Youtube audio downloads are truncated #647

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opened 2025-11-09 09:54:58 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jp-coetzee on GitHub (Dec 23, 2024).

bug description

I am using the website and trying to download the audio of Youtube videos but they are truncating after about 40 minutes or so.
I have tried using "tunnel files" both on and off.

reproduction steps

  1. Paste the following into http://cobalt.tools : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k2boBFWHYI
    (that video is 2 hours 12 minutes long)
  2. Click on "audio", wait for download to finish
  3. Play audio in any music player

The downloaded MP3 is 46 minutes long.

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platform information

Windows 10 22H2, Firefox 133.0.3

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Originally created by @jp-coetzee on GitHub (Dec 23, 2024). ### bug description I am using the website and trying to download the audio of Youtube videos but they are truncating after about 40 minutes or so. I have tried using "tunnel files" both on and off. ### reproduction steps 1. Paste the following into http://cobalt.tools : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k2boBFWHYI (that video is 2 hours 12 minutes long) 2. Click on "audio", wait for download to finish 3. Play audio in any music player The downloaded MP3 is 46 minutes long. ### screenshots _No response_ ### links _No response_ ### platform information Windows 10 22H2, Firefox 133.0.3 ### additional context _No response_
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2025-11-09 09:54:58 -06:00
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Dec 23, 2024):

https://cobalt.tools/settings/video#youtube-hls

@wukko commented on GitHub (Dec 23, 2024): https://cobalt.tools/settings/video#youtube-hls
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@jp-coetzee commented on GitHub (Dec 23, 2024):

Perfect, thank you. That works.
I'm not interested in video so did not look at those settings, it might be a good idea to copy that one to the audio tab?

@jp-coetzee commented on GitHub (Dec 23, 2024): Perfect, thank you. That works. I'm not interested in video so did not look at those settings, it might be a good idea to copy that one to the audio tab?
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