gamer191

> * as above, if the extracted URL has `livee.` the site means `live.` This could change. IMO it would be better if we could extract the stream name, if...

> extract the preview URL from there as a low priority format. what preview?

Add `--compat-options no-live-chat` to your config. Perhaps that should be added to the warning. > at least record them simultaneously with the video I don't think that's currently possible, hence...

Semi-tethered

Does `yt-dlp -v --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)" https://kick.com/video/234e331d-f8bd-4935-b72d-0ec5354a652e` work? (I spent 10 minutes scrolling through the Discord history to find this :trollface:)

@jackloomen I highly doubt this will work, but what happens if you use `--geo-bypass-country XX`, where `XX` is your home country's [two letter code](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2#Current_codes)? > youtube and twitch have apps...

I'd be curious whether they're detecting VPNs, or just only 403ing some countries. What happens if you use a VPN based in your home country?

> Well that's weird. I can still watch normally on the website. Out of interest, did you have to go through one of these annoying screens? They block yt-dlp :(...

I presume (but haven't tested) that --check-formats would fix this issue. Perhaps we should add that to the error message, although it would result in bugs being missed if a...

The example url gives a 404 error in my web browser, and attempting to download it with yt-dlp returns > ERROR: [CBS] 6yhZR67ZyC8Nsdyk9wWOXf6g7FRDVr68: This content expired on 2/9/23 12:15 AM.