GoKawiilNote: This is all almost full YouTube ID informations. Original owner goes to AgentOak, modified version by Martin Eesmaa.
See the credits and also special thanks in below.
Before this gist has been forked, AgentOak made original gist on November 13 2019 and it was last updated on May 5 2021.
From now on, this forked gist is maintained by Martin Eesmaa since 17 September 2022. I joined to yt-dlp Discord server on 3rd April 2026 with my Discord username: martineesmaa.
Last updated: 20 August 2026
Also known as itag or format codes and way back they could be specified with the fmt parameter (e.g. &fmt=22 ) used to be on website address bar after YouTube Video ID, (deprecated?). Depending on the age and/or popularity of the video, not all formats will be available.
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Resolution AV1 HDR (HFR) AV1 HFR AV1 VP9.2 HDR (HFR) VP9 HFR VP9 H.264 HFR H.264 VP8 MP4 MP4 MP4 WebM WebM WebM MP4 MP4 WebM 4320p 702 402/571 272 138 2160p 701 401 337 315 (313) (305) (266) 1440p 700 400 336 308 (271) (304) (264) 1080p 699 399/721 335 303 248/356 299 137 170 720p 698 398 334 302/612 247 298 136/214 169 480p 697 397 333 244 135 168 360p 696 396 332 243 134 167 240p 695 395 331 242 133 144p 694 394 330 278/598 160/597
HFR stands for "High Framerate", which means up to 60 FPS, whereas non-HFR is limited to 30 FPS
Non-HFR 1080p+ H.264 and VP9 variants are not provided for HFR videos anymore
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