download a Youtube video through TOR

[blanc]

Hi,

I want to use yt-dlp to download a Youtube video through TOR:

yt-dlp --proxy "socks5://localhost:9150" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OW9aZHWfk&list=PLoROMvodv4rOhE007XQu707D y52qXiZGV&index=2&pp=iAQB"

Error is attached. What’s the problem?

[sesamap159]

Hi,
the video link is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OW9aZHWfk

[october262]

try what is posted in this reddit thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/11um0z3/how_do_i_use_ytdlp_through_tor_in_...rder_to_avoid/

[blanc]

yt-dlp --proxy "socks5://localhost:9150" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OW9aZHWfk"

Error is attached. Is it possible to download through TOR this way at all?

[ddll2]

17.01.2025
yt-dlp_x86 --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9150 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OW9aZHWfk
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OW9aZHWfk
[youtube] v5OW9aZHWfk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] v5OW9aZHWfk: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] v5OW9aZHWfk: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] v5OW9aZHWfk: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] v5OW9aZHWfk: Downloading 1 format(s): 137+251
[download] Destination: Stanford EE259 I GPS principle of operation, ranging codes & navigation messages I 2023 I Lecture 2 [v5OW9aZHWfk].f137.mp4
[download]   1.4% of  312.51MiB at  489.10KiB/s ETA 10:45

[blanc]

Thanks. What’s the difference between yt-dlp_x86 and yt-dlp which I got from Github?

[Obo]

Functionality-wise there should be no difference; from the error from your log I guess your version of yt-dlp wasn't or isn't up-to-date. If you want to download from YT you should always use the latest version available, because YT is changing a lot in short time lately.

[iamstupidbastardok_]

Hello! Instead of having the Tor socket running on your real machine, the simplest and most viable option is to use WHONIX! Set up the server to route everything from the WHONIX client through Tor, and then use the binary version of ytdlp on the client side within WHONIX. That should be sufficient! You can find more information at https://www.whonix.org/.

[blanc]

I’ve got this error while running

yt-dlp_x86 --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9150 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQlYpDQf-SE

[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQlYpDQf-SE
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to download webpage: (<yt_dlp.networking._requests.SocksHTTPSConnectio n object at 0x04CA93E8>, 'Connection to www.youtube.com timed out. (connect timeout=20.0)')
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading iframe API JS
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to fetch PO Token for tv client: Missing required Visitor Data. You may need to pass Visitor Data with --extractor-args "youtube:visitor_data=XXX"
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading player c8dbda2a
WARNING: [youtube] Download of https://www.youtube.com/s/player/c8dbda2a/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js failed: SocksHTTPSConnectionPool(host='www.youtube.com', port=443): Read timed out. (read timeout=20.0)
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading player c8dbda2a
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading ios player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to fetch PO Token for web client: Missing required Visitor Data. You may need to pass Visitor Data with --extractor-args "youtube:visitor_data=XXX"
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading web player API JSON
ERROR: [youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot. 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

Do I have to give my Youtube account info in this command?

[Obo]

Yes, seems so. Your IP is likely blocked for anonymous access. Read this yt-dlp documentation page for explanation and options: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors

[ddll2]

25.02.2025
yt-dlp_x86 --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9150 --socket-timeout 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQlYpDQf-SE
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQlYpDQf-SE
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading player 7795af42
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] NQlYpDQf-SE: Downloading 1 format(s): 137+251
[download] Resuming download at byte 191850992
[download] Destination: Stanford EE259 I Camera principle of operation and architectures, image formation I 2023 I Lec. 19 [NQlYpDQf-SE].f137.mp4
[download]  60.7% of  317.94MiB at    3.38MiB/s ETA 00:36