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-f bestvideo+bestaudio tries mixing codecs that don't match #5298

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YouTube started adding support for 4K video at 60 FPS today, which youtube-dl actually downloads if you choose that format. Here's their testing playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqf6gJt7KuHCoYaGNWPx8vkHlClmbO9u

Here's an example format list for one of the videos:

[youtube] fEAyDNWaCto: Downloading webpage
[youtube] fEAyDNWaCto: Extracting video information
[youtube] fEAyDNWaCto: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Available formats for fEAyDNWaCto:
format code  extension  resolution note
171          webm       audio only DASH audio  128k , audio@128k (44100Hz), 2.57MiB
140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  129k , m4a_dash container, aac  @128k (44100Hz), 3.12MiB
141          m4a        audio only DASH audio  255k , m4a_dash container, aac  @256k (44100Hz), 6.19MiB
160          mp4        256x144    DASH video  111k , 15fps, video only, 2.61MiB
278          webm       256x144    DASH video  204k , webm container, VP9, 15fps, video only, 2.36MiB
133          mp4        426x240    DASH video  246k , 30fps, video only, 5.87MiB
242          webm       426x240    DASH video  293k , 30fps, video only, 4.42MiB
243          webm       640x360    DASH video  541k , 30fps, video only, 8.19MiB
134          mp4        640x360    DASH video  607k , 30fps, video only, 9.19MiB
244          webm       854x480    DASH video  975k , 30fps, video only, 14.63MiB
135          mp4        854x480    DASH video 1112k , 30fps, video only, 17.96MiB
247          webm       1280x720   DASH video 1961k , 30fps, video only, 29.53MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   DASH video 2224k , 30fps, video only, 36.12MiB
302          webm       1280x720   DASH video 3123k , VP9, 60fps, video only, 47.73MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  DASH video 3212k , 30fps, video only, 51.73MiB
298          mp4        1280x720   DASH video 3332k , h264, 60fps, video only, 63.46MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  DASH video 4168k , 30fps, video only, 75.08MiB
303          webm       1920x1080  DASH video 5200k , VP9, 60fps, video only, 81.94MiB
299          mp4        1920x1080  DASH video 5561k , h264, 60fps, video only, 113.71MiB
271          webm       2560x1440  DASH video 9199k , 30fps, video only, 146.26MiB
264          mp4        2560x1440  DASH video 9960k , 30fps, video only, 176.92MiB
308          webm       2560x1440  DASH video 13767k , VP9, 60fps, video only, 229.65MiB
313          webm       3840x2160  DASH video 17713k , VP9, 30fps, video only, 320.36MiB
266          mp4        3840x2160  DASH video 22296k , h264, 30fps, video only, 435.71MiB
315          webm       3840x2160  DASH video 26163k , VP9, 60fps, video only, 488.69MiB
17           3gp        176x144    
36           3gp        320x240    
5            flv        400x240    
43           webm       640x360    
18           mp4        640x360    
22           mp4        1280x720   (best)

I run youtube-dl with the option -f bestvideo+bestaudio so that I don't end up with the old 720p format, since it works every single time (except in this case). So, bestvideo selects 315 (webm), and bestaudio selects 141 (m4a), and then it tries to mix those incompatible formats in ffmpeg and fails.

Technically the selection behavior itself is correct; it is choosing the best audio and video streams available. The issue is that it's trying to mix incompatible audio and video streams.

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