Can't get this one: 'forbidden' it says.

[abrogard]

I am trying to get this one. I used 'cookies from browser' because first thing I got was a sign in thing.
But I didn't get far.
I now finish up with 'forbidden' and that's it.

It looks like a good one, absolutely real direct from the front if ytdlp
can get it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI&t=0s

[october262]

I am trying to get this one. I used 'cookies from browser' because first thing I got was a sign in thing.
But I didn't get far.
I now finish up with 'forbidden' and that's it.

It looks like a good one, absolutely real direct from the front if ytdlp
can get it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI&t=0s

try using firefox browser and try with yt-dlp -f mp4 --cookies-from-browser firefox "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI"

[Frieren]

u could use Internet Download Manager

[abrogard]

I am trying to get this one. I used 'cookies from browser' because first thing I got was a sign in thing.
But I didn't get far.
I now finish up with 'forbidden' and that's it.

It looks like a good one, absolutely real direct from the front if ytdlp
can get it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI&t=0s

try using firefox browser and try with yt-dlp -f mp4 --cookies-from-browser firefox "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI"

thanks for the idea. seems it didn't work though. here's the result (with some line edited out as not necessary )

PS C:\ytdlp> .\yt-dlp -f mp4 --cookies-from-browser firefox "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI"
Extracting cookies from firefox
Extracted 1326 cookies from firefox
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31-K4pK4zI
[youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: Downloading ios player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Request contains an invalid argument.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying (1/3)...
[youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: Downloading ios player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Request contains an invalid argument.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying (2/3)...
[youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: Downloading ios player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Request contains an invalid argument.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying (3/3)...
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to download API page: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request (caused by <HTTPError 400: Bad Request>)
[youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: Downloading player b46bb280
WARNING: [youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: nsig extraction failed: You may experience throttling for some formats
n = dtxb6nL8T4SorYRhEuc ; player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/b46bb280/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
WARNING: [youtube] K31-K4pK4zI: nsig extraction failed: You may experience throttling for some formats
n = e1kizJVrcP-rZHZy0xz ; player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/b46bb280/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
[info] K31-K4pK4zI: Downloading 1 format(s): 18
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
PS C:\ytdlp>

[stew]

don't use -f mp4. it's a 360p legacy format. if you want that resolution, there's other ways to get a working format (-S res:360), but otherwise, just don't use an -f. if you want an old school mp4 (h264, as there's other types of mp4's), then use -S vcodec:h264,res,acodec:m4a

[abrogard]

u could use Internet Download Manager

Thank you for that. I did and it got it without any trouble. I suppose it knows how to do things in a way that yt-dlp doesn't but perhaps will soon?

[abrogard]

Got it with download manager but it didn't get the subtitles. anyone know a place to make subtitles from a time stamped youtube transcript?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Your subtitles (en+uk)
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/83a6a885-4ee4-4b14-b852-9127c0c9f214