@Tony Did you ever find a solution to this? I have solved this issue on my machine by following the directions as detailed here:
github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlpgithub.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3873so you would open a terminal and type
>yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=VIDEOID --cookies-from-browser brave
where "VIDEOID" should be replaced with any normal youtube ID. and the the part that says brave could be any browser you use like firefox, chrome, chromium, brave, vivaldi, safari etc... I typed:
>yt-dlp
youtu.be/GRxofEmo3HA?feature=shared --cookies-from-browser firefox
Since I want the cookies from firefox and it can be just any video.
Then you go into the gui interface and click the 3 lines and select preferences. Scroll down and find the option change the setting for "select browser to use cookies from" and change it to the browser you just extracted the cookies from.
If you're using windows you'll use this instead:
>yt-dlp.exe -F
youtu.be/gdEuD9MMZd0 --cookies-from-browser chrome
reply if you're still having issues.
#ytdlp #cookies #issues #downloader