Unable to share video on WhatsApp

[Jatinchande]

Checklist

• [ ] I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site.
• [X] I've verified that I'm running the latest version of yt-dlp.
• [X] I've verified that I'm running the latest stable version of Seal or any later preview versions.
• [X] I've read the Contributing guidelines and Code Of Conduct.
• [X] I've checkd that the site i'm trying to download from is in the Supported Sites list from yt-dlp
• [X] I understand that the issue will be (ignored/closed) if I intentionally remove or skip any mandatory field.

Describe the bug

Video downloads well in all given video format option. However I'm unable to share the video clips on WhatsApp as a media. It fails to be shared as status or as video media.

To Reproduce

https://youtube.com/shorts/Qjqq0x44DBU?feature=share3

Error reports

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Device info

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Additional context

I like to download YouTube shorts and upload it as whatsapp status. However, files fail to upload on WhatsApp or WhatsApp Status

[JunkFood02]

Turn on format selection, select the MP4 video which has "22" as the format code. Please let me know if this works

[Yunichie]

Had the same issue, confirming. It does work, except the download that has the 22 format code is only 720p. Is there perhaps any solution for higher quality videos?

[JunkFood02]

YouTube provides avc1(h264) codec mp4 videos under 720p and uses av1 and vp9 codecs for resolutions above 1080p. It seems like that WhatsApp only supports avc1 which is a legacy codec with better compatibility.

Refer to https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal/issues/867#issuecomment-1584270155 for downloading h264 formats by default

[Yunichie]

I see. Thank you for the answer.

[GrayLanterns]

Turn on format selection, select the MP4 video which has "22" as the format code. Please let me know if this works

Hey, could you please help me understand this? I have looked up as many solutions as possible, opened a zillion tabs and yet I am at a freeze. How do I fix the unsupported file type error?

Edit: so despite format selection being enabled, I couldn't see any 'Suggestions'. Reinstallation however fixed this issue. Now the video I am trying to download is available in all these formats. As you can see, there is no availability of 22 within the suggested format codes. Please lmk if there's any workaround for this.

What I'm trying to fix: the unsupported file type error disabling us from sharing media via WhatsApp.

[Marco-9456]

What I'm trying to fix: the unsupported file type error disabling us from sharing media via WhatsApp.

All you can do if the video format is not supported by WhatsApp is to convert it with a video converter, or go to Telegram and send it to the saved chat and download it again.

[!Note] This is not an issue on our side, blame Meta

[GrayLanterns]

Appreciate all your hard work. The new Seal update seems to have fixed this. 🤙

[Matszwe02]

Hi. I have the same issue, I'm not able to send downloaded videos to messenger, no matter what encoder I used. I tried to force 22 encoder with custom command, no change. Tested on the latest seal version.