debian 13.1, yt-dlp 2025.10.14
I’m wondering is this a regular occurrence meaning google changed something in the code again which renders this application useless and I just have to wait till the yt-dlp developers release an update and it works again or if it’s something more serious.
error reads: ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
I also changed the MAC and username to get the same error message. Now I’m thinking about proxifying my computer, so each time I use yt-dlp it runs through tor, but I have no idea how to do it.
help appreciated.
I would assume that it will work as long as Deno is installed somewhere that’s in $PATH. They still haven’t merged the pull request that will make yt-dlp use Deno yet. There should be more information once they release the new version. Yt-dlp 2025.10.22 included a fix that gets some formats working again though.