Adds a preference for srt format subs to yt-dlp

masoudd · masoudd · commit 783839b8fd03 · 2025-08-04T12:34:28.000+03:30
See gpodder#1788
diff --git a/share/gpodder/extensions/10_youtube-dl.py b/share/gpodder/extensions/10_youtube-dl.py
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ def fetch_info(self, url, tempname, reporthook):
             'progress_hooks': [reporthook],  # to notify UI
             'writesubtitles': subs,
             'subtitleslangs': ['all'] if subs else [],
+            'subtitlesformat': ['srt', 'best'] if subs else [], # See issue 1788 on github
             'postprocessors': [{'key': 'FFmpegEmbedSubtitle'}] if subs else [],
         }
 

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`@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ def fetch_info(self, url, tempname, reporthook):`
`352`	`352`	`'progress_hooks': [reporthook], # to notify UI`
`353`	`353`	`'writesubtitles': subs,`
`354`	`354`	`'subtitleslangs': ['all'] if subs else [],`
	`355`	`+ 'subtitlesformat': ['srt', 'best'] if subs else [], # See issue 1788 on github`
`355`	`356`	`'postprocessors': [{'key': 'FFmpegEmbedSubtitle'}] if subs else [],`
`356`	`357`	`}`
`357`	`358`