@[email protected] to [email protected] • 25 days agoIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?message-square34fedilinkarrow-up189
arrow-up189message-squareIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 25 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish18•25 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink22•25 days agoyt-dlp is still alive, well and actively developed. It can now target abunch of different platforms.
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish19•25 days agoSure, but what about the age-restriction bypass, specifically?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•25 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. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglish10•25 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•25 days agoWhat do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•25 days agohttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish6•25 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.