yt-dlp or embedded youtube links say “Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot” but for me the whole plan of this operation is that i don’t have to do that.
that’s pretty bad
(edit: it works again, i changed nothing just waited)
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This is network-specific. It’s been going on for a few months at least. yt-dlp itself still works without sign-in, if your network is not “suspicious”.
Always worth making sure you’re updated to the latest version of yt-dlp, but this is probably a network thing.
yt-dlp hasn’t worked for me for a few months on Mullvad. Using Swiss and Swedish servers but I’ve tried a couple other countries too, same problem.
I don’t think you can expect any VPN to work without sign-in for very long. Google’s playing whack-a-mole with VPNs.
I’ve never actually tried signing in with yt-dlp. How easy is it to make a throwaway google account nowadays? Do they require phone verification or something similarly onerous?
I think yt-dlp allows you to use your browser’s cookies to appear as a signed in user for downloading videos. I never bothered trying that.
I make throwaway Google accounts semi-frequently, though I don’t remember what they require. If you have a phone number it’s definitely sufficient but I don’t remember if you can make one without a phone number. If they require a phone number you can just buy a cheap sim card (in cash if you care about privacy) and use that. It costs money so if you need hundreds of throwaway accounts maybe not, but if it’s just one for downloading videos then it’s probably NBD, you’d be spending money on the VPN anyway.
I recommend letting content creators about this and suggesting alternatives, e.g. PeerTube instances, Vimeo, etc.
ive been getting the same error, even on regular youtube frontend. it usually goes away after a while.
Hi, your IP is banned. lol
are you really? thanks for your service.
So annoying. I have to restart Freetube so many times to play a video.
I sometimes get this with Mullvad in official YouTube app as well.
Grayjay still works
Try grayjay. It lets you use an account to bypass the block
If you’re using a VPN try connecting to a server in Albania, I’ve never had issues when connected from there for yt
I’m also having problems with Metrolist (YT Music) with songs not already in cache. It just stays there until I skip the song.
Their just mad they can’t track you as much. Switch VPN locations it takes sometimes many servers. Fuck them. Network issue.
Haven’t checked today since I woke up and went to work. But the post is 14 hours old, which means when it was posted I was happily watching some Red Letter Media on Freetube last night. So working fine for me (then at least). Will check when I’m home.
I use Bravepipe. It is working great. You can also consolidate bitchute and rumble feeds with youtube.
Free tube has never worked for me so i just use Invidious
Newpipe works for me, though im not using the release version. Edit2: nvrmind just had to wipe meta data cache and it works again.