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Switch to android_vr player client — no Node.js required

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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>
This commit is contained in:
Mattias Tall
2026-05-26 10:10:58 +02:00
parent a006bf08bc
commit b58dc26bd4
3 changed files with 4 additions and 6 deletions
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backend/Dockerfile
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@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim
WORKDIR /app WORKDIR /app
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg gosu nodejs && \ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg gosu && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
ln -sf /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
COPY backend/requirements.txt ./backend/requirements.txt COPY backend/requirements.txt ./backend/requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r backend/requirements.txt && pip install --no-cache-dir -U yt-dlp RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r backend/requirements.txt && pip install --no-cache-dir -U yt-dlp

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backend/routers/settings.py
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@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def ytdlp_test(
"yt-dlp", "yt-dlp",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"--dump-json", "--no-download", "--no-playlist", "--dump-json", "--no-download", "--no-playlist",
"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=web", "--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android_vr",
*cookie_args, *cookie_args,
], ],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,

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backend/services/ytdlp.py
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@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def fetch_video_metadata(video_id: str) -> dict | None:
base_cmd = [ base_cmd = [
"yt-dlp", url, "yt-dlp", url,
"--dump-json", "--no-download", "--no-playlist", "--dump-json", "--no-download", "--no-playlist",
"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=web", "--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android_vr",
] ]
stdout, stderr, code = _run([*base_cmd, *cookie_args], timeout=30) stdout, stderr, code = _run([*base_cmd, *cookie_args], timeout=30)
if code != 0: if code != 0:
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def start_download(
"--no-part", "--no-mtime", "--no-part", "--no-mtime",
"-o", output_template, "-o", output_template,
"--newline", "--progress", "--no-colors", "--newline", "--progress", "--no-colors",
"--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=web", "--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android_vr",
*cookie_args, *cookie_args,
], ],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,