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app/src/main/java/com/deniscerri/ytdl/database/viewmodel/DownloadViewModel.kt

@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ class DownloadViewModel(private val application: Application) : AndroidViewModel
     }
 
 
-    fun getFormat(formats: List<Format>, type: DownloadType, url: String? = null) : Format {
+    //pass for video download for audio format sorter, so that it wont apply certain preferences that should be only for audio downloads
+    fun getFormat(formats: List<Format>, type: DownloadType, url: String? = null, forVideoDownload: Boolean = false) : Format {
         when(type) {
             DownloadType.audio -> {
                 return cloneFormat (
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ class DownloadViewModel(private val application: Application) : AndroidViewModel
                         val theFormats = formats.filter { it.vcodec.isBlank() || it.vcodec == "none" }.ifEmpty {
                             formatUtil.getGenericAudioFormats(resources).sortedByDescending { it.filesize }
                         }
-                        FormatUtil(application).sortAudioFormats(theFormats).first()
+                        FormatUtil(application).sortAudioFormats(theFormats, forVideoDownload).first()
                     }catch (e: Exception){
                         formatUtil.getGenericAudioFormats(resources).first()
                     }
@@ -625,7 +626,7 @@ class DownloadViewModel(private val application: Application) : AndroidViewModel
             }
         }
         if (preferredAudioFormats.isEmpty()){
-            val audioF = getFormat(formats, DownloadType.audio)
+            val audioF = getFormat(formats, DownloadType.audio, forVideoDownload = true)
             if (!formatUtil.getGenericAudioFormats(resources).contains(audioF)){
                 preferredAudioFormats.add(audioF.format_id)
             }

app/src/main/java/com/deniscerri/ytdl/util/FormatUtil.kt

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class FormatUtil(private var context: Context) {
                                             }
 
     @SuppressLint("RestrictedApi")
-    fun getAudioFormatImportance() : List<String> {
+    fun getAudioFormatImportance(forVideoDownload: Boolean) : List<String> {
         val preferredFormatSize = sharedPreferences.getString("preferred_format_size", "")
 
         if (sharedPreferences.getBoolean("use_format_sorting", false)) {
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ class FormatUtil(private var context: Context) {
                 orderPreferences.add(0,"smallsize")
             }
 
-            val preferContainerOverCodec = sharedPreferences.getBoolean("prefer_container_over_codec_audio", false)
+            if(!forVideoDownload) {
-            if(preferContainerOverCodec) {
+                val preferContainerOverCodec = sharedPreferences.getBoolean("prefer_container_over_codec_audio", false)
-                orderPreferences.remove("codec")
+                if(preferContainerOverCodec) {
+                    orderPreferences.remove("codec")
+                }
             }
 
             return orderPreferences
@@ -95,8 +97,8 @@ class FormatUtil(private var context: Context) {
 
 
     @SuppressLint("RestrictedApi")
-    fun sortAudioFormats(formats: List<Format>) : List<Format> {
+    fun sortAudioFormats(formats: List<Format>, forVideoDownload: Boolean = false) : List<Format> {
-        val orderPreferences = getAudioFormatImportance()
+        val orderPreferences = getAudioFormatImportance(forVideoDownload)
 
         val comparator = Comparator<Format> { a, b ->
             if ("prefer_drc" in orderPreferences) {