dirkf

The supposed problem API URL https://learning.oreilly.com/api/v1/book/9781839216855/chapter/video3_1.html is still functional now.

1. Why are you using `--force-generic-extractor`? 2. What makes you think that the playlist exists? I get this message on the YT page: ``` This page isn't available. Sorry about...

And yet ... HAR for https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcoIDkuSGcECYztie&cbrd=1 showing "response": { "status": 404, "statusText": "Not Found", ... ```json { "log": { "version": "1.1", "creator": { "name": "SeaMonkey", "version": "2.53.18.2" }, "browser": {...

I used the URL from your log, which is still giving 404. Please provide evidence that that URL, or the one you **actually** want, is a valid page, together with...

To answer your own question, try providing cookies extracted from the browser session where you can view the vods (see FAQ), which apparently solved your issue as from #27790. If...

Read the [FAQ answer concerning how to export and pass cookies](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#user-content-how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl). This documentation is there to help you. For further assistance, I repeat: >... you'll need to provide a verbose...

So the `2019` message saying that the application is incompatible and needs to be updated is code for "only available with DRM", like `2015` and `2017`?

And the answer to the [previous question](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13324#issuecomment-2914766731), with this problem video, is?

`ThePlatformIE` checks for geo-restriction and unavailable. Then it's down to the usual HLS and DASH extraction routines via `_parse_smil_formats()`: aren't they supposed to identify DRM streams? Maybe there's some diagnostic...

Or `expected_status=404` and then re-create and raise 404 exception if no `sheeta` embed is found. Might we want to be able to carry on despite any HTTP error response, not...