I was trying to download this video

[blondbearnl]

I tried it with ytdlp. to no avail.

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

maybe the ie tv yt channel blocked it from doing so?

[lomero]

yt-dlp work fine. maybe update yt-dlp

yt-dlp --remux-video mkv -f 137+140 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihRfdwldTQ"

above command for bestvideo av1 (1080p 2.2GB) + bestaudio

[blondbearnl]

yt-dlp work fine. maybe update yt-dlp

yt-dlp --remux-video mkv -f 137+140 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihRfdwldTQ"

above command for bestvideo av1 (1080p 2.2GB) + bestaudio

I tried it again. Was not able to do anything you requested. By now, I just saw it is no longer available. Thanks for answering. Maybe more luck for me next time.

[Obo]

Huh?

yt-dlp -F cihRfdwldTQ
[youtube] Extracting URL: cihRfdwldTQ
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading web safari player API JSON
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for cihRfdwldTQ:
ID  EXT   RESOLUTION FPS CH │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sb3 mhtml 48x27        0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
sb2 mhtml 80x45        0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
sb1 mhtml 160x90       0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
sb0 mhtml 320x180      0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
249 webm  audio only      2 │   79.31MiB   50k https │ audio only        opus        50k 48k [en] low, webm_dash
250 webm  audio only      2 │  101.84MiB   64k https │ audio only        opus        64k 48k [en] low, webm_dash
140 m4a   audio only      2 │  205.96MiB  129k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  129k 44k [en] medium, m4a_dash
251 webm  audio only      2 │  193.72MiB  122k https │ audio only        opus       122k 48k [en] medium, webm_dash
91  mp4   256x144     30    │ ~342.48MiB  215k m3u8  │ avc1.4D400C       mp4a.40.5           [en]
160 mp4   256x144     30    │   84.98MiB   53k https │ avc1.4d400c   53k video only          144p, mp4_dash
278 webm  256x144     30    │  128.54MiB   81k https │ vp9           81k video only          144p, webm_dash
92  mp4   426x240     30    │ ~643.06MiB  404k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4015       mp4a.40.5           [en]
133 mp4   426x240     30    │  180.63MiB  114k https │ avc1.4d4015  114k video only          240p, mp4_dash
242 webm  426x240     30    │  164.05MiB  103k https │ vp9          103k video only          240p, webm_dash
93  mp4   640x360     30    │ ~  1.39GiB  897k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401E       mp4a.40.2           [en]
134 mp4   640x360     30    │  344.93MiB  217k https │ avc1.4d401e  217k video only          360p, mp4_dash
18  mp4   640x360     30  2 │  420.35MiB  264k https │ avc1.42001E       mp4a.40.2       22k [en] 360p
243 webm  640x360     30    │  289.13MiB  182k https │ vp9          182k video only          360p, webm_dash
94  mp4   854x480     30    │ ~  2.31GiB 1486k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F       mp4a.40.2           [en]
135 mp4   854x480     30    │  632.44MiB  398k https │ avc1.4d401f  398k video only          480p, mp4_dash
244 webm  854x480     30    │  490.75MiB  309k https │ vp9          309k video only          480p, webm_dash
95  mp4   1280x720    30    │ ~  4.10GiB 2641k m3u8  │ avc1.64001F       mp4a.40.2           [en]
136 mp4   1280x720    30    │    1.20GiB  772k https │ avc1.64001f  772k video only          720p, mp4_dash
247 webm  1280x720    30    │  947.97MiB  596k https │ vp9          596k video only          720p, webm_dash
96  mp4   1920x1080   30    │ ~  7.88GiB 5070k m3u8  │ avc1.640028       mp4a.40.2           [en]
137 mp4   1920x1080   30    │    2.21GiB 1423k https │ avc1.640028 1423k video only          1080p, mp4_dash
248 webm  1920x1080   30    │    1.72GiB 1106k https │ vp9         1106k video only          1080p, webm_dash

Update yt-dlp, do not use yt-dlp with a data center ip, look at yt-dlp github README to see what other options you have: cookies, PO-Tokens, ... If nothing helps open an issue at yt-dlp github. And be prepared to show the output of "yt-dlp -vU cihRfdwldTQ" to see what exactly your problem is.

