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diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst index fb98a04def..c68df5951c 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/options.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst @@ -841,13 +841,16 @@ Program Behavior If 'yes' will attempt to add all formats found reported by youtube-dl (default: no). Each format is added as a separate track. In addition, they are delay-loaded, and actually opened only when a track is selected - (this should keep load times as low as without this option). It also - adds average bitrate metadata, if available, which means - ``--hls-bitrate`` will decide which track to select. (HLS used to be the + (this should keep load times as low as without this option). + + It adds average bitrate metadata, if available, which means you can use + ``--hls-bitrate`` to decide which track to select. (HLS used to be the only format whose alternative quality streams were exposed in a similar way, thus the option name.) - The ``--ytdl-format`` option is essentially ignored. + Tracks which represent formats that were selected by youtube-dl as + default will have the default flag set. This means mpv should generally + still select formats chosen with ``--ytdl-format`` by default. Although this mechanism makes it possible to switch streams at runtime, it's not suitable for this purpose for various technical reasons. (It's |