@nostupidquestions How do I fix this in yt-dlp?
yt-dlp -S youtube-link always downloads 360p videos but not on newly downloaded videos even when those same videos download best video quality via command yt-dlp link. I have ffmpeg. Does yt-dlp have a history I can clear or a config reset because I can’t make sense of this regression happening otherwise since it’s not due to updates.

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      Ah, alright. Try yt-dlp.exe -S vcodec:av01. Note however, not all YouTube videos have AV1 counterparts, and then other sites use different code for AV1, so I’m not sure if the command would always work for other non-YT sites.

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          1. Alright, I checked your screenshot, your results have no single AV1.
          2. Your -S "codec" seems to be not working as you intended anymore. Sometimes the ranking changes too through time, so you must update your command line. Happened to me too before. For example, use -S vcodec:av01. Again, don’t forget, your results have no single AV1, hence no AV1 could be downloaded.
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          So far works for me. For example Joshua vs Dubois highlight:

          yt-dlp.exe -S vcodec:av01 -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZJCDbszAE4

          244     webm  854x480     2517.02MiB  689k https │ vp09.00.30.08  689k video only          480p, webm_dash
          609     mp4   1280x720    25    │ ~ 43.08MiB 1746k m3u8  │ vp09.00.31.08 1746k video only
          247     webm  1280x720    2530.53MiB 1236k https │ vp09.00.31.08 1236k video only          720p, webm_dash
          614     mp4   1920x1080   25    │ ~ 70.25MiB 2847k m3u8  │ vp09.00.40.08 2847k video only
          616     mp4   1920x1080   25    │ ~143.88MiB 5831k m3u8  │ vp09.00.40.08 5831k video only          Premium
          248     webm  1920x1080   2558.60MiB 2372k https │ vp09.00.40.08 2372k video only          1080p, webm_dash
          394     mp4   256x144     251.70MiB   69k https │ av01.0.00M.08   69k video only          144p, mp4_dash
          395     mp4   426x240     253.96MiB  160k https │ av01.0.00M.08  160k video only          240p, mp4_dash
          396     mp4   640x360     257.51MiB  304k https │ av01.0.01M.08  304k video only          360p, mp4_dash
          397     mp4   854x480     2513.14MiB  532k https │ av01.0.04M.08  532k video only          480p, mp4_dash
          398     mp4   1280x720    2523.01MiB  931k https │ av01.0.05M.08  931k video only          720p, mp4_dash
          399     mp4   1920x1080   2543.07MiB 1743k https │ av01.0.08M.08 1743k video only          1080p, mp4_dash
          
          

          As you can see, the bottom are 399, 398, 397, 396, etc., all AV1 formats. Last is 399 which is 1080p. The last on the list is the one would be downloaded, especially if you have FFmpeg.