YouTube video stream format codes itags

youtube_format_code_itag_list.md

YouTube video stream format codes

Comprehensive list of YouTube format code itags

itag Code	Container	Content	Resolution	Bitrate	Range	VR / 3D
5	flv	audio/video	240p	-	-	-
6	flv	audio/video	270p	-	-	-
17	3gp	audio/video	144p	-	-	-
18	mp4	audio/video	360p	-	-	-
22	mp4	audio/video	720p	-	-	-
34	flv	audio/video	360p	-	-	-
35	flv	audio/video	480p	-	-	-
36	3gp	audio/video	180p	-	-	-
37	mp4	audio/video	1080p	-	-	-
38	mp4	audio/video	3072p	-	-	-
43	webm	audio/video	360p	-	-	-
44	webm	audio/video	480p	-	-	-
45	webm	audio/video	720p	-	-	-
46	webm	audio/video	1080p	-	-	-
82	mp4	audio/video	360p	-	-	3D
83	mp4	audio/video	480p	-	-	3D
84	mp4	audio/video	720p	-	-	3D
85	mp4	audio/video	1080p	-	-	3D
92	hls	audio/video	240p	-	-	3D
93	hls	audio/video	360p	-	-	3D
94	hls	audio/video	480p	-	-	3D
95	hls	audio/video	720p	-	-	3D
96	hls	audio/video	1080p	-	-	-
100	webm	audio/video	360p	-	-	3D
101	webm	audio/video	480p	-	-	3D
102	webm	audio/video	720p	-	-	3D
132	hls	audio/video	240p	-	-
133	mp4	video	240p	-	-
134	mp4	video	360p	-	-
135	mp4	video	480p	-	-
136	mp4	video	720p	-	-
137	mp4	video	1080p	-	-
138	mp4	video	2160p60	-	-
139	m4a	audio	-	48k	-
140	m4a	audio	-	128k	-
141	m4a	audio	-	256k	-
151	hls	audio/video	72p	-	-
160	mp4	video	144p	-	-
167	webm	video	360p	-	-
168	webm	video	480p	-	-
169	webm	video	1080p	-	-
171	webm	audio	-	128k	-
218	webm	video	480p	-	-
219	webm	video	144p	-	-
242	webm	video	240p	-	-
243	webm	video	360p	-	-
244	webm	video	480p	-	-
245	webm	video	480p	-	-
246	webm	video	480p	-	-
247	webm	video	720p	-	-
248	webm	video	1080p	-	-
249	webm	audio	-	50k	-
250	webm	audio	-	70k	-
251	webm	audio	-	160k	-
264	mp4	video	1440p	-	-
266	mp4	video	2160p60	-	-
271	webm	video	1440p	-	-
272	webm	video	4320p	-	-
278	webm	video	144p	-	-
298	mp4	video	720p60	-	-
299	mp4	video	1080p60	-	-
302	webm	video	720p60	-	-
303	webm	video	1080p60	-	-
308	webm	video	1440p60	-	-
313	webm	video	2160p	-	-
315	webm	video	2160p60	-	-
330	webm	video	144p60	-	hdr
331	webm	video	240p60	-	hdr
332	webm	video	360p60	-	hdr
333	webm	video	480p60	-	hdr
334	webm	video	720p60	-	hdr
335	webm	video	1080p60	-	hdr
336	webm	video	1440p60	-	hdr
337	webm	video	2160p60	-	hdr

@SilSinn9801 it seems like the last link is in the Wayback Machine Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200516070826/https://gist.github.com/Marco01809/34d47c65b1d28829bb17c24c04a0096f

That list is not comprehensive enough to distinguish among several repeated instances of container-content-resolution entries in terms of codecs (video &/or audio) or even bitrates, like for example why these three consecutive webm | video | 480p formats below without further explanation?

244 | webm | video | 480p | - | - |  
245 | webm | video | 480p | - | - |  
246 | webm | video | 480p | - | - |

I do get 244 is VP9 video paired with AAC audio, but what about 245 & 246? And what codecs are used with these other 480p WebM types: 168 & 218?

Also, these two links mentioned above are dead:

https://github.com/emadmahdi/KODI/blob/master/plugin.video.arabicvideos/arabicvideos/RESOLVERS.py
https://gist.github.com/Marco01809/34d47c65b1d28829bb17c24c04a0096f

What happened to them?

@SilSinn9801

This is the correct link:
https://github.com/emadmahdi/KODI/raw/master/ADDONS/plugin.video.arabicvideos/arabicvideos/RESOLVERS.py

Search for:
def YOUTUBE(url):

None of the 1080p video/audio codes seem to work for me

None of the 1080p video/audio codes seem to work for me

Code	Codec	Format
399	av1	mp4
248	vp9	webm
137	avc	mp4

nice

For 167, 168, 169 and 170, those are VP8, not VP9 formats. I only know of one video with these still on it, and that is 'Sintel' the free open film by Blender.

None of the 1080p video/audio codes seem to work for me

For me too

This is the correct link:
https://github.com/emadmahdi/KODI/raw/master/ADDONS/plugin.video.arabicvideos/arabicvideos/RESOLVERS.py

That link is now also a dead link. What happened to it?

For 167, 168, 169 and 170, those are VP8, not VP9 formats. I only know of one video with these still on it, and that is 'Sintel' the free open film by Blender.

What is format 170? I don’t see format 170 listed on that table at the very top.

571: mp4 video 3840p
702: mp4 video 3840p

571: mp4 video 3840p 702: mp4 video 3840p

What’s the difference between both 571 & 702? Frame rate? HDR status? Codec?

I found a format code: 91. But it's missing here. It's for 144p hls.

Does anyone have working Mp4 (with audio) for 4K?
And did anyone save that RESOLVER.py that was linked?

Does anyone know the itag code(s) for audio only MP3?

Does anyone know the itag code(s) for audio only MP3?

YouTube doesn't make MP3 versions of any of its videos. Those 'YouTube to MP3' services will simply download f140 or f251 and transcode that to MP3 (that's also why they usually sound kinda bad).

Does anyone have working Mp4 (with audio) for 4K? And did anyone save that RESOLVER.py that was linked?

YouTube doesn't make a 4K AVC encode anymore, excluding some 360 VR ones. And those are video only.

Does anyone know the itag code(s) for audio only MP3?

YouTube doesn't make MP3 versions of any of its videos. Those 'YouTube to MP3' services will simply download f140 or f251 and transcode that to MP3 (that's also why they usually sound kinda bad).

Thanks!