YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

REALITY · June 1, 2021, 7:07pm

[YouTube] Age verification issues - Can't download video.

opened 09:09PM - 28 Mar 21 UTC

closed 08:41AM - 30 Mar 21 UTC

invalid

## Checklist  - [X] I'm reporting a broken site support - [X] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.03.25** - [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [X] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones _**(i found one similar but my** `--cookies` **are not expired as stated in this issue #28468)**_ ## Verbose log  <pre> youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.03.25 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-03-28-git-8b2bde0494-full_build, ffprobe 2021-03-28-git-8b2bde0494-full_build [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] rR8s72aouNE: Downloading webpage [youtube] rR8s72aouNE: Refetching age-gated info webpage ERROR: Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users. Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 806, in wrapper File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in __extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1658, in _real_extract youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users. </pre> ## Description  - Hello - I tried to download an age-gated video and i got some age-verification errors as you can see in the Verbose log above. - When i tried to provide the `--cookies` then i got the error below: <pre> youtube-dl --verbose --cookies C:/Users/account/Desktop/cookies.txt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--cookies', 'C:/Users/account/Desktop/cookies.txt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.03.25 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-03-28-git-8b2bde0494-full_build, ffprobe 2021-03-28-git-8b2bde0494-full_build [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] rR8s72aouNE: Downloading webpage ERROR: Verify your age Complete a brief check to show you're old enough to watch this video. Learn more Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 806, in wrapper File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in __extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp5nc448kk\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1658, in _real_extract youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Verify your age Complete a brief check to show you're old enough to watch this video. Learn more </pre> - I'm signed in to my account and i verified that the `--cookies` are not expired. and of course my date of birth is over 18 years. - I know that there is an age-restriction in the EU region, but i also can't download using just the normal command as with all other age-gated videos. - What gives? ![Capture 28_03_2021_19_55_29](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52612348/112764179-a9a0f180-9007-11eb-9f6d-2013f8a857d7.png)

mynameis · June 1, 2021, 9:04pm

Ran into this earlier today. Pain in the ass.

REALITY · June 1, 2021, 9:48pm

I had a trawl earlier there doesn’t seem to be any solution as of yet, I guess YouTube’s ‘generosity’ finally ran out lol

REALITY · June 1, 2021, 10:07pm