frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 16 days agoIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 16 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 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-squaredanhab99@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoyt-dlp is still alive, well and actively developed. It can now target abunch of different platforms.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoSure, but what about the age-restriction bypass, specifically?
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoFar as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 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.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 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-squareSleightly@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoWhat do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
minus-squareLemmchen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agohttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
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?
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.
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