Problems recently with yt-dlp (and possible fix)

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scottro

Recently, I've begun gettiing HTTP error 403 when I use yt-dlp. I'm sure the developers will fix it soon, they usually do. But, in searching for the issue, I came across a temporary fix that worked, at least for me, on at least one video. (I don't use the program that much)

Code: 
yt-dlp <url_link>  --extractor-args "youtube:player-client=web_embedded,web,tv"

Haven't tested on more than one or two videos, but it did work for me
 
Thanks. I was confronted on youtube with this HTTP error as well, the workaround allowed the target file to be downloaded.

(Not problem relate) I like yt-dlp very much, it's a shame it has a heavy dependency for some time now:
Code: 
% pkg info -r deno
deno-2.9.1_2:
    py312-yt-dlp-ejs-0.8.0

 % pkg info -r py312-yt-dlp-ejs
py312-yt-dlp-ejs-0.8.0:
    yt-dlp-2026.06.09

% pkg info -I deno
deno-2.9.1_2                   Secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime

 % pkg size yt-dlp
2.97MiB
 
 % pkg size deno 
314MiB
 
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