First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

    • Rusty@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      Unfortunately NewPipe will not help with that. I get this message in a browser and in NewPipe.

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        1 month ago

        Have you tried if yt-dlp works? Cuz if that also doesnt, then maybe they actually temporarily blocked your IP?

        I have never gotten this message on yt so cant test it.

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          1 month ago

          Here’s the log from yt-dlp:

          [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1buRTIKhk

          [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading webpage

          [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading ios player API JSON

          [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading mweb player API JSON

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