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Can't download stuff from YouTube, cobalt says it's disabled or returns 0 byte files #992

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bridgetpenpen opened this issue Dec 12, 2024 · 4 comments
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every time i download any video the bytes are 0 off youtube

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1 go to youtube
2 copy and paste link into cobalt
3 hit the arrows to download
4 see that the files have 0 bytes on them

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window 10 on chrome/google on ios

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@wukko wukko changed the title cobalt downloading empty files Can't download stuff from YouTube, cobalt returns 0 byte files Dec 12, 2024
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wukko commented Dec 12, 2024

we've been aware of the issue since the very beginning (approx 4 hours ago). it's not caused by us and is not an issue with cobalt's code, youtube blocked all of our ip ranges this morning.

we're currently doing our best trying to come up with a solution to restore downloads from youtube asap. we're sorry for any inconveniences caused in the meantime :(

as a temporary measure, you can try self-hosting a cobalt processing instance on your computer or home server: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/blob/main/docs/run-an-instance.md

i've temporarily disabled youtube support on the main instance, so that you don't get 0 byte files.

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@wukko wukko changed the title Can't download stuff from YouTube, cobalt returns 0 byte files Can't download stuff from YouTube, cobalt says it's disabled or returns 0 byte files Dec 12, 2024
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