yt-dlp

[BV206]

It's only 58 days between releases. How is that way out of date?

There were 3 releases between 12/23 and 2/19.
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

[siamhie]

It's only 58 days between releases. How is that way out of date?

There were 3 releases between 12/23 and 2/19.
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

Does 2024.12.23-1~mx23+1 work for you? because it works for me, both audio and video.

[siamhie]

It's only 58 days between releases. How is that way out of date?

Video services like Youtube try to actively stop tools like this from working, so it breaks often. (Sometimes way more often than 58 days in between )

2024.12.23-1~mx23+1 is working fine for me.

[Nokkaelaein]

2024.12.23-1~mx23+1 is working fine for me.

How many video services did you test it with, and what were they? :P

Edit: here's a list of the currently supported sites. I'm assuming some of them broke in between said versions:

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/m ... edsites.md

Edit 2: but yeah, I tested 2024.12.23-1~mx23+1 with Youtube just now as well ; ) and it doesn't work:

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ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[siamhie]

Edit 2: but yeah, I tested 2024.12.23-1~mx23+1 with Youtube just now as well ; ) and it doesn't work:

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ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

@Nokkaelaein Post the link so I can try on my end. Also post the command.

[Nokkaelaein]

@Nokkaelaein Post the link so I can try on my end. Also post the command.

I tested it with Rob Zabrecky's recent performance on Fool Us:

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yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPX8MT2Ik0"

But, seriously, it doesn't matter whether this works over there or not. It clearly doesn't work everywhere (as it doesn't work over here), and the most recent version, in turn, does work here. The reasons for the obsolete version getting blocked with a 403 at some particular location, yet working somewhere else, might be down to numerous factors like regional differences, Youtube's possible analysis of recent traffic from IP ranges where this request is originating from, and subsequently doing something that gets mitigated in the up to date version of yt-dlp, or... who knows what (without being deeply involved in developing a tool like this, and keeping it working, that is).

So yeah, the newest version works here, with that identical command.

[siamhie]

@Nokkaelaein Post the link so I can try on my end. Also post the command.

I tested it with Rob Zabrecky's recent performance on Fool Us:

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yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPX8MT2Ik0"

Looks to be copyrighted. "HTTP Error 403: Forbidden"

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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[19:18 20/03/25]═════════════════════════════════════[~/Downloads]
╚═> yt-dlp -f 137+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPX8MT2Ik0
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPX8MT2Ik0
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading mweb player API JSON
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading player 69f581a5
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading 1 format(s): 137+140
[download] Destination: PENN & TELLER FOOL US ⧸⧸ ZABRECKY [bQPX8MT2Ik0].f137.mp4
[download]   9.8% of  101.11MiB at   30.96MiB/s ETA 00:02ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

*EDIT

I can't even grab it with clipgrab which uses yt-dlp 2025.02.19, so it's probably a copyright issue.

yt-dlp-2025.jpg

[Nokkaelaein]

Looks to be copyrighted. "HTTP Error 403: Forbidden"

Yes, the obsolete version of yt-dlp gives you a 403.

The up to date one:

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yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPX8MT2Ik0"
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPX8MT2Ik0
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading player 69f581a5
[youtube] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] bQPX8MT2Ik0: Downloading 1 format(s): 248+251
[download] Destination: PENN & TELLER FOOL US ⧸⧸ ZABRECKY [bQPX8MT2Ik0].f248.webm
[download] 100% of   55.33MiB in 00:00:43 at 1.28MiB/s
[download] Destination: PENN & TELLER FOOL US ⧸⧸ ZABRECKY [bQPX8MT2Ik0].f251.webm
[download] 100% of    6.65MiB in 00:00:05 at 1.23MiB/s
[Merger] Merging formats into "PENN & TELLER FOOL US ⧸⧸ ZABRECKY [bQPX8MT2Ik0].webm"
Deleting original file PENN & TELLER FOOL US ⧸⧸ ZABRECKY [bQPX8MT2Ik0].f248.webm (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file PENN & TELLER FOOL US ⧸⧸ ZABRECKY [bQPX8MT2Ik0].f251.webm (pass -k to keep)

... and the downloaded video is now on my drive.

[siamhie]

Looks to be copyrighted. "HTTP Error 403: Forbidden"

Yes, the obsolete version of yt-dlp gives you a 403.

I was using the test repo version.

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Package: yt-dlp
Version: 2024.12.23-1~mx23+1

[Nokkaelaein]

I was using the test repo version.

Yes, same here. And then the up to date one, which works.