[ie/rtp] Support multi-part episodes and --no-playlist (#16299 )

Closes #16286 Authored by: bashonly
Release 2026.03.17
2026-03-23 18:22:09 +01:00 · 2026-03-21 19:52:25 +00:00 · 2026-03-17 23:25:11 +00:00 · 2026-03-17 23:17:34 +00:00 · 2026-03-17 22:45:03 +00:00 · 2026-03-17 22:44:30 +00:00
23 changed files with 530 additions and 845 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
          [[ "${version}" != "${downgraded_version}" ]]
      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f  # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
          path: |
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Set up QEMU
        if: matrix.qemu_platform
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130  # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a  # v4.0.0
        with:
          image: tonistiigi/binfmt:qemu-v10.0.4-56@sha256:30cc9a4d03765acac9be2ed0afc23af1ad018aed2c28ea4be8c2eb9afe03fbd1
          cache-image: false
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f  # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: build-bin-${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.arch }}
          path: |
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ jobs:
          [[ "$version" != "$downgraded_version" ]]
      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f  # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
          path: |
@@ -407,23 +407,23 @@ jobs:
          runner: windows-2025
          python_version: '3.10'
          platform_tag: win_amd64
-          pyi_version: '6.18.0'
+          pyi_version: '6.19.0'
-          pyi_tag: '2026.01.29.160356'
+          pyi_tag: '2026.03.17.175201'
-          pyi_hash: bb9cd0b0b233e4d031a295211cb8aa7c7f8b3c12ff33f1d57a40849ab4d3cf42
+          pyi_hash: '1a5f4b844abd02bd758ae6b64c5243fed1a2fa641dbcab2f79480c6a7b957e2d'
        - arch: 'x86'
          runner: windows-2025
          python_version: '3.10'
          platform_tag: win32
-          pyi_version: '6.18.0'
+          pyi_version: '6.19.0'
-          pyi_tag: '2026.01.29.160356'
+          pyi_tag: '2026.03.17.175201'
-          pyi_hash: aa8f260e735d94f1e2e1aac42e322f508eb54d0433de803c2998c337f72045e4
+          pyi_hash: '9b3c791d7e5cc23f5b48dffc3c367dac10a516b86904db48b6096c2b5d1ffb41'
        - arch: 'arm64'
          runner: windows-11-arm
          python_version: '3.13'  # arm64 only has Python >= 3.11 available
          platform_tag: win_arm64
-          pyi_version: '6.18.0'
+          pyi_version: '6.19.0'
-          pyi_tag: '2026.01.29.160356'
+          pyi_tag: '2026.03.17.175201'
-          pyi_hash: 4bbca67d0cdfa860d92ac9cc7e4c2586fd393d1e814e3f1375b8c62d5cfb6771
+          pyi_hash: 'd008e5c8bb2143f7c05c8b5fcc15dab5f079d79425f78af1936c6768f8e87504'
    env:
      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ jobs:
          }
      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f  # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
          path: |
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131  # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c  # v8.0.1
        with:
          path: artifact
          pattern: build-bin-*
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ jobs:
          done
      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f  # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: build-${{ github.job }}
          path: |
--- a/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ jobs:
      with:
        deno-version: '2.0.0'  # minimum supported version
    - name: Install Bun
-      uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@3d267786b128fe76c2f16a390aa2448b815359f3  # v2.1.2
+      uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@0c5077e51419868618aeaa5fe8019c62421857d6  # v2.2.0
      with:
        # minimum supported version is 1.0.31 but earliest available Windows version is 1.1.0
        bun-version: ${{ (matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && '1.1.0') || '1.0.31' }}
        no-cache: true
    - name: Install Node
-      uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238  # v6.2.0
+      uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f  # v6.3.0
      with:
        node-version: '20.0'  # minimum supported version
    - name: Install QuickJS (Linux)
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ jobs:
        persist-credentials: false
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@5d4e8d1aca955e8d8589aabd499c5cae939e33c7  #  v4.31.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@b1bff81932f5cdfc8695c7752dcee935dcd061c8  # v4.33.0
      with:
        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
        build-mode: none
    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@5d4e8d1aca955e8d8589aabd499c5cae939e33c7  #  v4.31.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@b1bff81932f5cdfc8695c7752dcee935dcd061c8  # v4.33.0
      with:
        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
--- a/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131  # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c  # v8.0.1
        with:
          path: dist
          name: build-pypi
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
        run: echo "head=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
      - name: Cache nightly commit hash
-        uses: actions/cache@8b402f58fbc84540c8b491a91e594a4576fec3d7  # v5.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306  # v5.0.3
        env:
          SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 1
        with:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131  # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c  # v8.0.1
        with:
          path: dist
          name: build-pypi
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Upload artifacts
        if: github.event.workflow != '.github/workflows/release.yml'  # Reusable workflow_call
