On 2025-10-14 09:47, Gilles via ffmpeg-user wrote:
I use youtube-dlp to download videos, but it doesn't work for those that
must first be played within the browser and use the Developer mode (F12)
to find the link to manifest/m3u8.
In a script, can ffmpeg/ffprobe be used instead of a browser to find
that URL before passing it to youtube-dlp?
Thank you.
I've not had a YT video that won't download with yt-dlp just by giving
it the URL, but older versions that used to work no longer do so, and
the most recent version that does work requires Windows 10 or later; I
haven't tried it on Linux, but again it may just be a question of
running a recent version:
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases
This latest version worked for me on W10 the couple of times I've tried it.
However, if it really is a question of needing to use Developer Mode,
then in Linux wget should do what you want, and in Windows presumably
this would do the same:
https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/
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