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Youtube Format IDs · GitHub

Note: This is all almost full YouTube ID informations. Original owner goes to AgentOak, modified version by Martin Eesmaa.

See the credits and also special thanks in below.

Last updated: April 2025

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 VP8 MP4 MP4 MP4 WebM WebM WebM MP4 MP4 WebM 4320p 702 402/571 272 138 2160p 701 401 337 315 (313) (305) (266) 1440p 700 400 336 308 (271) (304) (264) 1080p 699 399 335 303 248/616 299 137/216 170 720p 698 398 334 302/612 247 298 136 169 480p 697 397 333 244 135 168 360p 696 396 332 243 134 167 240p 695 395 331 242 133 144p 694 394 330 278/598 160/597

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.
VP8 can be found this video.
At format 616, it is the only YouTube premium video format.

Those duplicate video IDs of m3u8 as Apple Native HLS are linked to common numbers, not a rare numbers.

270 (m3u8) == 137 (https) are same video quality, but different protocol.

Thanks, dtlnor for explanation of equalation video IDs.

602 mp4   256x144     12    │ ~  9.28MiB    87k m3u8  │ vp09.00.10.08    87k video only
269 mp4   256x144     24    │ ~ 18.55MiB   175k m3u8  │ avc1.4D400C     175k video only
603 mp4   256x144     24    │ ~ 16.62MiB   156k m3u8  │ vp09.00.11.08   156k video only
229 mp4   426x240     24    │ ~ 34.72MiB   327k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4015     327k video only
604 mp4   426x240     24    │ ~ 30.72MiB   289k m3u8  │ vp09.00.20.08   289k video only
230 mp4   640x360     24    │ ~ 86.22MiB   812k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401E     812k video only
605 mp4   640x360     24    │ ~ 60.27MiB   567k m3u8  │ vp09.00.21.08   567k video only
231 mp4   854x480     24    │ ~144.25MiB  1358k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401E    1358k video only
606 mp4   854x480     24    │ ~ 98.31MiB   926k m3u8  │ vp09.00.30.08   926k video only
232 mp4   1280x720    24    │ ~280.39MiB  2640k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F    2640k video only
609 mp4   1280x720    24    │ ~181.03MiB  1705k m3u8  │ vp09.00.31.08  1705k video only
311 mp4   1280x720    60    │ ~  1.14GiB  4842k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4020    4842k video only
270 mp4   1920x1080   24    │ ~498.55MiB  4694k m3u8  │ avc1.640028    4694k video only
614 mp4   1920x1080   24    │ ~312.21MiB  2940k m3u8  │ vp09.00.40.08  2940k video only
617 mp4   1920x1080   60    │ ~  1.52GiB  6443k m3u8  │ vp09.00.41.08  6443k video only
312 mp4   1920x1080   60    │ ~  1.89GiB  7987k m3u8  │ avc1.64002A    7987k video only
620 mp4   2560x1440   24    │ ~928.71MiB  8745k m3u8  │ vp09.00.50.08  8745k video only
623 mp4   2560x1440   60    │ ~  3.85GiB 16287k m3u8  │ vp09.00.50.08 16287k video only
625 mp4   3840x2160   24    │ ~  1.94GiB 18661k m3u8  │ vp09.00.50.08 18661k video only
628 mp4   3840x2160   60    │ ~  8.27GiB 35007k m3u8  │ vp09.00.51.08 35007k video only

Examples of two videos:

30 fps video

60 fps video

Extra video formats of 72p & 608p

Formats of 228, 779, 780 and 788 were rarely encoded to some YouTube videos, the video resolution is 1080x608 and always under 30 FPS:

But for format 228 is 72p quality and only 6 FPS.

Code Container Video Codec Explanations 228 MP4 AVC Like thumbnail quality with slow FPS 779 WebM VP9 Efficiency possible saving data for mobiles 780 WebM VP9 Best quality possible of VP9 than format 779 788 MP4 AV1 Saves sizes and quality little than VP9, but some videos only

Sample video link here.

Another sample video link of format 228 here

Thanks to @GammaBoost for finding three formats! Thanks to @aokin1999 for finding a format 228!

