From e5acc63c2eb85f965dcd58bc1b16065421ee8856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Vadim (vadcx)" <129969897+vadcx@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 15:42:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Youtube: add DRC audio format selection example

Example from: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8259#issuecomment-1742293864
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 README.md | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a87b52832..209f9849c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1688,7 +1688,12 @@ # Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
 # or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
 $ yt-dlp -S "+codec:h264"
 
-
+# Youtube added Dynamic Range Compression (DRC aka "Stable Volume")
+# as a separate audio track. To avoid these altered tracks, you must
+# exclude audio format IDs which end with "-drc": "251-drc" vs "251".
+# Download audio only that's not .mp4 and does not end in "-drc":
+# Note, you must use single-quotes in POSIX shell due to special characters.
+$ yt-dlp -f 'bestaudio[ext!=mp4][format_id!$=-drc]'
 
 # More complex examples