From 968183d21619c8374e01715605097ec1222cfe34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ness LookAlike <68405888+NessLookAlike@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 20:34:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] nesslookalike yt-dlp DL format suggestions update (#1062)

* re-word the example yt-dlp download format suggestions

* update to recommendation, more technical info added

* add av01 recommendation

* quotes

* re-formatted to pass prettier pre-commit check
---
 frontend/src/pages/SettingsApplication.tsx | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/SettingsApplication.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/SettingsApplication.tsx
index 3ad87975..e7ceea37 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/SettingsApplication.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/SettingsApplication.tsx
@@ -396,19 +396,31 @@ const SettingsApplication = () => {
                           <span className="settings-current">
                             {'bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best[height<=720]'}
                           </span>
-                          : best audio and max video height of 720p.
+                          : <q>best</q> video and <q>best</q> audio (yt-dlp's choice), max video
+                          height of 720p.
                         </li>
                         <li>
                           <span className="settings-current">
                             {'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'}
                           </span>
-                          : best audio and max video height of 1080p.
+                          : <q>best</q> video and <q>best</q> audio (yt-dlp's choice), max video
+                          height of 1080p.
                         </li>
                         <li>
                           <span className="settings-current">
                             {'bestvideo[height<=1080][vcodec*=avc1]+bestaudio[acodec*=mp4a]/mp4'}
                           </span>
-                          : Max 1080p video height with iOS compatible video and audio codecs.
+                          : <q>best</q> universally iOS-compatible video (forced avc1) and{' '}
+                          <q>best</q> audio (forced mp4a), mp4 container, max video height of 1080p.
+                        </li>
+                        <li>
+                          <span className="settings-current">
+                            'bv*[vcodec~=av01]+ba[acodec~=mp4a]/bv*[vcodec~=av01]+ba/
+                            bv*[vcodec~=avc1]+ba[acodec~=mp4a]/bv*[vcodec~=avc1]+ba/bv*+ba/b'
+                          </span>
+                          : <q>best</q> iOS-compatible video (av01, compatible with iPhone 15 Pro
+                          and newer) and <q>best</q> audio (mp4a), no max video height, with
+                          fallback to avc1 and other formats if necessary.
                         </li>
                         <li>This can also be configured on a per channel basis.</li>
                         <li>