Only use the Matroska container if an audio extension is specified.

.travis.yml

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-python:
-  - "2.6"
-  - "2.7"
-  - "3.2"
-  - "3.3"
-  - "3.4"
-  - "3.5"
-  - "3.6"
-  - "pypy"
-  - "pypy3"
-dist: trusty
-env:
-  - YTDL_TEST_SET=core
-  - YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - python: 3.7
-      dist: xenial
-      env: YTDL_TEST_SET=core
-    - python: 3.7
-      dist: xenial
-      env: YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-    - python: 3.8
-      dist: xenial
-      env: YTDL_TEST_SET=core
-    - python: 3.8
-      dist: xenial
-      env: YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-    - python: 3.8-dev
-      dist: xenial
-      env: YTDL_TEST_SET=core
-    - python: 3.8-dev
-      dist: xenial
-      env: YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-    - env: JYTHON=true; YTDL_TEST_SET=core
-    - env: JYTHON=true; YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-    - name: flake8
-      python: 3.8
-      dist: xenial
-      install: pip install flake8
-      script: flake8 .
-  fast_finish: true
-  allow_failures:
-    - env: YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-    - env: JYTHON=true; YTDL_TEST_SET=core
-    - env: JYTHON=true; YTDL_TEST_SET=download
-before_install:
-  - if [ "$JYTHON" == "true" ]; then ./devscripts/install_jython.sh; export PATH="$HOME/jython/bin:$PATH"; fi
-script: ./devscripts/run_tests.sh

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -710,13 +710,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             # title "Hello $PATH", we don't want `$PATH` to be expanded.
             filename = expand_path(outtmpl).replace(sep, '') % template_dict
 
-            # Fix for #6724 (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/6724)
+            # Fixes the issue of the audio not being converted to the desired format when using --audio-format and
+            # specifying an audio extension with -o, e.g. --audio-format mp3 -o test.mp3
             prefix, dot, ext = filename.rpartition('.')
-            prefix = prefix.replace('../', '').replace('..\\', '')
+            audio_extensions = ['mp3', 'm4a', 'aac' 'opus', 'ogg', 'wav', 'flac']
-            filename = prefix + '.mka'
+            if ext in audio_extensions:
-            self.to_screen(
+                prefix = prefix.replace('../', '').replace('..\\', '')
-                'The Matroska container (.mka) will be used for the download, '
+                filename = prefix + '.mka'
-                'but the final file will have the .%s extension' % (ext))
+                self.to_screen(
+                    '[download] The Matroska container (.mka) will be used for the download, '
+                    'but the final file will have the .%s extension' % (ext))
 
             # Temporary fix for #4787
             # 'Treat' all problem characters by passing filename through preferredencoding