yt-dlp doesn't work anymore (it says please sign in)How do I download a YouTube video in 2026? Is it literally dead?
click the three dotsthen click Download
>>109989598I can't access the video page at all. It says: "Please sign in. This helps protect our community"
>>109989604Sign in.
i'd love to help you but my petty bitterness is preventing me from doing so because you clearly do not know what restraint is.
>>109989606I can't. I tried making a Google account using a protonmail email but it requires me to scan a QR code using my phone. I cannot do that because then Google will have my phone number.
>>109989611it's ok to let them have your phone number, they won't spam call you or anything
>>109989619It's a privacy invasion. I don't want to be in their database.
>>109989623
>>109989608Is feminism to blame, or what, for not being able to fucking jack off my cock without being in a glowie database? Who is the enemy here?
>>109989629>>109989619>>109989606>>109989598are you retarded? works for me btw
Every time I try to use yt-dlp on youtube it just keeps going back into a an endless loop and then only downloads the audio. when's the next update anyway?
>>109989638I am not retarded
Honestly, it's kind of good that most yt-dlp users, like OP, are retarded and can't into you-know-what. If everyone could, yt-dlp would've been killed long ago.
>>109989572
>>109989611https://freetubeapp.io/New pipe for android works too
>>109989670Good bait
>>109989572Add your cookies file.
>>109989623>>109989611So there's a database out there that saysAnon J Faggot555-555-1234123 Main Street-> Downloaded "My top 10 Sexy Skyrim Mods" videowho cares?
Maybe try asking on the yt-dlp github what's going on?
>>109989572>How do I download a YouTube video in 2026i have always just googled 'download youtube' and picked one of the first random sites that pops upi just did it a day or two ago to goon to some bouncing booba from a random gacha game pv yt recommended
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
>>109989572fork it and ask claude to make it work
>>109989572works on my machine
>>109989611>>109989623based old /g/ mentalitynewfags won't get it.
>>109989572Keep it updated.
Update to nightly
>>109989572use yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox urlmake sure you signed in to your youtube account via firefox otherwise it won't workif this doesn't work sign into another youtube account via the firefox browsersometimes this fixes itif it still doesn't work you might have to wait for yt-dlp update
>>109991514wow you're so smart!!!oh wait you didn't read the thread where he posted "i don't have an account"
>>109991537he should make one thenhe can make one without a phone. just press cancel when it asks for one. it will skip it
>>109989572Just tried it, no account, works perfectlyyt-dlp version stable@2026.08.19 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [594bd50c2]99.9% sure you are just using an old version like some retard
>>109991569I think it's the usual A/B testing. They use anti-yt-dlp measures to some, and let it work for others.
If you wait a week (more or less) it should reset and let you download again.If you need it done now, you can use a vpn.
>>109989572ip ban
if you somehow managed to get an ip blocked from youtube, you shouldn't have been using yt-dlp in the first place. pretty obvious on how to avoid this.
>>109991583More likely this retard tried to download a video that require login to even view, as in age restricted
