[Video Downloader] Age-gated videos cannot be downloaded

[chrismessina]

Extension

https://www.raycast.com/vimtor/video-downloader

Raycast Version

1.93.2

macOS Version

15.3.2 (24D81)

Description

Age-gated videos produce an error with yt-dlp:

[youtube] SrxOL_j-o88: Downloading webpage
[youtube] SrxOL_j-o88: Refetching age-gated info webpage
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 410: Gone
ERROR: Sign in to confirm your age
This video may be inappropriate for some users.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Attempt to download an age-gated video (e.g. this video)
2. An error is produced:

Command failed with exit code 1: /opt/homebrew/bin/yt-dlp --dump-json '--format-sort=resolution,ext,tbr' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrxOL_j-o88'

ERROR: [youtube] SrxOL_j-o88: Sign in to confirm your age. This video may be inappropriate for some users. Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp  for how to manually pass cookies. Also see  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies  for tips on effectively exporting YouTube cookies

Current Behaviour

An error is produced when attempting to download an age-gated video.

Expected Behaviour

The error should report that the video cannot be downloaded because it is age-gated.

OR

The extension should support authenticating in order to access age-gated material.

[raycastbot]

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🔔 @vimtor @pernielsentikaer @darmiel @ridemountainpig @remorses @LitoMore @anwarulislam you might want to have a look.

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[LitoMore]

Related to yt-dlp/yt-dlp#8583

[chrismessina]

Related to yt-dlp/yt-dlp#8583

Yep. The solution could be better error handling though, as I suggested — because the proposed solution (using this yt-dlp plugin) seems beyond the scope of a Raycast extension.