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0 pointsjtbayly5y ago0 comments

You already have to sign in to view some videos, don’t you? Does YT-dL not have a way to handle those right now?

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nonbirithm5y ago· 7 in thread

It does, but it's broken.

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/23860

The developers are not responding to the issue, and from what I understand it is borderline impossible to fix, because there is an entire security team behind the Google login protection. The only workaround is to login with a browser and copy the cookies from it to youtube-dl.

xigency5y ago

> The only workaround is to login with a browser and copy the cookies from it to youtube-dl.

That's really easy to do with postman.

justinclift5y ago

"Postman" seems like a pretty generic name.

Looking quickly online, maybe you're meaning this one?

https://www.postman.com

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jimbob455y ago

>postman

It just works. Every time. It’s gotta be one of the most unappreciated tools out there right now.

imtringued5y ago

Why not simply create a youtube-login command that does nothing but launch an electron instance that lets you login into youtube and then returns the cookie?

youtube-dl could then call that command to obtain the cookie.

TechBro86155y ago

There’s a good chance that behavior would result in a CAPTCHA.

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Siira5y ago

You can automate fetching Chrome’s cookies. This is generally very useful for scraping.

h_anna_h5y ago

https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc is maintained by someone who responds to issues.

OJFord5y ago· 3 in thread

Do you? I've never tried to watch any that have required it.

Maybe there's Red-only content that isn't advertised/recommended to non-subscribers?

monokh5y ago

Content with a certain age threshold triggers login. The last time I looked at this, embedding these videos was still possible without logging in. So there are definitely ways in accessing the content without authentication.

OJFord5y ago

Hm. If embedding works maybe my ad-blocking is sufficient; or I just haven't come across any that require it. I mostly just watch woodworkers/machinists/electronics/etc. Sort of conceivable it could be age restricted but would also be surprising.

fuzxi5y ago

There's also members-only content on some channels that requires a paid subscription to access.

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