[GH-ISSUE #1097] Youtube videos not downloading #8065

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opened 2026-04-21 20:04:46 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @RunTheCoins on GitHub (Feb 8, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/1097

bug description

every time I've been trying to download a youtube video recently it's just been downloading a video file with 0 bytes :(

can anyone else confirm if this is an issue with cobalt. or maybe a youtube api issue

reproduction steps

1.Go to youtube.com
2. select video of choice
3. copy link
4. paste into cobalt

screenshots

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platform information

supermium (chome fork) Windows 11

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Originally created by @RunTheCoins on GitHub (Feb 8, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/1097 ### bug description every time I've been trying to download a youtube video recently it's just been downloading a video file with 0 bytes :( can anyone else confirm if this is an issue with cobalt. or maybe a youtube api issue ### reproduction steps 1.Go to youtube.com 2. select video of choice 3. copy link 4. paste into cobalt ### screenshots _No response_ ### links ```shell ``` ### platform information supermium (chome fork) Windows 11 ### additional context _No response_
GiteaMirror added the main instance issue label 2026-04-21 20:04:47 -05:00
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2025):

can't replicate this issue, can you try again?

<!-- gh-comment-id:2646203814 --> @wukko commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2025): can't replicate this issue, can you try again?
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@Memes1125 commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2025):

Change the time of day. I'm trying to download a video from YouTube, the download starts, and the download speed in Kb increases from about 10 to 500. Then at the moment he writes "Network error". I checked the Internet bandwidth, everything is fine, changed the browser, the problem remains. I have disabled and enabled this feature "https://cobalt.tools/settings/video#youtube-hls ". What should I do? If it has something to do with the geographical location, then I'm from Russia.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2663237169 --> @Memes1125 commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2025): Change the time of day. I'm trying to download a video from YouTube, the download starts, and the download speed in Kb increases from about 10 to 500. Then at the moment he writes "Network error". I checked the Internet bandwidth, everything is fine, changed the browser, the problem remains. I have disabled and enabled this feature "https://cobalt.tools/settings/video#youtube-hls ". What should I do? If it has something to do with the geographical location, then I'm from Russia.
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