pref: yt_dlp_extra_args#86
Open
alexanderadam wants to merge 4 commits into
Open
Conversation
text field on the settings page so --js-runtimes node:/usr/bin/node or any other yt-dlp flag can be passed without code changes. yt-dlp since late 2025 needs a JS runtime for some signed urls and the runtime path varies by container/host.
instead of just logging yt-dlp failed and silently skipping. parse stderr for Video unavailable / Private video / age restricted, log a warn line with the video id and title from the meta cache, push a short message to the player display. unknown failures still log as error. also pipe yt_dlp_extra_args through to the command so --js-runtimes node:/usr/bin/node or anything else can be set from prefs without touching code.
--js-runtimes alone leaves the default deno preference in place. when deno is not installed yt-dlp falls back to no runtime and still prints "No supported JavaScript runtime". --no-js-runtimes clears the list first, then --js-runtimes node adds it. without that the pref looks set but does nothing.
YouTube has been rolling out 'Sign in to confirm youre not a bot' for server IPs that get a bit too active. yt-dlp can authenticate through --cookies <file> but that needs a file the plugin can point at and that file has to come from somewhere. new pref yt_dlp_cookies, rendered as a textarea in the settings page. user pastes the netscape format cookies.txt from a browser where theyre logged in to youtube. plugin materialises the content to <cachedir>/youtube-cookies.txt (mode 0600) and prepends --cookies <path> to every yt-dlp call. file is only rewritten when the pref content actually changed so we dont touch the disk on every track. empty pref means no --cookies arg, same as before. related: PLUGIN_YOUTUBE_YTDLP_COOKIES + _DESC strings in EN and DE. the description warns that the content is password equivalent.
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
1 participant
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
text field on the settings page so --js-runtimes node:/usr/bin/node
or any other yt-dlp flag can be passed without code changes