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authorPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2014-01-22 14:53:23 +0100
committerPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2014-01-22 14:53:23 +0100
commitde3ef3ed5865fb0579062b03c25354f2587c780f (patch)
treea3f1dc297beb70a7a90bac0ecf51e738c6e0bf5b /youtube_dl
parent8908741806e248049c98657718caf00c0ae33bd0 (diff)
Default to -f best-audio when only audio is requested
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py2
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 9f15616fa..1491f8908 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
self.list_formats(info_dict)
return
- req_format = self.params.get('format', 'best')
+ req_format = self.params.get('format')
if req_format is None:
req_format = 'best'
formats_to_download = []
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 4db97ad3c..c15e6ef7e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
video_format.add_option('-f', '--format',
- action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
+ action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestaudio", and "worst"')
video_format.add_option('--all-formats',
action='store_const', dest='format', help='download all available video formats', const='all')
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
if opts.default_search not in ('auto', None) and ':' not in opts.default_search:
parser.error(u'--default-search invalid; did you forget a colon (:) at the end?')
+ # Do not download videos when there are audio-only formats
+ if opts.extractaudio and not opts.keepvideo and opts.format is None:
+ opts.format = 'bestaudio/best'
+
# --all-sub automatically sets --write-sub if --write-auto-sub is not given
# this was the old behaviour if only --all-sub was given.
if opts.allsubtitles and (opts.writeautomaticsub == False):