Can't download region-locked videos from YouTube #37

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opened 2025-11-09 09:39:14 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @TheRogueArchivist on GitHub (Jan 27, 2023).

An error occurs trying to download videos from the "Men Without Hats - Topic" channel. This was tested with "The Safety Dance" (https://youtu.be/nft1OVNLM7A), "All Into Stars" (https://youtu.be/sbSupcsaT80), and every other video I personally tried. There don't seem to be any issues with videos from other "Topic" channels, like https://youtu.be/w44au_CEfmI.
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Originally created by @TheRogueArchivist on GitHub (Jan 27, 2023). An error occurs trying to download videos from the "Men Without Hats - Topic" channel. This was tested with "The Safety Dance" (https://youtu.be/nft1OVNLM7A), "All Into Stars" (https://youtu.be/sbSupcsaT80), and every other video I personally tried. There don't seem to be any issues with videos from other "Topic" channels, like https://youtu.be/w44au_CEfmI. ![Screenshot_20230127_145545_Chrome](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24215969/215209891-2ed11249-7d90-47a3-afca-84c686e2165e.jpg)
GiteaMirror added the region lock issue label 2025-11-09 09:39:14 -06:00
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2023):

some videos are region-locked, and therefore impossible to download in some countries. server that cobalt is hosted on happens to be located in one of those countries :(

there's not really anything i can do aside from tunneling traffic through an american vpn server if this specific error occurs

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@wukko commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2023): some videos are region-locked, and therefore impossible to download in some countries. server that cobalt is hosted on happens to be located in one of those countries :( there's not really anything i can do aside from tunneling traffic through an american vpn server if this specific error occurs ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71202418/215270932-ae624c87-765f-4c51-adb8-2a31d89539cf.png)
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