Designing a YouTube-to-MP4 Flow That Fails Honestly

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A technical look at an MP4 conversion flow that tries 1080p first, exposes progress and preview, and falls back when needed.
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A video-conversion interface should not promise a resolution before it knows what the source and provider can actually deliver.

That sounds like a small copy decision, but it is an implementation decision too. A user who asks for 1080p needs an observable path from input to result—not a button that silently substitutes a file without explaining what happened.