YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

#1

Post by makeworld » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:15 PM UTC

YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos
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#2

Post by nonamesleft » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

But https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp (fork of youtube-dl) can, so it shouldn't be a problem forever for youtube-dl either?

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Post by stefan_ » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:36 PM UTC

It can't download the video in the same sense that I can't expect to point YouTube-dl at a Netflix URL and have it download that. You need to login.

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Post by h0nd » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

stefan_ wrote: post #3

It can't download the video in the same sense that I can't expect to point YouTube-dl at a Netflix URL and have it download that. You need to login.

Login alone does not help for age restricted videos.

First step towards automatically stop using youtube. It their choice really.

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Post by marcodiego » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:44 PM UTC

I remember http://nsfwyoutube.com/ hasn't been working for sometime. Maybe it is related. Is there still a way to anonymously watch restricted videos on youtube? I don't want to login to google to watch videos.

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Post by stefan_ » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:44 PM UTC

h0nd wrote: post #4

stefan_ wrote: post #3

It can't download the video in the same sense that I can't expect to point YouTube-dl at a Netflix URL and have it download that. You need to login.

Login alone does not help for age restricted videos. First step towards automatically stop using youtube. It their choice really.

Yes, I should have added and verified your age. But none of that is a youtube-dl matter, there is no magic video download link hidden in the page source.

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Post by alimbada » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:49 PM UTC

I had this issue recently. The workaround was to use the embedded video link, e.g.:

  youtube-dl https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VIDEO_ID_HERE

Edit: It seems to have been patched. I can't seem to use this method anymore.

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Post by theamk » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:49 PM UTC

Title seems misleading, it can download it as long as you provide logged in account info. I think the correct title is:

youtube-dl can no longer be used to bypass youtube's age verification checks

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Post by gruez » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:57 PM UTC

alimbada wrote: post #7

I had this issue recently. The workaround was to use the embedded video link, e.g.: youtube-dl https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VIDEO_ID_HERE Edit: It seems to have been patched. I can't seem to use this method anymore.

IME it depends on the video. I've encountered videos where the embed workaround didn't work, although I was using the youtube domain not the youtube-nocookie domain.

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Post by jupp0r » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:57 PM UTC

stefan_ wrote: post #6

h0nd wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Login alone does not help for age restricted videos. First step towards automatically stop using youtube. It their choice really.

Yes, I should have added and verified your age . But none of that is a youtube-dl matter, there is no magic video download link hidden in the page source.

Of course this is a youtube-dl matter. It could easily circumvent this by pretending to embed the video.