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    Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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    798 points bertman | 11 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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    embedding-shape ◴[12 Nov 25 14:06 UTC] No.45900337[source]▶
    Seems its already in Arch's repositories, and seems to work, just add another flag to the invocation:

        yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox --remote-components ejs:github -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXX'
    It is downloading a solver at runtime, took maybe half a second in total, downloads are starting way faster than before it seems to me.

        [youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno
    [youtube] [jsc:deno] Downloading challenge solver lib script from  https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs/releases/download/0.3.1/yt.solver.lib.min.js
    It would be great if we could download the solver manually with a separate command, before running the download command, as I'm probably not alone in running yt-dlp in a restricted environment, and being able to package it up together with the solver before runtime would let me avoid lessening the restrictions for that environment. Not a huge issue though, happy in general the start of downloads seems much faster now.
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    WD-42 ◴[12 Nov 25 14:59 UTC] No.45901047[source]▶
    Glad to hear it’s faster now!

    YouTube barely works in a full-on browser these days, props to the team that keeps it accessible via a Python script!

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    recursive ◴[12 Nov 25 15:58 UTC] No.45901739[source]▶
    I use YouTube on a daily basis. I haven't seen any of these problems.
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    1. NooneAtAll3 ◴[12 Nov 25 17:18 UTC] No.45902798[source]▶
    do you never encounter opening youtube video in a new tab only for video itself to load, while rest of the page doesn't?
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    2. mikkupikku ◴[12 Nov 25 17:22 UTC] No.45902861[source]▶
    That happens to me about 50% of the time. I assume it's google engineers not testing on Firefox.
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    3. kiwijamo ◴[12 Nov 25 17:42 UTC] No.45903142[source]▶
    That's never happened for me and I normally watch 5-10+ YouTube videos daily. Firefox.
    4. gaudystead ◴[12 Nov 25 17:50 UTC] No.45903270[source]▶
    I experience this, but only with YouTube Shorts. Video loads, but none of the elements around it.
    5. thenthenthen ◴[12 Nov 25 17:59 UTC] No.45903397[source]▶
    I have, and recently, i nothing is loading until i open a new video in another tab, then all of a sudden both pages start loading and playing :s
    6. mavamaarten ◴[12 Nov 25 18:00 UTC] No.45903409[source]▶
    Hah. I always assume it's them actively trying to make the experience worse on anything that is not Chrome.
    7. riidom ◴[12 Nov 25 18:07 UTC] No.45903509[source]▶
    Yes happens sometimes to me, Vivaldi.
    8. recursive ◴[12 Nov 25 18:29 UTC] No.45903894[source]▶
    I've never seen that. I use Firefox.
    9. busymom0 ◴[12 Nov 25 19:15 UTC] No.45904748[source]▶
    This has happened to me frequently.

    Also many times, the video won't play. If I reload the page, then it will play.

    10. raydev ◴[12 Nov 25 20:06 UTC] No.45905686[source]▶
    Are you running any extensions that modify content?
    11. wiml ◴[12 Nov 25 20:11 UTC] No.45905780[source]▶
    That sounds pretty nice. Is there a way to do it on purpose?