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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 81801f5bd..a6f60f9bf 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2540,6 +2540,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
if f.get('source_preference') is None:
f['source_preference'] = -1
+ # Deprioritize since its pre-merged m3u8 formats may have lower quality audio streams
+ if client_name == 'web_safari' and proto == 'hls' and not is_live:
+ f['source_preference'] -= 1
+
if itag in ('616', '235'):
f['format_note'] = join_nonempty(f.get('format_note'), 'Premium', delim=' ')
f['source_preference'] += 100