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Sushil
Sushil

Reputation: 5531

YouTube-DL Python output file format not mp4

I have written a small piece of code in python to extract either the audio or the video from a YouTube video. Here is the code:

from __future__ import unicode_literals
import youtube_dl

link = input("Enter the video link:")

while True:
    choice = input("Enter a for audio file, v for video file:")
    if choice == "a" or choice == "v":
        break

ydl_opts = {}

if choice == "a":
    ydl_opts = {
        'format': 'bestaudio/best',
        'postprocessors': [{
            'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
            'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
            'preferredquality': '192',
        }],
    }
    
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
    info_dict = ydl.extract_info(link, download=False)
    video_title = info_dict.get('title', None)

if choice == "a":
    path = f'D:\\DwnldsYT\\{video_title}.mp3'
if choice == "v":
    path = f'D:\\DwnldsYT\\{video_title}.mp4'

ydl_opts.update({'outtmpl':path})

with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
    ydl.download([link])

The audio extraction works fine, but the problem is with the video extraction. When I extract the video, I am getting the output as an mkv file, not an mp4 file. Any idea about how to save the video file as mp4?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2276

Answers (1)

Sumukh Jadhav
Sumukh Jadhav

Reputation: 252

If the video quality is above 1080p it can't be downloaded as MP4, try downloading video of max resolution 720p or 1080p to check if it's still downloading as mkv

Upvotes: 1

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