 334|720p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
302|720p60|VP9 302|720p60|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI`
247|720p30|VP9 247|720p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
333|480p60 HDR|VP9 333|480p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
244|480p30|VP9 244|480p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
332|360p60 HDR|VP9 332|360p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
243|360p30|VP9 243|360p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
331|240p60 HDR|VP9 331|240p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
242|240p30|VP9 242|240p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
330|144p60 HDR|VP9 330|144p60 HDR|VP9|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
278|144p30|VP9 278|144p30|VP9|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw`
### AV1 only ### AV1 only
id|quality|codec id | quality | codec | examples
-:|-:|-: -: | -: | -: | :-
571|4320p60|AV1 571|4320p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ`
401|2160p60|AV1 401|2160p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ`
400|1440p60|AV1 400|1440p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ`
399|1080p60|AV1 399|1080p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
398|720p60|AV1 398|720p60|AV1|`youtube-dl -F 1La4QzGeaaQ`
397|480p30|AV1 397|480p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
396|360p30|AV1 396|360p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
395|240p30|AV1 395|240p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
394|144p30|AV1 394|144p30|AV1|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ`
## Audio formats ## Audio formats
id|quality|codec id | quality | codec | examples
-:|-:|-: -: | -: | -: | :-
251|160k|Opus 258|386k|m4a|`youtube-dl -F NMANRHz4UAY`
140|130k|m4a 256|195k|m4a|`youtube-dl -F NMANRHz4UAY`
250|70k|Opus 251|160k|Opus|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU`
249|50k|Opus 140|128k|m4a|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU`
250|70k|Opus|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU`
249|50k|Opus|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU`
## Combined formats ## Combined formats
id|quality|codec id | quality | codec | examples
-:|-:|-: -: | -: | -: | :-
22|720p30|AVC+m4a 22|720p30|AVC+m4a|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU`
18|360p30|AVC+m4a 18|360p30|AVC+m4a|`youtube-dl -F S8Zt6cB_NPU`
This document is generated [programmatically](youtubedl_formats.sql) (with the manual addition of :- for md tables). This document is generated [programmatically](youtubedl_formats.sql).
sqlite3 :memory: ".read youtubedl_formats.sql" > youtubedl_formats.md sqlite3 :memory: ".read youtubedl_formats.sql" > youtubedl_formats.md

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CREATE TABLE formats(id TEXT, kind TEXT, quality TEXT, codec TEXT); CREATE TABLE formats(id TEXT, kind TEXT, quality TEXT, codec TEXT, examples TEXT);
INSERT INTO formats VALUES INSERT INTO formats VALUES
('18', 'Combined', '360p30', 'AVC+m4a'), ('18', 'Combined', '360p30', 'AVC+m4a', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU'),
('22', 'Combined', '720p30', 'AVC+m4a'), ('22', 'Combined', '720p30', 'AVC+m4a', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU'),
('133', 'Video', '240p30', 'AVC'), ('133', 'Video', '240p30', 'AVC', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('134', 'Video', '360p30', 'AVC'), ('134', 'Video', '360p30', 'AVC', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('135', 'Video', '480p30', 'AVC'), ('135', 'Video', '480p30', 'AVC', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('136', 'Video', '720p30', 'AVC'), ('136', 'Video', '720p30', 'AVC', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('137', 'Video', '1080p30', 'AVC'), ('137', 'Video', '1080p30', 'AVC', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('140', 'Audio', '130k', 'm4a'), ('140', 'Audio', '128k', 'm4a', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU'),
('160', 'Video', '144p30', 'AVC'), ('160', 'Video', '144p30', 'AVC', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('242', 'Video', '240p30', 'VP9'), ('242', 'Video', '240p30', 'VP9', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('243', 'Video', '360p30', 'VP9'), ('243', 'Video', '360p30', 'VP9', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('244', 'Video', '480p30', 'VP9'), ('244', 'Video', '480p30', 'VP9', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('247', 'Video', '720p30', 'VP9'), ('247', 'Video', '720p30', 'VP9', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('248', 'Video', '1080p30', 'VP9'), ('248', 'Video', '1080p30', 'VP9', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('249', 'Audio', '50k', 'Opus'), ('249', 'Audio', '50k', 'Opus', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU'),
('250', 'Audio', '70k', 'Opus'), ('250', 'Audio', '70k', 'Opus', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU'),
('251', 'Audio', '160k', 'Opus'), ('251', 'Audio', '160k', 'Opus', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU'),
('271', 'Video', '1440p30', 'VP9'), ('256', 'Audio', '195k', 'm4a', 'NMANRHz4UAY'),
('272', 'Video', '4320p30', 'VP9'), ('258', 'Audio', '386k', 'm4a', 'NMANRHz4UAY'),
('278', 'Video', '144p30', 'VP9'), ('264', 'Video', '1440p30', 'AVC', '-xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('298', 'Video', '720p60', 'AVC'), ('266', 'Video', '2160p30', 'AVC', '-xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('299', 'Video', '1080p60', 'AVC'), ('271', 'Video', '1440p30', 'VP9', 'kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('302', 'Video', '720p60', 'VP9'), ('272', 'Video', '4320p30', 'VP9', 'i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('303', 'Video', '1080p60', 'VP9'), ('278', 'Video', '144p30', 'VP9', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('308', 'Video', '1440p60', 'VP9'), ('298', 'Video', '720p60', 'AVC', '1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('313', 'Video', '2160p30', 'VP9'), ('299', 'Video', '1080p60', 'AVC', '1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('315', 'Video', '2160p60', 'VP9'), ('302', 'Video', '720p60', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('330', 'Video', '144p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('303', 'Video', '1080p60', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('331', 'Video', '240p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('304', 'Video', '1440p60', 'AVC', '-xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('332', 'Video', '360p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('305', 'Video', '2160p60', 'AVC', '-xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('333', 'Video', '480p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('308', 'Video', '1440p60', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('334', 'Video', '720p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('313', 'Video', '2160p30', 'VP9', 'kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI i6fWG4FxDZw'),
