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[Error] Best Audio + M4A format fails to select valid format, yt-dlp errors out #1897

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[Error] Best Audio + M4A format fails to select valid format, yt-dlp errors out#1897
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opened on Jun 2, 2026

URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y32oIX1BORo

Download Log

[debug] Command-line config: ['https://rr4---sn-npoldn7l.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1780404984&ei=mH4earK3KqegssUPzcrn8A8&ip=159.26.115.183&id=o-AJCNq7UVWNKG1CQGllG6kidWxrgZobBfdceEhwUnv4Fj&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&cps=203&met=1780383384%2C&mh=C_&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-npoldn7l%2Csn-npoe7ney&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=4648750&siu=1&bui=AbKmrwqKe2miFHj8WtdcnQmaE63hxWlNQ0DtBitnZoxsrNlR-Cus6e8jI76QTGHZhucAAUOCHA&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ns=wEdV8XztP_3yHPqTXEgQxMwV&rqh=1&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=291.898&lmt=1732639188526633&mt=1780382498&fvip=2&lmw=1&fexp=51565115%2C51565681&c=TVHTML5&sefc=1&txp=8218224&n=rqIbvSSAiFLHaA&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Csiu%2Cbui%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cns%2Crqh%2Ccnr%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AHEqNM4wRQIhAKZRRYsNdjNHtDeQeEUhI4an9GUmipVaPaUcUAmuhr2ZAiBFhAUxrt1jcx4Xn6mmMLFmE4ReZjg7dJmpPzrK22xoXw%3D%3D&lsparams=cps%2Cmet%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=APaTxxMwRAIgXeSYr8BsYocVUpHZyjyUEz96EbgCUZSxSRNfz3DrLVgCIGj4kx0ztIKBL0cc0T-x0Ad0FwMYeOghcENt0bSfYs6r', '--ignore-config', '--verbose', '--no-warnings', '--progress', '--newline', '--progress-template', '[Parabolic] Progress;%(progress.status)s;%(progress.downloaded_bytes)s;%(progress.total_bytes)s;%(progress.total_bytes_estimate)s;%(progress.speed)s;%(progress.eta)s', '--progress-delta', '.75', '-t', 'sleep', '--no-mtime', '--no-embed-info-json', '--ffmpeg-location', '/app/bin/ffmpeg', '--js-runtimes', 'deno:/home/niroku/.var/app/org.nickvision.tubeconverter/data/deno', '--paths', '/home/niroku/SF3 New Generation AST', '--paths', 'temp:/home/niroku/SF3 New Generation AST', '--output', '9 - Street Fighter 3 New Generation AST Sharp Eyes (Theme of Ibuki) [Y32oIX1BORo].%(ext)s', '--output', 'chapter:%(section_number)03d - 9 - Street Fighter 3 New Generation AST Sharp Eyes (Theme of Ibuki) [Y32oIX1BORo].%(ext)s', '--print', 'after_move:filepath', '--plugin-dir', '/app/lib/org.nickvision.tubeconverter/plugins', '--no-force-overwrites', '--windows-filenames', '--no-part', '--limit-rate', '5120K', '--proxy', 'socks://172.17.0.3:9050', '--cookies', '/home/niroku/youtube cookies.txt', '--embed-metadata', '--postprocessor-args', 'Metadata+ffmpeg:-metadata track=2', '--embed-thumbnail', '--convert-thumbnails', 'jpg', '--embed-chapters', '--extract-audio', '--audio-quality', '0', '--audio-format', 'm4a', '--format', 'bestaudio', '--write-description', '--postprocessor-args', 'ffmpeg:-threads 11']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8 (dumb,No ANSI), error utf-8 (dumb,No ANSI), screen utf-8 (dumb,No ANSI)
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2026.03.17 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [04d6974f5] (pip)
[debug] Python 3.13.13 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-7.0.1-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.42 (OpenSSL 3.5.6 7 Apr 2026, glibc 2.42)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n8.1.1-8-gb21e00eda5-20260523 (setts), ffprobe n8.1.1-8-gb21e00eda5-20260523
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.2.0, certifi-2026.05.20, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.34.2, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.7.0, websockets-16.0, yt_dlp_ejs-0.8.0
[debug] JS runtimes: deno-2.8.1
[debug] Proxy map: {'all': 'socks://172.17.0.3:9050'}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets
