1 pointby foxdan6 hours ago2 comments
  • al_borland5 hours ago
    Would this method be subject to the same cat and mouse game yt-dlp seems to need to play?

    Is that effectively what the note about clientVersion is? I’m wondering if decoupling that from what yt-dlp is using would help avoid future breakage. If this is something where Google is looking for signs of abuse and blocks a certain version?

    • foxdan5 hours ago
      Perhaps, though I've had to update that version id once over the space of a year and a half or so. For this use case it doesn't seem to be nuked frequently. It's returning less interesting streams in regards to downloading.

      It's a good point though I'll keep in mind for the next time it breaks.

  • 6 hours ago
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