Previously working videos started to return "status: UNPLAYABLE"

Open dreampowder opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Over the past few days, we have encountered an error within our downloader:

`cannot playback and download, status: UNPLAYABLE`

According to my investigation and comparison with other YouTube downloading libraries (e.g., this issue), it appears that YouTube is testing a new consent screen as far as i understood. Since this feature seems to be in its testing phase, the consent screen is not consistently displayed. Consequently, the error does not occur in every instance, resulting in successful downloads in approximately 1-2 out of every 10 attempts.

For a demonstration of this error, you can refer to the following link: YouTube Error Example

I believe that keeping an eye on updates or changes related to this consent screen mechanism may help in resolving this issue.

Aug 12 '23 12:08 dreampowder

I can't even watch the provided example in my browser. Looks like it's not available in my country.

Oct 08 '23 07:10 corny