[debug] Post-Processor Plugins: TCEmbedSubtitlePP, TCEmbedThumbnailPP, TCMetadataPP, TCSubtitlesConvertorPP, srt_fixPP
[debug] Plugin directories: /home/niroku/.var/app/org.nickvision.tubeconverter/config/yt-dlp/plugins/tubeconverter/yt_dlp_plugins, /app/lib/org.nickvision.tubeconverter/plugins/srt_fix/yt_dlp_plugins
[debug] Loaded 1864 extractors
[generic] Extracting URL: https://rr4---sn-npoldn7l.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1780404984&ei=mH4earK3KqegssUPzcrn8A8&ip=159.26.115.183&id=o-AJCNq7UVWNKG1CQGllG6kidWxrgZobBfdceEhwUnv4Fj&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&cps=203&met=1780383384%2C&mh=C_&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-npoldn7l%2Csn-npoe7ney&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=4648750&siu=1&bui=AbKmrwqKe2miFHj8WtdcnQmaE63hxWlNQ0DtBitnZoxsrNlR-Cus6e8jI76QTGHZhucAAUOCHA&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ns=wEdV8XztP_3yHPqTXEgQxMwV&rqh=1&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=291.898&lmt=1732639188526633&mt=1780382498&fvip=2&lmw=1&fexp=51565115%2C51565681&c=TVHTML5&sefc=1&txp=8218224&n=rqIbvSSAiFLHaA&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Csiu%2Cbui%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cns%2Crqh%2Ccnr%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AHEqNM4wRQIhAKZRRYsNdjNHtDeQeEUhI4an9GUmipVaPaUcUAmuhr2ZAiBFhAUxrt1jcx4Xn6mmMLFmE4ReZjg7dJmpPzrK22xoXw%3D%3D&lsparams=cps%2Cmet%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=APaTxxMwRAIgXeSYr8BsYocVUpHZyjyUEz96EbgCUZSxSRNfz3DrLVgCIGj4kx0ztIKBL0cc0T-x0Ad0FwMYeOghcENt0bSfYs6r
[generic] videoplayback?expire=1780404984&ei=mH4earK3KqegssUPzcrn8A8&ip=159.26.115.183&id=o-AJCNq7UVWNKG1CQGllG6kidWxrgZobBfdceEhwUnv4Fj&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ==&cps=203&met=1780383384,&mh=C_&mm=31,29&mn=sn-npoldn7l,sn-npoe7ney&ms=au,rdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&rms=au,au&initcwndbps=4648750&siu=1&bui=AbKmrwqKe2miFHj8WtdcnQmaE63hxWlNQ0DtBitnZoxsrNlR-Cus6e8jI76QTGHZhucAAUOCHA&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video/mp4&ns=wEdV8XztP_3yHPqTXEgQxMwV&rqh=1&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=291: Downloading webpage
[debug] Identified a direct video link
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec, channels, acodec, size, br, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
ERROR: [generic] videoplayback?expire=1780404984&ei=mH4earK3KqegssUPzcrn8A8&ip=159.26.115.183&id=o-AJCNq7UVWNKG1CQGllG6kidWxrgZobBfdceEhwUnv4Fj&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ==&cps=203&met=1780383384,&mh=C_&mm=31,29&mn=sn-npoldn7l,sn-npoe7ney&ms=au,rdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&rms=au,au&initcwndbps=4648750&siu=1&bui=AbKmrwqKe2miFHj8WtdcnQmaE63hxWlNQ0DtBitnZoxsrNlR-Cus6e8jI76QTGHZhucAAUOCHA&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video/mp4&ns=wEdV8XztP_3yHPqTXEgQxMwV&rqh=1&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=291: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1698, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1854, in __extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1913, in process_ie_result
    ie_result = self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3058, in process_video_result
    raise ExtractorError(
        'Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats',
        expected=True, video_id=info_dict['id'], ie=info_dict['extractor'])
yt_dlp.utils.ExtractorError: [generic] videoplayback?expire=1780404984&ei=mH4earK3KqegssUPzcrn8A8&ip=159.26.115.183&id=o-AJCNq7UVWNKG1CQGllG6kidWxrgZobBfdceEhwUnv4Fj&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ==&cps=203&met=1780383384,&mh=C_&mm=31,29&mn=sn-npoldn7l,sn-npoe7ney&ms=au,rdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&rms=au,au&initcwndbps=4648750&siu=1&bui=AbKmrwqKe2miFHj8WtdcnQmaE63hxWlNQ0DtBitnZoxsrNlR-Cus6e8jI76QTGHZhucAAUOCHA&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video/mp4&ns=wEdV8XztP_3yHPqTXEgQxMwV&rqh=1&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=291: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats

