youtube-dl syntax help to pass cookies

[Takyon]

Hello I am having trouble understanding how to use this command.
youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt -o \
"./%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s" \
<URL-of-the-course-platform>/courses/enrolled/<some-number>
I assume I have to replace cookies.txt with the file that I have? Also, I don't understand the second line of code. Do I have to do anything to it?

Also, I am using yt-dlp so I figure all I have to do is replace the youtube-dl.

[codehound]

yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox "url"

Also chrome or edge

[lomero]

1) why use yt-dl and not yt-dlp? second app have more addons and is more recent. it's an evolution of the previous one

2) if you have your browser installed on default path simply use --cookies-from-browser firefox (or chrome)
use --cookies cookies.txt only if you have a portable browser version (like me)

but your cookie.txt what's in it? how did you place cookies from your site? need one extension, export cookie, paste into new txt and save it

[libero08]

@lomero,
cokies can be captuired with extension , rigth, but also can be extracted from dev-mode, network ( f12).
In mine personal case i fpound this necesary!

[lomero]

cookie they are not on dev tool, but in the browser cache
go on setting and search "cookie" or simply paste this on your address bar

chrome://settings/content/all?search=cookie

but ext work better

[Takyon]

I do have yt-dlp sorry for the mix up. I got the cookies from a site via an extension. Also when I tried yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox "url" I got Lecture contents locked. Use --cookies, --cookies-from-browser, --username and --password, or --netrc (teachable) to provide account credentials
How do I go forward? I tried typing this in my terminal -cookies, --cookies-from-chrome, (--username and --password) from the site I want to download from. I don't know how to fill in the information correctly in the terminal. If it requires a key then I won't bother.

[codehound]

yt-dlp -u YOURUSERNAME -p YOURPASSWORD --cookies-from-browser firefox "url"

Username /pwd are case sensitive.

[lfer94]

I do have yt-dlp sorry for the mix up. I got the cookies from a site via an extension. Also when I tried yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox "url" I got Lecture contents locked. Use --cookies, --cookies-from-browser, --username and --password, or --netrc (teachable) to provide account credentials
How do I go forward? I tried typing this in my terminal -cookies, --cookies-from-chrome, (--username and --password) from the site I want to download from. I don't know how to fill in the information correctly in the terminal. If it requires a key then I won't bother.

Open the terminal window in the same folder you downloaded the "cookies.txt" file, and make sure the filename matches the one you specified after --cookies. In example: if you downloaded a file called facebook_cookies.txt, you must type --cookies facebook_cookies.txt

[Takyon]

Ok so I posted everything in the terminal and I am getting "[Teachable] 3946609: Unable to find video URL; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U" This is what I typed in the terminal
yt-dlp --cookies /Users/davesamuels/Downloads/teachable.com_cookies.txt -u username -p password --cookies-from-browser chrome "https://codingphase.teachable.com/courses/learn-advance-css-with-flexbox-and-css-grid-course/lectures/3946609". I put my real username and password in the code of course. Also opened the terminal where the cookies.txt file was located.

[lomero]

1) rename your cookie txt file on simple cookies.txt and put this file on same folder with yt-dlp
2) you have used 2 times cookie
--cookies /Users/...... and --cookies-from-browser chrome
use only one: from browser or from txt
3) dont put video link but mpd link. yt-dlp work only with few site. otherwise use mpd link
4) add on the and output filename -o video.mp4
5) sometime ffmpeg help for some stream. put on same folder with yt-dlp

[Takyon]

1) rename your cookie txt file on simple cookies.txt and put this file on same folder with yt-dlp
2) you have used 2 times cookie
--cookies /Users/...... and --cookies-from-browser chrome
use only one: from browser or from txt
3) dont put video link but mpd link. yt-dlp work only with few site. otherwise use mpd link
4) add on the and output filename -o video.mp4
5) sometime ffmpeg help for some stream. put on same folder with yt-dlp

Do you have any recommendation for software for mpd link for a Mac user? I did some research on this forum and I only see TVdownloader which only seems to be for Windows

[lomero]

here 90% window user
anyway you don't need any app. search mpd from dev tool and put on yt-dlp with correct code. your code is totally wrong ... this is your problem, and not pc or mac or any other app ...

[libero08]

yt-dlp -u YOURUSERNAME -p YOURPASSWORD --cookies-from-browser firefox "url"

Username /pwd are case sensitive.

When you use this king of combinations user and pass need to be converted base64?

[lomero]

nope

[Takyon]

I would like to thank Lomero for helping me with my problem.

[killer30]

Hi guys only go to me from today cookie browser not in discovery or anywhere showing this message could you help me
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[LZAA]

Use:

--add-header "Cookie: xxxxxxxxxxx"

[killer30]

Use:

--add-header "Cookie: xxxxxxxxxxx"

give me private, please, I don't understand what to add, do I need to change something?

[LZAA]

yt-dlp --add-header "Cookie: xxxxxxxxxxx" ....