docs: update pot/cookie info
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Viktor Varland 2025-04-12 08:44:19 +02:00
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@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ E.g. https://github.com/jeb5/YouTube-Subscriptions-RSS
## cookies
> [!WARNING]
> Your account **MAY** be banned when using cookies !
> Your account **MAY** be banned when using cookies ! Consider using a
> throw-away account.
E.g. from Chromium:
@ -86,10 +87,51 @@ E.g. from Chromium:
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chromium --cookies cookies.txt
```
Or using an add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/
## pot token
Youtube has started requiring proof-of-origin tokens for some players,
and it may help not getting hit with the "sign in to confirm you are not
a bot" together with cookies.
Either add a manually generated POT to the config: `po_token =
"{TOKEN}"` or, set up bgutils[1] with the youtube extractor to do POT
generation automatically.
```
pipx install yt-dlp
pipx inject yt-dlp yt-dlp-get-pot
pipx inject yt-dlp bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider
```
Then change the `provider.youtube` option for `cmd` to the `yt-dlp`
binary in the modified venv, e.g. `/home/varl/.local/bin/yt-dlp`.
On the same machine, run the bgutils http server, e.g. with compose:
```
bgutil:
image: brainicism/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider
container_name: bgutil
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- 4416:4416
```
If using default ports and it's available on localhost, `yt-dlp` will
pick up the plugin automatically and can be verified in the logs.
[1]: https://github.com/Brainicism/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider
## scheduling
### systemd
> [!TIP]
> Remember to change the `ExecStart` path to the venv'ed `yt-dlp`
> binary if using it.
`~/.config/systemd/user/subsyt-archival.service`
```
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