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Last active May 6, 2025 23:47
Youtube 360 video format list

As a result of examining 10 each of Monoscopic and Stereoscopic videos of 360 videos, most of them (about 80%) became the format distribution shown in the table.

Resolution AV1 HFR High AV1 HFR AV1 VP9.2 HDR HFR VP9 HFR VP9 H.264 HFR H.264
MP4 MP4 MP4 WebM WebM WebM MP4 MP4
4320p 402/571
---/EQU
272
---
138
---
2160p 701
---
401
EQU
337
---
315
EAC
(313)
EAC
(305)
---
(266)
---
1440p 700
---
400
EQU
336
---
308
EAC
(271)
EAC
(304)
---
(264)
---
1080p 699
---
399
EQU
335
---
303
EAC
(248)
EAC
299
EAC
(137)
EAC(*EQU)
720p 698--- 398EQU 334--- 302EAC 247EAC(*EQU) 298EAC 136EAC
@MartinEesmaa
MartinEesmaa / youtube_formats.md
Last active June 22, 2025 13:41 — forked from AgentOak/youtube_formats.md
Youtube Format IDs

Note: This is all almost full YouTube ID informations. Original owner goes to AgentOak, modified version by Martin Eesmaa.

See the credits and also special thanks in below.

Last updated: 20 June 2025

Also known as itag or format codes and way back they could be specified with the fmt parameter (e.g. &fmt=22). Depending on the age and/or popularity of the video, not all formats will be available.

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