yt-dl isn't downloading max available resolution/quality for YouTube

[parasiteoflife]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.01.24.1
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

youtube-dl.exe --newline -R 15 -i -o "X:\video\%(title)s (%(id)s) [%(height)sp].%(ext)s" -v --hls-prefer-native --cookies Z:\quarentine\cookies.txt --mark-watched --fixup detect_or_warn "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5di3IroHnY"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--newline', '-R', '15', '-i', '-o', 'X:\\video\\%(title)s (%(id)s) [%(height)sp].%(ext)s', '-v', '--hls-prefer-native', '--cookies', 'Z:\\quarentine\\cookies.txt', '--mark-watched', '--fixup', 'detect_or_warn', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5di3IroHnY']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.01.24.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-01-12-git-ca21cb1e36-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 2021-01-12-git-ca21cb1e36-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] N5di3IroHnY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] N5di3IroHnY: Marking watched
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r5---sn-hp57kn7s.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1611827639&ei=VjUSYL3HN4K18gOPmanQBA&ip=45.169.93.101&id=o-ADP7oaiLv1cicVo7_CZzyqHwcJpnzwiZPLSxbVNGOECv&itag=136&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C136%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C247%2C278%2C298%2C299%2C302%2C303%2C394%2C395%2C396%2C397%2C398%2C399&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=Rw&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-hp57kn7s%2Csn-hp57ynel&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=5&pl=24&initcwndbps=1572500&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ns=M_1mEvTV6aSuK7lvkcT7e-EF&gir=yes&clen=409537952&dur=814.547&lmt=1604547725182481&mt=1611805749&fvip=5&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&txp=5535434&n=gHBhyfWSsP9dx8afSN3K&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhALqrfqgEObHhNoz1POPzuYftqbtsIvwfib2p-PqeE0n-AiEA6jmBV2JeSnJwQ_rSutZelBn0o8p2YZ72srLXVjNZ9HU%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgPyAI4Zcjw7xeacCLeNqVBWH9_RTww4i19h09mNgMLKECIQDbZiN80wsKkIQuHtPUH5qgeRJKtEakWnOo5pUXDh2_CQ%3D%3D&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [720p].f136.mp4
[download] 100% of 11.56MiB in 00:03
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [720p].mkv"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel "repeat+info" -i "file:X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [720p].f136.mp4" -i "file:X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [NAp].f251.webm" -c copy -map "0:v:0" -map "1:a:0" "file:X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [720p].temp.mkv"
Deleting original file X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [720p].f136.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file X:\video\AS PARAGUAIAS BUGARAM A PRAIA DE GUARUJA (N5di3IroHnY) [NAp].f251.webm (pass -k to keep)

Description

The following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5di3IroHnY is available in at least 1080p60 but yt-dl is downloading it only at 720p. This isn't happening with all videos but this is the only one I have noticed it has happened, I would have to check all the videos I've downloaded, which are a whole lot, to see if it has happened again.

[parasiteoflife]

@remitamine can you please tell me which issue is this duplicate of? I can't find one regarding YT, is #27980 the one?

[pukkandan]

youtube-dl downloads the video with largest bitrate by default. But youtube often reports wrong bitrate for the videos. that's why it is downloading the 720p version. Use -F to see all the formats and -f to download a specific format; -f 303 for example

[youtube] N5di3IroHnY: Downloading webpage
[info] Available formats for N5di3IroHnY:
format code  extension  resolution note
249          webm       audio only tiny   52k , opus @ 50k (48000Hz), 4.59MiB
250          webm       audio only tiny   69k , opus @ 70k (48000Hz), 5.21MiB
140          m4a        audio only tiny  131k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz), 12.57MiB
251          webm       audio only tiny  138k , opus @160k (48000Hz), 11.56MiB
394          mp4        256x144    144p   83k , av01.0.00M.08, 30fps, video only, 6.96MiB
278          webm       256x144    144p  100k , webm container, vp9, 30fps, video only, 9.18MiB
160          mp4        256x144    144p  126k , avc1.4d400c, 30fps, video only, 8.97MiB
395          mp4        426x240    240p  182k , av01.0.00M.08, 30fps, video only, 14.66MiB
242          webm       426x240    240p  235k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 20.73MiB
133          mp4        426x240    240p  362k , avc1.4d4015, 30fps, video only, 20.80MiB
396          mp4        640x360    360p  398k , av01.0.01M.08, 30fps, video only, 31.07MiB
243          webm       640x360    360p  493k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 38.43MiB
134          mp4        640x360    360p  704k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 46.12MiB
397          mp4        854x480    480p  720k , av01.0.04M.08, 30fps, video only, 56.97MiB
244          webm       854x480    480p  823k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 70.29MiB
135          mp4        854x480    480p 1040k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 74.37MiB
247          webm       1280x720   720p 1524k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 141.43MiB
398          mp4        1280x720   720p60 2042k , av01.0.08M.08, 60fps, video only, 164.20MiB
302          webm       1280x720   720p60 2767k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 246.95MiB
298          mp4        1280x720   720p60 2891k , avc1.4d4020, 60fps, video only, 157.78MiB
399          mp4        1920x1080  1080p60 3964k , av01.0.09M.08, 60fps, video only, 313.94MiB
303          webm       1920x1080  1080p60 4808k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 417.66MiB
299          mp4        1920x1080  1080p60 6213k , avc1.64002a, 60fps, video only, 524.01MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   720p 8338k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 390.57MiB
18           mp4        640x360    360p  728k , avc1.42001E, 30fps, mp4a.40.2@ 96k (44100Hz), 70.76MiB
22           mp4        1280x720   720p 4155k , avc1.64001F, 30fps, mp4a.40.2@192k (44100Hz) (best)