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Add warning when using `-f best`

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pukkandan 2021-12-21 16:54:38 +05:30
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@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
sys.exit(0)
# Conflicting, missing and erroneous options
if opts.format == 'best':
warnings.append('.\n '.join(
'"-f best" selects the best pre-merged format which is often not the best option',
'To let yt-dlp download and merge the best available formats, simply do not pass any format selection',
'If you know what you are doing and want only the best pre-merged format, use "-f b" instead to suppress this warning'))
if opts.usenetrc and (opts.username is not None or opts.password is not None):
parser.error('using .netrc conflicts with giving username/password')
if opts.password is not None and opts.username is None: