frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·3 days agoI haven’t used yt-dlp in a hot minute, but it used to have a simple bypass for age-restricted videos that didn’t need browser cookies. Anyone know if that still works?
minus-squaredanhab99@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down3·3 days agoyt-dlp is still alive, well and actively developed. It can now target abunch of different platforms.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·3 days agoSure, but what about the age-restriction bypass, specifically?
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoFar as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoYou cannot. And you also now often get blocked when using a VPN, and have to use a flag to use cookies to get past it.
minus-squareSleightly@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWhat do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
minus-squareLemmchen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agohttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoIt could be that Youtube also broke how it used to work, and it doesn’t work anymore. I was just hoping maybe it did, for OP’s sake.
I haven’t used yt-dlp in a hot minute, but it used to have a simple bypass for age-restricted videos that didn’t need browser cookies. Anyone know if that still works?
yt-dlp is still alive, well and actively developed. It can now target abunch of different platforms.
Sure, but what about the age-restriction bypass, specifically?
Far as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
You cannot. And you also now often get blocked when using a VPN, and have to use a flag to use cookies to get past it.
What do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
It could be that Youtube also broke how it used to work, and it doesn’t work anymore. I was just hoping maybe it did, for OP’s sake.