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download multiple subtitle formats #2276

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--sub-format currently only selects 1 format.
It would be nice to allow multiple formats.

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examples:
--sub-format ttml,vtt,xml downloads these 3 formats
--sub-format all downloads all formats
--sub-format ass>srt>best downloads 1 format in this preference (already possible)
--sub-format ttml,vtt>srt,xml>smi,best combination of list and preference

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Subtitles are tiny (compared to the video) and can have a multitude of purposes (e.g. not every player or software can handle all formats equally well and there are many possible issues with converting from one format to another), so it can be very helpful to have several versions ready, e.g.:
      ✅ for human readability
      ✅ for compatibility with different apps and hardware players
      ✅ for embedding in container files (not all container accept all formats)

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