First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    Have you tried if yt-dlp works? Cuz if that also doesnt, then maybe they actually temporarily blocked your IP?

    I have never gotten this message on yt so cant test it.

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      2 months ago

      Here’s the log from yt-dlp:

      [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1buRTIKhk

      [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading webpage

      [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading ios player API JSON

      [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading mweb player API JSON

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