Some patreon videos downloading as m4a instead of mp4

[swilly97]

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What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu MATE 24.04

What version of Tartube are you using?

v2.5.059

I'm able to download other videos from Patreon, but specific ones are only downloading as m4a. They are videos that are also available as audio files on patreon as well, but I'm putting in the video link, not the audio link. (Podcasts and stuff)

[axcore]

Please show me the contents of the Output tab, including the yellow text at the top.

[swilly97]

Here. After my post, I went through and made sure Tartube was updated, yt-dlp was updated, and everything. Now, it's not downloading m4a,but it is creating a new folder named "Channel_1", downloading part of the video where it's supposed to, and downloading the rest in this new folder. The original download location only has the jpg, info and description, but this new folder has 3 copies of the description, jpg, subtitles, and info files, along with one copy of the normal audio file and the mp4. I've run other videos, and had no problem.

https://pastebin.com/3nPjkp9n

[luk9a]

Your patreon URL contains a m3u8 playlist with more videos embed, it will create a new folder as well.
[patreon] Extracting URL: https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-kind-of-rig-116412011
[patreon] 116412011: Downloading API JSON
[patreon] 116412011: Downloading m3u8 information

With youtube is more easy to remove the "&list=..." part of the URL.
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpZFiR8kM2g&list=PL2D4F75E976203238

For youtube, you can customize "download options" with "--no-playlist" parameter, so it will download only the specific video, not the whole set. I don't know if the parameter works with patreon URL embed playlist.

[swilly97]

Where would I put in "--no-playlist"? The additional download options under the name tab, the filtering tab under the downloads tab, or somewhere else?

[axcore]

Where would I put in "--no-playlist"?

In the main menu, click Edit > General download options... and copy it into the Additional download options box.

Obviously most of us can't test your link; in addition to what @luk9a says, you could try specifying the video format you want (Edit > General download options > Formats > Preferred or, in the Additional download options box, type -f mp4).

[swilly97]

Specifying the video format to mp4 gives me a "Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats" error. But then it proceeds to create the "channel_1" folder, and download the mp4 file anyways.

[axcore]

I suggest asking this question on the Reddit forum, where there are bound to be people who have actual knowledge of downloading from Patreon.

[swilly97]

I made a post there. If I can figure anything out, I'll come back here update.