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> even though I've installed `brew install cffi` `cffi` is not the same as `curl_cffi`. yt-dlp also requires specifically `curl-cffi==0.5.10`. I don't think you can easily install this through brew....

@danfe you are probably affected by https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10608 Either update to nightly or wait for the next release.

Afaik. `web_safari` can still be used. Though all but the premerged formats require passing a potoken.

In theory yes, in practice no. Major sites should have a dedicated extractor to ensure consistent IDs, that all formats are extracted, that metadata is extracted, that playlist are supported,...

Please just stop or I will have to lock this issue. Getting back to the actual topic. Imo. any blind replacement of URLs should be done in a plugin and...

As a workaround, you can use yt-dlp with the video URL https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000009970138/germany-elections-afd.html This is a bit more difficult to implement, as the article contains an interactive element that then loads...

This is a known problem with curl_cffi. Using `--impersonate` for regular usage is not recommended as it will force all traffic through curl_cffi. From the readme: > Note that forcing...

I don't disagree that the development documentation could be better. The issue is, that this everything more specific will greatly depend on the site you want to add support for....

> why is happening The general answer to this will be that this is required to extract all the necessary info from the site. Extractors just mimic what the website/app...

There are over 1500 issue and 300 PRs. What makes you think that we will drop everything and work on your issue first? The most surefire way to get your...