Switch to android_vr player client — no Node.js required
android_vr provides pre-signed format URLs that bypass YouTube's n-challenge and signature JS requirements entirely. Tested: 23 video formats available without any JavaScript runtime installed. Reverts Node.js Dockerfile addition (which failed to build anyway). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def fetch_video_metadata(video_id: str) -> dict | None:
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base_cmd = [
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"yt-dlp", url,
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"--dump-json", "--no-download", "--no-playlist",
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"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=web",
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"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android_vr",
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]
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stdout, stderr, code = _run([*base_cmd, *cookie_args], timeout=30)
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if code != 0:
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@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def start_download(
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"--no-part", "--no-mtime",
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"-o", output_template,
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"--newline", "--progress", "--no-colors",
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"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=web",
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"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android_vr",
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*cookie_args,
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],
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stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
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