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--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default
## FAQ
### Can you please put the -b option back?
Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it.
### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What''s this?
Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/phihag/youtube-dl/issues/8), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
## COPYRIGHT ## COPYRIGHT
**youtube-dl**: Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. The program is **youtube-dl**: Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. The program is
released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This README file was released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This README file was