From e7d22348e77367740da78a3db27167ecf894b7c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:40:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/twitter] Prioritize m3u8 formats (#8826)

Closes #8117
Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/twitter.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/twitter.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/twitter.py
index 932b478d44..5e8504aa15 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -1416,8 +1416,8 @@ class TwitterIE(TwitterBaseIE):
                 'thumbnails': thumbnails,
                 'view_count': traverse_obj(media, ('mediaStats', 'viewCount', {int_or_none})),  # No longer available
                 'duration': float_or_none(traverse_obj(media, ('video_info', 'duration_millis')), 1000),
-                # The codec of http formats are unknown
-                '_format_sort_fields': ('res', 'br', 'size', 'proto'),
+                # Prioritize m3u8 formats for compat, see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8117
+                '_format_sort_fields': ('res', 'proto:m3u8', 'br', 'size'),  # http format codec is unknown
             }
 
         def extract_from_card_info(card):