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[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error occurred 
Failed to recognize file format.

• gartheom@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably need to update. With plain yt-dlp you just run “yt-dlp -U”

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  • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That was correct, but yt-dlp is disabled on Debian and Ubuntu (apt), so I had to go to the Debian archives and install manually.

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