tubesync Request: Allow selecting AV1 for video codec

It would be nice to have the option to select AV1 video codec to minimize download sizes now that YouTube is making most videos available in AV1

Mar 05 '23 10:03 NameIsKallie

Thanks for the suggestion. This should be possible now so I'll look into it.

Mar 05 '23 13:03 meeb

Thanks for the suggestion. This should be possible now so I'll look into it.

Any news on this ?

Mar 24 '23 10:03 draco1544

Nope, not had time lately. Happy to accept PRs though.

Mar 24 '23 10:03 meeb

1+ for AV1 support if possible. :) It'd be a wonderful minor improvement.

Jul 11 '24 04:07 AshleyAshes

Do you happen to have a YouTube link to a video with AV1 video formats? It would save me trying to hunt for one to see what the codec names are.

Jul 11 '24 08:07 meeb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MngTH_mh_Is

Here's an easy example. It has AV1 all the way down to 256x144. However, YouTube has not seemingly universally deployed AV1 at this time, some videos get it and others don't. I'm unclear if TubeArchivist has a 'hierarchy' system for codecs, to fall back if another one isn't available, but if not it'd be necessary. AV1 is def the smallest codec YT deploys so being able to 'prefer' AV1 would be great, especially when I'm archiving long running channels or channels with videos with long run times.

Jul 11 '24 13:07 AshleyAshes

Thanks for the example @AshleyAshes I'll take a look.

Jul 12 '24 04:07 meeb