{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1598","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1598/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1598/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1598/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1598","id":20933609,"number":1598,"title":"[PBS] Downloading lowest quality","user":{"login":"bchandos","id":5678326,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5678326?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos","html_url":"https://github.com/bchandos","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bchandos/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/labels/request","name":"request","color":"165725"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2013-10-13T21:31:33Z","updated_at":"2015-05-15T18:12:09Z","closed_at":"2015-05-15T18:12:09Z","body":"I tried several PBS videos and each time, the lowest quality stream was downloaded (usually 284p). \"-f\" and \"--max-quality\" did nothing. Looking at the extractor, it gets the URL from \"alternate_encoding\" which in the JSON, calls a file with eeid \"mp4-baseline-16x9\". I believe \"recommended_encoding\" should be used as it calls eeid \"hls-2500k-16x9\" which I believe to be the highest resolution stream. Unfortunately, I lack even the basic skills to test this!\r\n\r\nExample URL: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365089043/\r\nRelevant JSON: http://video.pbs.org/videoInfo/2365089043/?format=json\r\n\r\nEdit: I should note that web player offers a range of quality streams, from 720p down. The URL provided by \"alternate_coding\" resolves directly to a video stream, while the URL provided by \"recommended_encoding\" resolves in a m3u8 file, and lists a mime-type of \"application/x-mpegURL\".\r\n"}}