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am I the only one getting HTTP Error 403: Forbidden when executing yt-dlp from the terminal on debian? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's a known issue. They are working on a fix, but it's not ready yet. It will require an external JavaScript library though.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    ok, so I followed your link:

    if I installed yt-dlp with wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp, is it enough to install deno with curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh?

    your link talks about Official PyInstaller-bundled executable users, PyPI package users and Third-party package users. I don't find wget anywhere, which confuses me.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    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.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    A lot of this has to do with youtube blocking IP addresses. When it happens to me I change IP and it works again.

    How have you installed the yt-dlp app? Through apt or with pip? You can probably get faster updates if you use pip.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    asking as a noob now, can I use this to set a static ip address on my computer?

    I don't even know the difference between router and computer.

    How have you installed the yt-dlp app?

    all I know is I update executing yt-dlp -U, not using apt sources

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The article you linked is describing how to set a static internal IP address (i.e. the address your computer uses within your local network) whereas YouTube would be seeing your external IP address (which is typically assigned automatically by your ISP). I'm not sure what the parent comment is referring to with "changing" their address, but I would assume they're probably using a VPN or something similar so that YouTube sees the address of the current VPN server instead.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Same on Tubular with a Mullvad VPN with DAITA and Multihop turned on.

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    [–] 0 points 1 year ago*

    You need to update yt-dlp, ie:

    pip3 install -U yt-dlp

    But first you probably need to install an updated python version; the latest yt-dlp needs at least python 3.10 iirc

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