Code Container Audio Codec Audio Bitrate Channels Still offered? 139 MP4 AAC (HE v1) 48 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes, YT Music, DRC optional* 140 MP4 AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes, YT Music, DRC optional (141) MP4 AAC (LC) 256 Kbps Stereo (2) No, YT Music* 249 WebM Opus (VBR) ~50 Kbps Stereo (2) Some, DRC optional 250 WebM Opus (VBR) ~70 Kbps Stereo (2) Some, DRC optional 251 WebM Opus (VBR) ~128 Kbps Stereo (2) Yes, DRC optional 256 MP4 AAC (HE v1) 192 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely 258 MP4 AAC (LC) 384 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely 325 MP4 DTSE (DTS Express) 384 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely* 327 MP4 AAC (LC) 256 Kbps Surround (5.1) ?* 328 MP4 EAC3 384 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely 338 WebM Opus (VBR) ~480 Kbps (?) Quadraphonic (4) ?* 380 MP4 AC3 384 Kbps Surround (5.1) Rarely 599 MP4 AAC (HE v1) 30 Kbps Stereo (2) No, DRC optional 600 WebM Opus (VBR) ~35 Kbps Stereo (2) No, DRC optional 773 MP4 IAMF (Opus) (VBR) ~900 Kbps Binaural (7.1.4) Rarely* 774 WebM Opus (VBR) ~256 Kbps Stereo (2) Some, YT Music*

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
Format 325: You can find out one video link here
Format 773: IAMF uncompressed audio track is compressed into Opus audio codec and can play with three groups of Stereo, Surround (5.1) and Binaural for up to 18 channels (7.1.4). You can find out video link here
Format 774 at YT Music: Some music have available high quality of Opus up to 256 kbps to Premium users, music link here and also bypassing is no longer possible to download for non premium users unless you're subscribed to YouTube Premium and can download format available by extra arguments of cookies from browser or the authentication.
DRC Optional: Only formats of 139, 140, 249, 250, 251, 599 and 600 were using DRC normalization sound for some videos.
Since February 2025, YouTube discontinued formats of 599 and 600 due for every video uploaded.
Format 139, 338: Default yt-dlp without argument when using -F or --list-formats does not show up, so please add this argument to show available formats: --extractor-args "youtube:player_client=all".

Code Container Video Codec Video Res. Audio Codec Audio Bitrate Channels Still offered? 5 FLV H.263 (Sorenson Spark) 240p (4:3) MP3 64 Kbps Mono (1) No 6 FLV H.263 (Sorenson Spark) 270p (4:3) MP3 64 Kbps Mono (1) No 13 3GP MPEG-4 (Simple, L0) 144p AAC (LC) Unknown Mono (1) No 17 3GP MPEG-4 (Simple, L0) 144p AAC (LC) 24 Kbps Mono (1) No*, old mobile phones 18 MP4 H.264 (Main, L3.0) 360p AAC (LC) 96 (most) / 128 Kbps (some) Stereo (2) Yes, GDrive 22 MP4 H.264 (High, L3.1) 720p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No*, GDrive 34 FLV H.264 (Main, L3.0) 360p AAC 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No 35 FLV H.264 (Main, L3.0) 480p AAC 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No 36 3GP MPEG-4 (Simple, L0) 144p AAC (LC) 24 Kbps Mono (1) Rarely, old mobile phones (37) MP4 H.264 (High, L4.0) 1080p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No, GDrive 38 MP4 H.264 3072p AAC 192 Kbps Stereo (2) No 43 WebM VP8 360p Vorbis 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No 44 WebM VP8 480p Vorbis 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No 45 WebM VP8 720p Vorbis 192 Kbps Stereo (2) No 46 WebM VP8 1080p Vorbis 192 Kbps Stereo (2) No (59) MP4 H.264 (Main, L3.1) 480p AAC (LC) 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No, GDrive 78 MP4 H.264 480p AAC 128 Kbps Stereo (2) No

Format 17: Allows for old mobile phones (eg. cell phones) to watch all videos. The video can have 7.5 & 12 fps only.
Format 18: Some videos are encoded with audio bitrate of 128 kbps for shorter lengths, most of them are with 96 kbps if most lengths or less views.
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!)
Starting since May 2024, the Format 17 and Format 22 is removed for every YouTube videos uploaded.

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) 128 Kbps Yes 96 MPEG-TS (HLS) H.264 (High, L4.0) 1080p AAC (LC) 128 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
Both audio codecs of MPEG-TS are limited sample rate to 44.1 Khz for streaming a live broadcast.
Also videos without live broadcasting can play formats for acting user agent Safari Web.

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

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

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

Complete archive video with audio, comments, subtitles, thumbnail and everything about YouTube ID:

yt-dlp --write-description --write-comments --write-link --write-auto-subs --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-chapters --sponsorblock-mark all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhWc3b3KhnY

Credits and special thanks

AgentOak (original owner) made YouTube list formats of video and audio ID especially with tips.

MartinEesmaa (forked owner) updated YouTube list formats for up to date.

Special thanks for finding/fixing by:

qzmtch for finding missing 616 format

dtlnor for little interesting explanation of duplicate formats same

r8420 for finding missing 612 format

Ciancy28 for finding high quality of Opus 256 kbps (format 774) in YT Music

joaquinito2070 for renaming youtube-dl to yt-dlp and fixing incorrect bitrates. Some commits were on it.

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