('335', 'Video', '1080p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('315', 'Video', '2160p60', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ -xNN-bJQ4vI'),
('336', 'Video', '1440p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('330', 'Video', '144p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('337', 'Video', '2160p60 HDR', 'VP9'), ('331', 'Video', '240p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('394', 'Video', '144p30', 'AV1'), ('332', 'Video', '360p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('395', 'Video', '240p30', 'AV1'), ('333', 'Video', '480p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('396', 'Video', '360p30', 'AV1'), ('334', 'Video', '720p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('397', 'Video', '480p30', 'AV1'), ('335', 'Video', '1080p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('398', 'Video', '720p60', 'AV1'), ('336', 'Video', '1440p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('399', 'Video', '1080p60', 'AV1'), ('337', 'Video', '2160p60 HDR', 'VP9', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('400', 'Video', '1440p60', 'AV1'), ('394', 'Video', '144p30', 'AV1', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('401', 'Video', '2160p60', 'AV1'), ('395', 'Video', '240p30', 'AV1', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('571', 'Video', '4320p60', 'AV1'); ('396', 'Video', '360p30', 'AV1', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('397', 'Video', '480p30', 'AV1', 'S8Zt6cB_NPU 1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('398', 'Video', '720p60', 'AV1', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('399', 'Video', '1080p60', 'AV1', '1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('400', 'Video', '1440p60', 'AV1', 'kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('401', 'Video', '2160p60', 'AV1', 'kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ'),
('571', 'Video', '4320p60', 'AV1', 'kFz9afj8lu0 1La4QzGeaaQ');
.headers on .headers off
.print Youtube-dl format code cheatsheet .print Youtube-dl format code cheatsheet
.print ================================= .print =================================
@ -57,41 +63,58 @@ INSERT INTO formats VALUES
.print You can pass them to youtube-dl as `--format a+b/c+d/e`, .print You can pass them to youtube-dl as `--format a+b/c+d/e`,
.print where a+b is your preferred video+audio pair, c+d is your second-best .print where a+b is your preferred video+audio pair, c+d is your second-best
.print preference, and e is your last resort. .print preference, and e is your last resort.
.print "Don't forget the magic words like \"bestvideo\", \"bestaudio\" to round out your selection." .print Don't forget the magic words like \"bestvideo\", \"bestaudio\" to round out your selection.
.print .print
.print See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#format-selection .print See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#format-selection
.print .print
.print There are more formats listed in [youtube-dl's source code](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/eb6181759f3a784d7b77ec9d2ec1a65dfd695d92/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py#L430),
.print but some of them seem to be obsolete and are no longer returned by `-F`
.print even when using the example video IDs listed there. I will only include
.print codes for which I have an example.
.print
.print ## Video formats .print ## Video formats
.print .print
SELECT id, quality, codec FROM formats WHERE kind == "Video" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC, codec ASC; .print id | quality | codec | examples
.print -: | -: | -: | :-
SELECT id, quality, codec, "`youtube-dl -F "||examples||"`" FROM formats WHERE kind == "Video" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC, codec ASC;
.print .print
.print ### AVC only .print ### AVC only
.print .print
SELECT id, quality, codec FROM formats WHERE codec == "AVC" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC; .print id | quality | codec | examples
.print -: | -: | -: | :-
SELECT id, quality, codec, "`youtube-dl -F "||examples||"`" FROM formats WHERE codec == "AVC" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC;
.print .print
.print ### VP9 only .print ### VP9 only
.print .print
SELECT id, quality, codec FROM formats WHERE codec == "VP9" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC; .print id | quality | codec | examples
.print -: | -: | -: | :-
SELECT id, quality, codec, "`youtube-dl -F "||examples||"`" FROM formats WHERE codec == "VP9" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC;
.print .print
.print ### AV1 only .print ### AV1 only
.print .print
SELECT id, quality, codec FROM formats WHERE codec == "AV1" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC; .print id | quality | codec | examples
.print -: | -: | -: | :-
SELECT id, quality, codec, "`youtube-dl -F "||examples||"`" FROM formats WHERE codec == "AV1" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC;
.print .print
.print ## Audio formats .print ## Audio formats
.print .print
SELECT id, quality, codec FROM formats WHERE kind == "Audio" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC, codec ASC; .print id | quality | codec | examples
.print -: | -: | -: | :-
SELECT id, quality, codec, "`youtube-dl -F "||examples||"`" FROM formats WHERE kind == "Audio" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC, codec ASC;
.print .print
.print ## Combined formats .print ## Combined formats
.print .print
SELECT id, quality, codec FROM formats WHERE kind == "Combined" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC, codec ASC; .print id | quality | codec | examples
.print -: | -: | -: | :-
SELECT id, quality, codec, "`youtube-dl -F "||examples||"`" FROM formats WHERE kind == "Combined" ORDER BY CAST(quality AS DECIMAL) DESC, quality DESC, codec ASC;
.print .print
.print This document is generated [programmatically](youtubedl_formats.sql) (with the manual addition of :- for md tables). .print This document is generated [programmatically](youtubedl_formats.sql).
.print .print
.print " sqlite3 :memory: \".read youtubedl_formats.sql\" > youtubedl_formats.md" .print " sqlite3 :memory: \".read youtubedl_formats.sql\" > youtubedl_formats.md"