Update yt-dlp to 2026.02.04 to resolve YouTube playback issues
WubTheCaptain
yt-dlp 2026.02.04 has changed the default YouTube JS player variant to
tv
, to solve YouTube's n/sig challenges for video downloads (YouTube video playback in VRChat).VRChat's current yt-dlp version is 2026.01.29 at the time of writing this. This may be causing playback issues or triggering YouTube's bot protection for some users, such as "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot".
PS C:\Users\linda.LINDALAP\AppData\LocalLow\VRChat\VRChat\Tools> .\yt-dlp.exe --version
2026.01.29
Full upstream changelogs diff between VRChat's yt-dlp and upstream yt-dlp are there:
I recommend updating to the latest yt-dlp version.
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WubTheCaptain
Superseded by another feature request: Update yt-dlp to 2026.02.21 to resolve YouTube playback issues
WubTheCaptain
This feature request post can be marked as "Complete".
PS C:\Users\linda.LINDALAP\AppData\LocalLow\VRChat\VRChat\Tools> .\yt-dlp.exe --version
2026.02.04