[extractor/common] Clarify preference key in formats

11 years ago · 38d63d846e
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                 "http", "https", "rtsp", "rtmp", "m3u8" or so.
                    * preference Order number of this format. If this field is
                                 present and not None, the formats get sorted
-                                 by this field.
+                                 by this field, regardless of all other values.
                                 -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                 -2 or smaller for less than default.
                    * quality    Order number of the video quality of this