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A comment on Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads.

Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by beyondcompute on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @10:29AM (#45360954)
Why won’t they use my browser for downloads, for example through TestCafe? That would also allow downloading premium quality (for subscribers) and so on.
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Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by rfl890 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @10:34AM (#45361017)
I think you can get premium formats through the --cookies-from-browser flag
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