please help. reddit is making new folder for gifs hosted in reddit instead of putting it in the subreddit/user folder i am scraping

[RYUKxAnime]

how to make videos from reddit hosted in redgifs not make a new folder and have that weird filename
the vids should be inside the parent folder
currently it looks this

i want it to be in the folder of the given reddit url

also how do i not download reddit gifs instead convert them to mkv or mp4 (i have mkvtoolnix installed, i use it for pixiv)
the gif files are way too big. mp4 or mkv should be smaller right?
if yes then how do i do this?

[mikf]

how to make videos from reddit hosted in redgifs not make a new folder

Enable parent-directory for reddit and set directory for reddit>redgifs to an empty value.

have that weird filename

Set a different filename format, maybe the same as for reddit. You might also want to enable parent-metadata to use reddit data for redgifs filenames.

{
    "extractor": {
        "reddit": {
            "parent-directory": true,
            "parent-metadata": true,
            "filename": "{id}{num:? //>02} {title[:220]}.{extension}"
        },
        "reddit>redgifs": {
            "directory": "",
            "filename": "{id} {title[:220]}.{extension}"
        }
    }
}

also how do i not download reddit gifs

Use a filter

"image-filter": "extension != 'gif'"

instead convert them to mkv or mp4

You need to download the .gif file first in order to convert it to some other format. See #6582 (comment) for an example of how to possibly do this.

[RYUKxAnime]

how can i set redgif to only download/prefer HD version

[RYUKxAnime]

You need to download the .gif file first in order to convert it to some other format. See #6582 (comment) for an example of how to possibly do this.

i am confused, the one you sent is for converting gif to webp and stuff
i dont want to use ffmpeg as it is slower than mkv [i only used mkv for pixiv]
i want to convert reddit gif to mkv without ffmpeg
i have mkvtoolnix , ffmpeg, gallery dl installed through python
pixiv currently works for converting ugoira to mkv

[mikf]

how can i set redgif to only download/prefer HD version

That's the default behavior: extractor.redgifs.format

i dont want to use ffmpeg as it is slower than mkv

Then adapt it to use some other program. It's just an example.

i only used mkv for pixiv
pixiv currently works for converting ugoira to mkv

pixiv Ugoira conversions use both FFmpeg and mkvmerge.

Conversion to .mkv is fast because it is a lossless copy. Doing the same for .gif files wont save any space.

[RYUKxAnime]

is there anything i can do to make reddit download mp4/webm so i can save space instead of downloading gifs

[RYUKxAnime]

@mikf

[RYUKxAnime]

this worked but the command seems really big
should i change something