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Youtube Format IDs · GitHub

Last updated: April 2021

Also known as itag or format codes and way back they could be specified with the fmt parameter (e.g. &fmt=22). Depending on the age and/or popularity of the video, not all formats will be available.

Resolution AV1 HFR High AV1 HFR AV1 VP9.2 HDR HFR VP9 HFR VP9 H.264 HFR H.264 MP4 MP4 MP4 WebM WebM WebM MP4 MP4 4320p 402/571 272 138 2160p 701 401 337 315 (313) (305) (266) 1440p 700 400 336 308 (271) (304) (264) 1080p 699 399 335 303 (248) 299 (137) 720p 698 398 334 302 247 298 136 480p 697 397 333 244 135 360p 696 396 332 243 134 240p 695 395 331 242 133 144p 694 394 330 278 160

HFR stands for "High Framerate", which means up to 60 FPS, whereas non-HFR is limited to 30 FPS
Non-HFR 1080p+ H.264 and VP9 variants are not provided for HFR videos anymore
Same IDs are reused for 360° videos
1440p+ H.264 variants are only provided for 360° videos anymore
At the moment, AV1 variants are only provided for popular videos
All AV1 variants can be HDR (no separate non-HDR AV1 variants are offered)
AV1 HFR High: High refers to the bitrate. These variants have ~3-4 times the bitrate of their normal counterparts. Additional side effect is providing AV1 HFR variants for low resolutions (<=480p). These variants are rare even among videos with AV1 variants. Found on this video.
AV1 HFR 4320p: Format 571 has roughly 50% higher bitrate than 402. Sometimes only one of them is offered, sometimes both. Can be seen on this video.

Code Container Audio Codec Audio Bitrate Channels Still offered? 139 MP4 AAC (HE v1) 48 Kbps Stereo (2) Rarely, YT Music 140 MP4 AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes, YT Music (141) MP4 AAC (LC) 256 Kbps Stereo (2) No, YT Music* 249 WebM Opus (VBR) ~50 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes 250 WebM Opus (VBR) ~70 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes 251 WebM Opus (VBR) <=160 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes 256 MP4 AAC (HE v1) 192 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely 258 MP4 AAC (LC) 384 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely 327 MP4 AAC (LC) 256 Kbps Surround (5.1) ?* 338 WebM Opus (VBR) ~480 Kbps (?) Quadraphonic (4) ?*

Surround audio can be found on some demo videos
YT Music: These formats are offered on Youtube Music. Format 141 is only available to Premium users with High Quality option
Format 327, 338: These have been found on this Stereo 3D video

Code Container Video Codec Video Res. Audio Codec Audio Bitrate Channels Still offered? 18 MP4 H.264 (Baseline, L3.0) 360p AAC (LC) 96 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes, GDrive (59) MP4 H.264 (Main, L3.1) 480p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No, GDrive 22 MP4 H.264 (High, L3.1) 720p AAC (LC) 192 Kbps Stereo (2) Mostly*, GDrive (37) MP4 H.264 (High, L4.0) 1080p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No, GDrive

Always limited to 30 FPS
GDrive: These formats are offered for Google Drive video previews. Note that the video player on GDrive displays incorrect codecs on rightclick -> stats
Format 22: Available for most videos, except music and music videos (not limited to official music channels!)

Code Container Video Codec Video Res. Audio Codec Audio Bitrate Still offered? 91 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (Baseline, L1.1) 144p AAC (HE v1) 48 Kbps Yes 92 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (Main, L2.1) 240p AAC (HE v1) 48 Kbps Yes 93 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (Main, L3.0) 360p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Yes 94 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (Main, L3.1) 480p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Yes 95 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (Main, L3.1) 720p AAC (LC) 256 Kbps Yes 96 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (High, L4.0) 1080p AAC (LC) 256 Kbps Yes 300 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (Main, L3.2) HFR 720p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Yes 301 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (High, L4.2) HFR 1080p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Yes

Non-HFR variants are limited to 30 FPS, HFR to 60 FPS
Non-HFR variants for 720p and 1080p may not be offered if HFR is available
Livestreams are also offered through DASH video (H.264, VP9) and DASH audio (AAC) streams

Template youtube-dl formats For archiving videos: Only choose combinations that fit WebM (VP9+Opus) or MP4 (H.264+AAC)

bestvideo[ext=webm]+251/bestvideo[ext=mp4]+(258/256/140)/bestvideo[ext=webm]+(250/249)/best

For archiving audio: Choose any format that's best

AAC Surround 384 / Opus 160 / AAC 192 / AAC Surround 192 / AAC 128 / Opus 70 / AAC 96 / Opus 50 / AAC 48

258/251/22/256/140/250/18/249/139

For streaming videos: Allow any combination

bestvideo+bestaudio/best

youtube-dl --download-archive youtube-dl.list --ignore-errors --write-info-json --add-metadata --write-sub --sub-lang en,de,ja --write-thumbnail --embed-subs -f "<format>" "<URL>"

youtube-dl --download-archive youtube-dl.list --ignore-errors --write-info-json --add-metadata --write-sub --sub-lang en,de,ja --write-thumbnail --embed-thumbnail --extract-audio -f "<format>" "<URL>"

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