# Quality, mode and formats · OmniGet Docs

- URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/quality
- Updated: 2026-10-02
- OmniGet 1.0.0

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# Quality, mode and formats

Under the main download button, **Quality and more** holds the choices for the link you just pasted: the mode, the resolution, the folder and the account. **Advanced** inside it opens the full list of formats when you want one exact stream.

## Where it is

**Home**, after you paste a link: click **Quality and more** under the download button. The list of formats is in **Quality and more › Advanced › View formats**.

These options are not shown for direct file links and for share codes, which have nothing to choose.

## How to use it

1.  Paste a link in the box on Home. See [Paste a link](https://getomniget.com/docs/omnibox).
2.  Click **Quality and more**.
3.  Pick a mode: **Auto**, **Audio only (MP3)** or **Video without sound**.
4.  Pick a **Quality**.
5.  If you want a different folder for this download, open **Output:** and pick one.
6.  Click the download button.

### Modes

| Mode | What you get |
| --- | --- |
| **Auto** | Video with sound, or the photo or file the link points to. |
| **Audio only (MP3)** | Only the sound, saved in the **Music download format** (M4A by default, despite the label). See [Audio only](https://getomniget.com/docs/audio). |
| **Video without sound** | The video track only. |

OmniGet remembers the last mode you used and starts the next link in the same mode.

### Quality

Before OmniGet reads the formats of a video, the choices are **Best quality**, **Full HD (1080p)**, **HD (720p) — lighter**, **Medium (480p) — fast** and **Low (360p) — very light**.

After you click **View formats**, the list shows only the resolutions this video really has, including **4K (2160p)** and **2K (1440p)** when they exist, and **Audio** when the site offers an audio-only stream. The line **Showing resolutions available for this video** tells you the list is now exact.

Each new link starts at the quality set in **Settings › Downloads › Quality › Video quality**.

### See every format

1.  Open **Quality and more › Advanced**.
2.  Click **View formats**. OmniGet asks the site for the list. Click **Hide formats** to close it.
3.  Pick a preset:
    -   **Best**: the best video with audio (mode **Auto**, quality **Best quality**).
    -   **Music**: the best audio stream (mode **Audio only**). Shown only when the site has an audio-only stream.
    -   **Custom**: shows the table of formats.
4.  In **Custom**, click a row to choose that exact format. The quality buttons hide while a format is chosen. Click the × next to it to go back.

The table has these columns:

| Column | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| **ID** | The format code the site uses. |
| **Type** | The file extension (`mp4`, `webm`, `m4a`…). |
| **Quality** | The resolution the site reports. |
| **A/V** | **V+A** (video and audio), **V** (video only) or **A** (audio only). |
| **Video** | The video codec. |
| **Audio** | The audio codec, and the audio language when the site gives one. |
| **Size** | The file size. A ~ in front means an estimate. |
| **Speed** | The bitrate of the stream, in kbit/s. |

Video-only formats (**V**) are joined with the best audio automatically when FFmpeg is installed.

For playlists the table is not available: the **Quality** you pick applies to every video.

### Output folder

**Output:** shows where this download goes. Open it to pick:

-   **Default folder**, from **Settings › Downloads › Files and folders**.
-   A folder you used before. Click the × next to it to forget it.
-   **Choose…** to pick another folder. OmniGet keeps it in this list for next time.

### Account

When OmniGet has more than one saved login for the site, **Account:** lets you pick which one to use. The most recently used account comes first. Accounts come from [Accounts and cookies](https://getomniget.com/docs/cookies).

## Options

The defaults for new links live in **Settings › Downloads**.

| Option | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Video quality** | The quality each new link starts with. Offers **Best quality**, **Full HD (1080p)**, **HD (720p) — lighter**, **Medium (480p) — fast** and **Low (360p) — very light**. | 720p |
| **Default folder** | Where downloads go when you do not pick another folder. | Your system’s Downloads folder |
| **Always ask where to save** | Asks for a folder on every download. | Off |

**Settings › Downloads › Quality & format** (under **Show advanced options**) also has four presets that change several defaults at once: **Fast**, **Quality**, **Compact** and **Music only**. See [Quality presets](https://getomniget.com/docs/presets).

## Common problems

### 4K is not in the list

The first list only goes up to Full HD. Open **Advanced › View formats**: if the video has 4K or 2K, they appear in **Quality**. If they still do not appear, the site does not offer them for this video, or only offers them to signed-in accounts.

### Failed to load formats

The site did not answer the format request. Click **Try again**. If the site needs a login, see [Accounts and cookies](https://getomniget.com/docs/cookies).

### The audio file is not an MP3

**Audio only (MP3)** saves in the **Music download format**, which is M4A by default. Change it in **Settings › Downloads › Output**. See [Audio only](https://getomniget.com/docs/audio).

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