youtube-dl-gui (youtube-dlg) only downloads m4a even though mp4 is selected

[IoanPaleru]

• [x] I think my problem is NOT with youtube-dl

• [x] I've verified and i assure that I'm running youtube-dl-gui 0.4

• [x] I assure that i am using the latest version of youtube-dl

• [x] Searched bugtracker

• [x] I've read the FAQs file

• [x] Question

The log is blank, because it says "downloads completed", even though it downloads an .m4a file instead of an .mp4 file.

Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

1. Open youtube-dl-gui (youtube-dlg)
2. Download any vevo video from youtube using the "mp4" setting from the drop-down menu.

It should download an .mp4 with video and audio streams.

It downloads an .m4a file even though "mp4" is selected. Is there a way to fix that? Thanks.

[nodiscc]

I cannot reproduce (on Linux):

• Select mp4 in dropdown menu
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z4Mx9nlcPo
• Click Add
• Click the download button
• Wait for the download to finish
• file M.I.A. - Exodus (Audio).mp4 exists and is an mp4 video file

@IoanPaleru do you still have this problem? After reinstalling?

[IoanPaleru]

After reinstalling youtube-dl-gui (Youtube-DLG) 0.4 Portable, it seems to work properly now. However, is there a way to get it to download the 480p mp4 and m4a DASH formats for this video "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y" and automatically convert and combine them into an mp4 file? Thanks. Have a good day.

[nodiscc]

get it to download the 480p mp4 and m4a DASH formats for this videoand automatically convert and combine them into an mp4 file

I don't think it is possible. You can only download those specific formats for this video:

$ youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOBDo_Y
[youtube] Zi_XLOBDo_Y: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Zi_XLOBDo_Y: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] Zi_XLOBDo_Y: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
[youtube] Zi_XLOBDo_Y: Downloading js player vflAHKVO-
[info] Available formats for Zi_XLOBDo_Y:
format code  extension  resolution note
249          webm       audio only DASH audio   54k , opus @ 50k, 1.77MiB
250          webm       audio only DASH audio   71k , opus @ 70k, 2.34MiB
140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k, 4.48MiB
251          webm       audio only DASH audio  144k , opus @160k, 4.71MiB
171          webm       audio only DASH audio  148k , vorbis@128k, 4.69MiB
278          webm       192x144    144p   78k , webm container, vp9, 30fps, video only, 2.35MiB
160          mp4        192x144    144p   85k , avc1.4d400c, 30fps, video only, 1.80MiB
133          mp4        320x240    240p  159k , avc1.4d400d, 30fps, video only, 3.21MiB
242          webm       320x240    240p  170k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 4.87MiB
243          webm       480x360    360p  306k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 8.72MiB
134          mp4        480x360    360p  389k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 8.33MiB
244          webm       640x480    480p  567k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 15.86MiB
135          mp4        640x480    480p  805k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 17.30MiB
17           3gp        176x144    small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k
36           3gp        320x240    small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2
18           mp4        480x360    medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k
43           webm       640x360    medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k (best)

You would have to use --formats 140,134 and somehow recombine the 2 downloaded files in ffmpeg (manually or script). Anyway this is out of scope for youtube-dlg and you will be better served by using youtube-dl advanced command line options and custom scripts.