#Can't seem to download age restricted marked videos on youtube with yt-dlp

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glacial hamlet
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Hello, I wanted to downlkad a song with yt-dlp that was marked as age restricted and couldn't, so i added the option --cookies cookies.txt with the cookies file in the same directory as where the command is executed and i was returned with this error.

lone smelt
glacial hamlet
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@lone smelt how would i go about it, i tried using different formats and still get this problem

lone smelt
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oh, try installing yt-dlp-ejs first

glacial hamlet
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Do i need to use a different command for it

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This was after installing yt-dlp-ejs

lone smelt
glacial hamlet
lone smelt
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run uname -m to check

glacial hamlet
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Says aarch64

lone smelt
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@glacial hamlet did you itstall yt-dlp with pip? if so uninstall it and reinstall with pkg i yt-dlp yt-dlp-ejs deno

glacial hamlet
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Whats the uninstall command

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pkg uninstall?

lone smelt
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pip uninstall

glacial hamlet
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Ok i did that

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Cant use ytdlp command says its not found

rugged granite
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Now do pkg install yt-dlp

glacial hamlet
rugged granite
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pkg reinstall python-yt-dlp

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fishingforfishies He had yt-dl already correctly installed

glacial hamlet
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Ohhh my goodness gracious

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It worked

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Ty yall

rugged granite
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Simply

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glacial hamlet
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Haha i think it was deno and ejs i rly needed

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How do i close