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Zeye
Asked: 2025-01-15 03:40:38 +0800 CST

video downloader failed HTTP Error 403 Forbidden

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Beginning yesterday, Video downloader is failing with
HTTP Error 403 Forbidden This is currently happening on all video downloads from Youtube.
There seems to be some confusion as to which video downloader is involved. My system is Xubuntu 22.04. I've done apt upgrade again this morning yet it still fails. To access the application, I go from the whisker menu to the Internet sub area then select the item referenced as "Video Downloader"

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have written a youtube downloader that uses yt-dlp as a backend.

    You can find it here with a description on how to add my ppa and install the app:

    • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jentiger-moratai/mediatools
    • sudo apt update
    • sudo apt install ytdownloader

    The code has been written focussing the best quality of video and sound.

    Don't hesitate to contact me on github if problems occur.

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  2. Can't downvote, but I should. Question is unclear.
    I take it video-downloader is youtube-dl's fork, yt-dlp.
    Error is pinned here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11868
    Just update it to last version, as this fixes the issue.

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