[blondbearnl]

Huh?

yt-dlp -F cihRfdwldTQ
[youtube] Extracting URL: cihRfdwldTQ
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading web safari player API JSON
[youtube] cihRfdwldTQ: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for cihRfdwldTQ:
ID  EXT   RESOLUTION FPS CH │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sb3 mhtml 48x27        0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
sb2 mhtml 80x45        0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
sb1 mhtml 160x90       0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
sb0 mhtml 320x180      0    │                  mhtml │ images                                storyboard
249 webm  audio only      2 │   79.31MiB   50k https │ audio only        opus        50k 48k [en] low, webm_dash
250 webm  audio only      2 │  101.84MiB   64k https │ audio only        opus        64k 48k [en] low, webm_dash
140 m4a   audio only      2 │  205.96MiB  129k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  129k 44k [en] medium, m4a_dash
251 webm  audio only      2 │  193.72MiB  122k https │ audio only        opus       122k 48k [en] medium, webm_dash
91  mp4   256x144     30    │ ~342.48MiB  215k m3u8  │ avc1.4D400C       mp4a.40.5           [en]
160 mp4   256x144     30    │   84.98MiB   53k https │ avc1.4d400c   53k video only          144p, mp4_dash
278 webm  256x144     30    │  128.54MiB   81k https │ vp9           81k video only          144p, webm_dash
92  mp4   426x240     30    │ ~643.06MiB  404k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4015       mp4a.40.5           [en]
133 mp4   426x240     30    │  180.63MiB  114k https │ avc1.4d4015  114k video only          240p, mp4_dash
242 webm  426x240     30    │  164.05MiB  103k https │ vp9          103k video only          240p, webm_dash
93  mp4   640x360     30    │ ~  1.39GiB  897k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401E       mp4a.40.2           [en]
134 mp4   640x360     30    │  344.93MiB  217k https │ avc1.4d401e  217k video only          360p, mp4_dash
18  mp4   640x360     30  2 │  420.35MiB  264k https │ avc1.42001E       mp4a.40.2       22k [en] 360p
243 webm  640x360     30    │  289.13MiB  182k https │ vp9          182k video only          360p, webm_dash
94  mp4   854x480     30    │ ~  2.31GiB 1486k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F       mp4a.40.2           [en]
135 mp4   854x480     30    │  632.44MiB  398k https │ avc1.4d401f  398k video only          480p, mp4_dash
244 webm  854x480     30    │  490.75MiB  309k https │ vp9          309k video only          480p, webm_dash
95  mp4   1280x720    30    │ ~  4.10GiB 2641k m3u8  │ avc1.64001F       mp4a.40.2           [en]
136 mp4   1280x720    30    │    1.20GiB  772k https │ avc1.64001f  772k video only          720p, mp4_dash
247 webm  1280x720    30    │  947.97MiB  596k https │ vp9          596k video only          720p, webm_dash
96  mp4   1920x1080   30    │ ~  7.88GiB 5070k m3u8  │ avc1.640028       mp4a.40.2           [en]
137 mp4   1920x1080   30    │    2.21GiB 1423k https │ avc1.640028 1423k video only          1080p, mp4_dash
248 webm  1920x1080   30    │    1.72GiB 1106k https │ vp9         1106k video only          1080p, webm_dash

Update yt-dlp, do not use yt-dlp with a data center ip, look at yt-dlp github README to see what other options you have: cookies, PO-Tokens, ... If nothing helps open an issue at yt-dlp github. And be prepared to show the output of "yt-dlp -vU cihRfdwldTQ" to see what exactly your problem is.

I really appreciate you reaching out to help me. I am not a pc or technical guy. I spent another 90 minutes. I am a layman. I googled further and found this one helping a layman like me: https://www.ytddownloader.com/en/ 720p, but, that's finewith me.

[LZAA]

yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihRfdwldTQ

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