Download Options

File Type: M4A (Audio) or OPUS (Audio), error is identical (attempts m4a format on OPUS anyway and fails)
Video format: None
Audio format: Best

In settings,
Preferred Audio codec: Any

Debugging Information

App: Nickvision Parabolic
Version: 2026.5.0

Operating System: GNOME 50 (Flatpak runtime)
Deployment Mode: Flatpak
Locale: en-AU
Running From: /app/lib/org.nickvision.tubeconverter
NativeAOT: True

GTK 4.22.2
libadwaita 1.9.0
Database encrypted: True
Log path: /home/niroku/.var/app/org.nickvision.tubeconverter/data/Nickvision Parabolic/app.log

yt-dlp: 2026.3.17
deno: 2.8.1
ffmpeg: n8.1.1-8-gb21e00eda5-20260523 
aria2: 1.37.0

AllowPreviewUpdates = False
AriaMaxConnectionsPerServer = 16
AriaMinSplitSize = 20
AudioBitrate = 1.7976931348623157E+308
AudioFormatIds = {
  "Video": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "MP4": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "MKV": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "WEBM": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "MOV": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "AVI": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "Audio": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "MP3": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "M4A": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "OPUS": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "FLAC": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "WAV": "BEST_AUDIO",
  "OGG": "BEST_AUDIO"
}
AudioOnlyFileType = 8
CookiesBrowser = 0
CookiesPath = /home/niroku/youtube cookies.txt
CropAudioThumbnails = False
DownloadImmediately = false
DownloadImmediatelyAsAudio = False
DownloadImmediatelyAsVideo = False
EmbedChapters = True
EmbedMetadata = True
EmbedSubtitles = True
EmbedThumbnails = True
ExportDescription = True
ExportM3U = True
FullFileType = 8
HistoryLength = 7
IncludeAutoGeneratedSubtitles = True
IncludeMediaIdInTitle = True
IncludeSuperResolutions = False
installed_deno_appversion = {
  "BaseVersion": "2.8.1",
  "PreviewLabel": ""
}
InstalledYtdlpAppVersion = {
    "BaseVersion": "2026.3.17",
    "PreviewLabel": ""
  }
LimitCharacters = True
MaxNumberOfActiveDownloads = 1
NumberTitles = True
OverwriteExistingFiles = False
PostprocessingArguments = []
PostprocessingThreads = 11
PostProcessorArgumentName = ""
PreferredAudioCodec = 0
PreferredFrameRate = 0
PreferredSubtitleFormat = 0
PreferredVideoCodec = 0
PreventSuspend = True
ProxyUrl = socks://172.17.0.3:9050
RemoveSourceData = False
ReverseDownloadOrder = True
SaveFolder = /home/niroku
ShowDisclaimerOnStartup = False
ShowDislcaimerOnStartup = false
SpeedLimit = 5120
SplitChapters = False
SubtitleLanguages = []
Theme = 2
TranslateMetadataAndChapters = True
TranslationLanguage = ""
UseAria = False
UsePartFiles = False
VideoFormatIds = {
  "Video": "BEST_VIDEO",
  "MP4": "BEST_VIDEO",
  "MKV": "BEST_VIDEO",
  "WEBM": "BEST_VIDEO",
  "MOV": "BEST_VIDEO",
  "AVI": "BEST_VIDEO",
  "Audio": "NONE_VIDEO",
  "MP3": "NONE_VIDEO",
  "M4A": "NONE_VIDEO",
  "OPUS": "NONE_VIDEO",
  "FLAC": "NONE_VIDEO",
  "WAV": "NONE_VIDEO",
  "OGG": "NONE_VIDEO"
}
VideoOnlyFileType = 1
VideoResolution = {
  "Width": 2147483647,
  "Height": 2147483647
}
WindowGeometry = {
  "Height": 600,
  "IsMaximized": false,
  "Width": 800,
  "X": 10,
  "Y": 10
}
YouTubeSponsorBlock = False
YtdlpDiscoveryArgs = ""
YtdlpDownloadArgs = ""

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Only started failing some time in April.

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