Client [ANDROID_VR] failed: This video requires login.This video requires login.

[frosty bison]

added refresh token but still

[frosty bison]

Everything else is finw

when using search and give yt link its like so

[kindred yarrow]

that's an error by lavalink, not us. use a cookies.txt from yt do login to get around those flagged videos which require login/age consent.

[frosty bison]

how to do cookies?

#⌕﹒🎌﹐tutorials﹒ message
this one

[kindred yarrow]

ask an llm, or do you want me to guide?

[frosty bison]

yea

[kindred yarrow]

go on chrome and login a alt/temp gmail so you wont need to use your yt account. then open a new tab, and search "Get cookies.txt LOCALLY" and download the extenstion.
(DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE Get cookies.txt, there's a similar name one but its a rat that just steals all cookies, basically all accounts)|
then go on yt and get the cookies.txt, then open your lavalink application.yml, and in plugins section add it something like this:

plugins:
  youtube:
    enabled: true
    cookies: "/somepath_ig/cookies.txt"

then try restarting the lavalink.

[frosty bison]

Still same issue

    youtube:
        allowDirectPlaylistIds: true
        allowDirectVideoIds: true
        allowSearch: true
        clients:
            - MUSIC
            - WEB
            - TV
            - TVHTML5EMBEDDED
            - ANDROID_VR
        cookies: ./cookies.txt
        enabled: true
        oauth:
            enabled: true
            refreshToken: 1*****************4
            skipInitialization: true

like this right

@kindred yarrow

[kindred yarrow]

umm, yea... wait...

[kindred yarrow]

The real problem is the skipInitialization: true on OAuth

why that?

[frosty bison]

on tutorial video..

[kindred yarrow]

Remove ANDROID_VR from clients, it's unreliable
Change skipInitialization to false so OAuth actually initializes

[kindred yarrow]

which tutorial?

[frosty bison]

#⌕﹒🎌﹐tutorials﹒ message

[frosty bison]

^^

[kindred yarrow]

oh.. umm...

ask @fluid pilot

i never used lavalink with refresh token/oauth

cookies always worked for me

[frosty bison]

when will he be online?

[kindred yarrow]

he is

[fluid pilot]

What

[frosty bison]

.

[frosty bison]

^^^

@fluid pilot

[fluid pilot]

What do I do with ur application.yml

[astral rune]

If you haven't used Lavalink or set it up with a refresh token, don't give misinformation to the user - you'll both end up confused.

[kindred yarrow]

...

[frosty bison]

how to fix it

[frosty bison]

here is the err

[fluid pilot]

Hosting where

[astral rune]

.

[fluid pilot]

hina editsnie

[kindred yarrow]

intelligent

[fluid pilot]

hina editsnipe

[fringe falcon]

K A R A N

Also as neuviii said turn skipInitialization to false and do the refresh token process again

Edited Just now | 1/5 · Mar 19, 2026, 10:05 AM

[fluid pilot]

yup do it again

use another google acc

and if you're hosting locally
I'd say try a host

It wasn't working locally for another person too smh

turn skipInitialisation to false n refreshtoken to null before doing again tho

[frosty bison]

pterodactyl

my own vps

[frosty bison]

aldready tried

[fluid pilot]

@noble terrace is this cipher error or access token

[frosty bison]

When i use the search feature by autocomplete and sends or giving yt links directly this error arises

But if the song name is just given then lavalink can autofetch and play the same link so it seems not a login issue

[noble terrace]

#1231672788914274354 message

[hoary kernel]

is that your whole refresh token? it doesnt look "full"

also hi SW

have you copied it correctly

[noble terrace]

spotify link doesnt work in rezy

it has localhost link to link

[hoary kernel]

i know

[frosty bison]

yea hidded for non sharing

[frosty bison]

just refer this...

[frosty bison]

i didnt get it can you tell me what to do exactly

[hoary kernel]

switch to nodelink, way easier and better than lavalink

im not sure but lavalink's youtube-source plugin may be broken again

since youtube is fighting against bots

[frosty bison]

Only passing link makes the issue

If i pass a song name as a string then it fetch the same video from youtube and play it without any issues

entire setup should be changed right for nodelink

[frosty bison]

Issue fixed

[kindred yarrow]

nice