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Youtube API update won't allow download of particular video #946

Open dj-enby opened 8 hours ago

dj-enby commented 8 hours ago

bug description

two videos tonight give the error "youtube updated something about its api and i couldn't get any info about this video. try again in a few seconds, but if this issue sticks, please report it!" so now i'm reporting it because it's been a few minutes and it hasn't worked!

reproduction steps

  1. go to cobalt.tools
  2. paste these links "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHZPh-IJF0" or "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmh1YMfev50"
  3. observe error

screenshots

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links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHZPh-IJF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmh1YMfev50

platform information

firefox 132.0.2 on windows 10

additional context

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Max-9632 commented 4 hours ago

im having the same issue i think its the newer links that have had a slight change to their code

wukko commented 4 hours ago

here's why it's happening: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/942#issuecomment-2500486937

IcyVG commented 3 hours ago

same issue here hope it gets resolved.

jjsa145 commented 1 hour ago

I think it has spread beyond new YouTube users. My account is from the beginning of time and yet I can no longer download videos using cobalt.tools as of today. Has anyone found any workarounds?