YoutubeDL

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Review: Bad - script does not work

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Posted: 2024-09-02

Doesn't work as of September 2nd.

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-09-02

I'm aware and I'm sorry that it is broken. I am trying to resolve the issue but I am a little bit busy as of late. I will resolve this issue ASAP. A lot of things changed and providers have been blocking the script left and right, making it harder for me.

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-04

Hey there, could you try the new update?

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Posted: 2024-10-04

Hey there, could you try the new update?

It gives me:
Converting Failed

And then it goes back to
Download

Still doesn't work.

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-04

So if converting fails,

Try to reinstall the script and make sure to Always allow all domains. If that doesn't work, check the console to see if you get any error. Any message will help.

Personally, it works on my end. And I suspect that maybe something is blocking the downloads on your end. If the video managed to be fetched, it is most likely not an issue with the script, or its an issue with the conversion, perhaps something is blocking the request.

Cheers

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Posted: 2024-10-07

So if converting fails,

Try to reinstall the script and make sure to Always allow all domains. If that doesn't work, check the console to see if you get any error. Any message will help.

Personally, it works on my end. And I suspect that maybe something is blocking the downloads on your end. If the video managed to be fetched, it is most likely not an issue with the script, or its an issue with the conversion, perhaps something is blocking the request.

Cheers

By the way, I use ViolentMonkey rather than TamperMonkey, due to the former being open source rather than being proprietary. I've never seen an option to allow all domains, but I assume that it does so by default. I have also reinstalled the script. Same "Converting Failed" error.

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-08

Well that explains it. YouTubeDL is NOT compatible with ViolentMonkey.

Why? I am not really sure why. I tried using the endpoints that ViolentMonkey can offer but Tampermonkey and Violentmonkey use different endpoints for downloading for example and it doesn't work. I have not really tried going super far into it because I personally almost never used ViolentMonkey.

And for the "I've never seen an option to allow all domains"; that is the perhaps the reason why you constantly fail. Down below is a GIF showing what happens using TamperMonkey and what accepting all domains is about. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/realcoloride/YoutubeDL/main/allow.gif

Why do I have to accept all domains? Well YouTube downloaders have all kinds of endpoints and sometimes steal from each other for some reason. I will not go into detail (the source code is available), but that makes it that I cannot pre allow the domains in the script at the top since the domains vary from the person's location, IP, and other factors. Authorized domains are specified using @connect at the top of the script. I tried my best allowing as much as possible, but as I previously described, it is not always available.

I recommend you try YouTubeDL with TamperMonkey and see if it works instead. If it does not work, I will probably perhaps try to make some kind of patch fix for ViolentMonkey, but I can not promise anything. I should perhaps put this in the description of the package.

Cheers

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-08

Ok I think I know what's going on. I did not close this break condition causing it to fail when doing checks for conversion. ViolentMonkey support seems fine.

I'll push a patch ASAP.

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-10

Hello, have you tried the new update?

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Posted: 2024-10-11

Hello, have you tried the new update?

I am getting a looping "Loading..."

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-11

Using 1.1.5? or 1.1.4?

Are you using Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey?

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Posted: 2024-10-11
Edited: 2024-10-11

Using 1.1.5? or 1.1.4?

Are you using Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey?

1.1.5, and I've tried the script in both Tamper and Violent with the same result.

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-11

Could you check the console (CTRL+SHIFT+I) whenever you open YouTubeDL to see for errors?

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Posted: 2024-10-12
Edited: 2024-10-12

Could you check the console (CTRL+SHIFT+I) whenever you open YouTubeDL to see for errors?

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<'html lang"... is not valid JSON
YoutubeDL Failed fetching media. Extra details: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-10-12

Okay, that is definitely strange. This looks like an error with the page blocking you. But to help me identify the problem better:

  • Do you use a VPN, proxy or other IP anonymization that could trigger a block?
  • Which country are you from? (you do not have to answer this if you do not want to)
  • Which browser are you using?
  • Which video are you trying to download (url)? (Is it age-restricted, or has copyrighted material?)
  • Does the error happen all the time?
  • Are you using an anti-virus or a solution blocking requests?
  • What browser are you using?
  • Do you have potential other scripts or (t/v)monkey settings that could be returning HTML instead of JSON?

Keep me posted and hopefully we can fix this as soon as possible.

Cheers

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Posted: 2024-11-02
Edited: 2024-11-02

-Doesn't work.

-This looks like an error with the page blocking you.(?!)

+1!

~25.10.2024

Chromium, Tor Ff.

https://snapsave.io/ru19 "We are temporarily unable to process this video. Please try again later"."We are temporarily unable to process this video. Please try again later"."We are temporarily unable to process this video. Please try again later"."We are temporarily unable to process this video. Please try again later"."We are temporarily unable to process this video. Please try again later".

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-11-02

Hey there, they blocked the endpoint. I'm working on a fix

realcolorideAuthor
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Posted: 2024-11-04

Hey there the problem should be temporarily fixed. Let me know if it is still happening to you

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