Differential D3953

Switch to yt-dlp to get video metadata
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Authored by dereckson on Feb 14 2026, 11:42.

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dereckson

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T2214: youtube-dl can't extract info anymore from YouTube

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rVIPER53ab9e7eb65e: Switch to yt-dlp to get video metadata

Summary

Switch from better maintained yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl.

The youtube:visitor_data value is stored in the registry.

Ref T2214

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Tested on Dæghrefn.

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rVIPER ViperServ scripts

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dereckson requested review of this revision.Feb 14 2026, 11:42

dereckson created this revision.

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B6319: Diff 10246.Feb 14 2026, 11:42

Just a note there is no need to maintain a dictionary between target domain and extractor args:

Dæghrefn

.tcl url:getvideotitle "https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/123418-000-A/l-algorithme-de-l-amour/"
Tcl: L’algorithme de l’amour

The --extractor-args seem to correctly be ignored in that case.

(this version of Channel.tcl is currently live on Libera Daeghrefn bot)

dereckson mentioned this in D3954: Update dependencies for ViperServ video extraction.Feb 14 2026, 11:50

dereckson mentioned this in rOPS6302a43b3981: Update dependencies for ViperServ video extraction.Mar 6 2026, 19:52

dereckson accepted this revision.Mar 12 2026, 22:06

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mar 12 2026, 22:06

Closed by commit rVIPER53ab9e7eb65e: Switch to yt-dlp to get video metadata (authored by dereckson). · Explain WhyMar 13 2026, 19:36

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