- Added the ignored_projections config-option.

For example, to prefer rectagular versions of 360° videos, use:

    ignored_projections => ["mesh", "equirectangular"],

Author: trizen

bin/gtk-youtube-viewer

@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ my %CONFIG = (
     fullscreen  => 0,
     audio_only  => 0,
 
+    ignored_projections => [],
+
     autolike_watched  => 0,
     autoscroll_to_end => 0,
 
@@ -3490,6 +3492,8 @@ sub get_streaming_url {
         dash           => $CONFIG{dash_support},
         dash_mp4_audio => $CONFIG{dash_mp4_audio},
         dash_segmented => $CONFIG{dash_segmented},
+
+        ignored_projections => $CONFIG{ignored_projections},
                                                                 );
 
     return {

bin/youtube-viewer

@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ my %CONFIG = (
     youtube_users_file => $youtube_users_file,
     remove_played_file => 0,
 
+    ignored_projections => [],
+
     # Conversion options
     convert_cmd         => 'ffmpeg -i *IN* *OUT*',
     convert_to          => undef,
@@ -3823,6 +3825,8 @@ sub get_streaming_url {
         dash           => $dash,
         dash_mp4_audio => ($opt{novideo}        ? 1 : $opt{dash_mp4_audio}),
         dash_segmented => ($opt{download_video} ? 0 : $opt{dash_segmented}),
+
+        ignored_projections => $opt{ignored_projections},
                                                                 );
 
     return {
@@ -5196,6 +5200,14 @@ If authentication is required, use:
 
 Ignore videos in AV1 format.
 
+=head2 ignored_projections
+
+An array of video projects to ignore.
+
+For example, to prefer rectagular versions of 360° videos, use:
+
+    ignored_projections => ["mesh", "equirectangular"],
+
 =head2 interactive
 
 Interactive mode, prompting for user-input.

lib/WWW/YoutubeViewer/Itags.pm

@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ sub _find_streaming_url {
             $args{ignore_av1} && next;    # ignore videos in AV1 format
         }
 
+        # Ignored video projections
+        if (ref($args{ignored_projections}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+            if (grep { lc($entry->{projectionType} // '') eq lc($_) } @{$args{ignored_projections}}) {
+                next;
+            }
+        }
+
         if ($itag->{dash}) {
 
             $args{dash} || next;