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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by ascom on Monday June 18, 2018 @01:25PM (#17339979)
I actually use -f bestvideo+bestaudio, since it downloads and muxes the best combination of DASH video and audio.

ArchiveTeam also has a recommended list of flags for archival: https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=YouTube

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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by Mashimo on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:46AM (#17344299)
>I actually use -f bestvideo+bestaudio,

It does that by default. (If you have ffmpeg)

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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by ravenstine on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:00PM (#17340259)
Thanks! I'll be doing this from now on. Had no idea about that.
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