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Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling by Mindwipe on Monday August 14, 2023 @06:29AM (#37119397)
YT-DLP can import cookies to bypass the signed-in user issue. It has to as many videos in the EU require credit card age verification to access.
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Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling by deno on Monday August 14, 2023 @07:01AM (#37119588)
And YT-DLP could run the extracted Widevine plugin just as Kodi can today but ultimately it can’t spoof attestation and that’s already in the works as well.
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