diff --git a/controller/websocket.js b/controller/websocket.js
index 443a020..7f2e997 100644
--- a/controller/websocket.js
+++ b/controller/websocket.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ exports.save = async (ws, req) => {
     async function startDownloading() {
         ws.send('INFO - Spawning yt-dlp!')
 
-        const download = await ytdlp.downloadVideo(`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${id}`, ws)
+        const download = await ytdlp.downloadVideo(`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${id}`, ws, id)
         if (download.fail) {
             await redis.del(id)
             ws.send(`DATA - ${download.message}`)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ exports.playlist = async (ws, req) => {
             ws.send(`INFO - Downloading ${video.title}<br><br>`)
             await redis.set(id, 'downloading')
 
-            const download = await ytdlp.downloadVideo('https://www.youtube.com' + video.url, ws)
+            const download = await ytdlp.downloadVideo('https://www.youtube.com' + video.url, ws, id)
             if (download.fail) {
                 ws.send(`DATA - ${download.message}`)
                 await redis.del(id)
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ exports.channel = async (ws, req) => {
             ws.send(`INFO - Downloading ${video.title}<br><br>`)
             await redis.set(id, 'downloading')
 
-            const download = await ytdlp.downloadVideo('https://www.youtube.com' + video.url, ws)
+            const download = await ytdlp.downloadVideo('https://www.youtube.com' + video.url, ws, id)
             if (download.fail) {
                 ws.send(`DATA - ${download.message}`)
                 await redis.del(id)
diff --git a/utils/metadata.js b/utils/metadata.js
index ca19a79..7ab5628 100644
--- a/utils/metadata.js
+++ b/utils/metadata.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function getVideoMetadata(id) {
     for (let retries = 0; retries < maxRetries; retries++) {
         try {
             const instance = await getInstance()
-            const response = await fetch(`${instance}/api/v1/videos/${id}?fields=videoId,title,descriptionHtml,videoThumbnails,published,authorId,error&pretty=1`, {
+            const response = await fetch(`${instance}/api/v1/videos/${id}?fields=videoId,title,descriptionHtml,videoThumbnails,published,authorId,lengthSeconds,error&pretty=1`, {
                 headers: {
                     'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PreserveTube/0.0; +https://preservetube.com)'
                 }
diff --git a/utils/ytdlp.js b/utils/ytdlp.js
index ea29cb8..6c3048e 100644
--- a/utils/ytdlp.js
+++ b/utils/ytdlp.js
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 const child_process = require('child_process')
 const DOMPurify = require('isomorphic-dompurify')
+const metadata = require('./metadata.js')
 
-async function downloadVideo(url, ws) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const child = child_process.spawn("../yt-dlp", ["--proxy", "socks5://gluetun:1080", url], {cwd: 'videos', shell: false})
+async function downloadVideo(url, ws, id) {
+    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+        const args = ['--proxy', 'socks5://gluetun:1080', url]
+        const video = await metadata.getVideoMetadata(id)
+        if (video.lengthSeconds > 1500) {
+            const formats = await getFormats(url, ws)
+            if (!formats.fail && formats.includes('18  mp4')) {
+                args.push('-f 18')
+            }
+        }
+
+        const child = child_process.spawn('../yt-dlp', args, {cwd: 'videos', shell: false})
         // https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/cc8d8441524ec3442d7c0d3f8f33f15b66aa06f3/README.md?plain=1#L1500
         
         child.stdout.on("data", data => {
@@ -34,4 +44,35 @@ async function downloadVideo(url, ws) {
     })
 }
 
+async function getFormats(url, ws) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const child = child_process.spawn("../yt-dlp", [url, "-F"], {cwd: 'videos', shell: false})
+        let outputs = ''
+
+        child.stdout.on("data", data => {
+            const msg = data.toString().trim()
+            if (!msg) return 
+            
+            outputs = outputs + msg
+        })
+
+        child.stderr.on("data", data => {
+            const msg = data.toString().trim()
+            if (!msg) return 
+    
+            if (ws) ws.send(`DATA - ${DOMPurify.sanitize(msg)}`)
+        })
+
+        child.on("close", async (code, signal) => {
+            if (code == 2 || code == 1) { // https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4262
+                reject({
+                    fail: true
+                })
+            } else {
+                resolve(outputs)
+            }
+        })
+    })
+}
+
 module.exports = { downloadVideo }
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