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f  # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: build-pypi
          path: |
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131  # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c  # v8.0.1
        with:
          path: artifact
          pattern: build-*
--- a/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ concurrency:
  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 env:
-  ACTIONLINT_VERSION: "1.7.9"
+  ACTIONLINT_VERSION: "1.7.11"
-  ACTIONLINT_SHA256SUM: 233b280d05e100837f4af1433c7b40a5dcb306e3aa68fb4f17f8a7f45a7df7b4
+  ACTIONLINT_SHA256SUM: 900919a84f2229bac68ca9cd4103ea297abc35e9689ebb842c6e34a3d1b01b0a
  ACTIONLINT_REPO: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
 jobs:
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ jobs:
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Run zizmor
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@135698455da5c3b3e55f73f4419e481ab68cdd95  # v0.4.1
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@71321a20a9ded102f6e9ce5718a2fcec2c4f70d8  # v0.5.2
        with:
          advanced-security: false
          persona: pedantic
-          version: v1.22.0
+          version: v1.23.1
--- a/.github/zizmor.yml
+++ b/.github/zizmor.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ rules:
  obfuscation:
    ignore:
      - release.yml  # Not actual obfuscation
  secrets-outside-env:
    ignore:
      - build.yml
      - release.yml
  unpinned-uses:
    config:
      policies:
--- a/3
+++ b/3
@@ -874,3 +874,6 @@ LordMZTE
 regulad
 stastix
 syphyr
 FriederHannenheim
 Peter-Devine
 SparseOrnament15
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,34 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 ### 2026.03.17
 #### Extractor changes
 - **youtube**
    - [Always respect `webpage_client` extractor-arg](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/66c4947e9cb70c9de96f7da75f9acbe4192d6c9d) ([#16250](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16250)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Fix `--live-from-start` support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1b6ec8fc2589a1733a0937270faa4230ce6b1ca5) ([#16254](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16254)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Update ejs to 0.8.0](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/04d6974f502bbdfaed72c624344f262e30ad9708) ([#16269](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16269)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
 #### Misc. changes
 - **build**: [Use PyInstaller v6.19.0 for Windows](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7fab4c2b23e16c4a4f94020a37a6bdf8d502be37) ([#16265](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16265)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 - **ci**: [Bump actions pins](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4fc768b7f7194a05b13ad3e7bc5bfde84ed9ede7) ([#16252](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16252)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 - **docs**: [Fix `player_client` extractor-arg documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e68afb28277b4bee39726dbcbb06801edde9f659) ([#16235](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16235)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 - **test**: networking: [Mark all CurlCFFIRH tests as flaky for any OS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/18656b2f2af41a138793c7012a88f467c0d90274) ([#16266](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16266)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 ### 2026.03.13
 #### Extractor changes
 - **tiktok**: [Fix challenge solving](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/db62e438a15743b156ca5ebfc6dbe160e9bc1662) ([#16223](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16223)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 - **youtube**
    - [Fix `android_vr` player client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ff459e5fc04b1a061212672626b7bfa23ff3cdcd) ([#16168](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16168)) by [gamer191](https://github.com/gamer191)
    - [Fix `use_ad_playback_context` extractor-arg](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7e145ac1cae8f891e18c9375fa23097f1dfa0b19) ([#16196](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16196)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Fix `web_embedded` player client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f2bd3202c0ffa3f0c0069c44ca53b625dca568bc) ([#16177](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16177)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [SparseOrnament15](https://github.com/SparseOrnament15)
    - [Request `web_safari` & `web_creator` client configs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/48a61d0f38b156785d24df628d42892441e008c4) ([#16198](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16198)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Update ejs to 0.7.0](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/92f1d99dbe1e10d942ef0963f625dbc5bc0768aa) ([#16231](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16231)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
    - tab
        - [Fix album extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ae025da02364f4d085953f41fd0d32ade3c4afb9) ([#16041](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16041)) by [FriederHannenheim](https://github.com/FriederHannenheim)
        - [Improve description extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3e36cf9cdb12ef566416c5620a1a95b5a0221017) ([#16057](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16057)) by [Peter-Devine](https://github.com/Peter-Devine)
 ### 2026.03.03
 #### Extractor changes
--- a/6
+++ b/6
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ CONTRIBUTORS: Changelog.md
 # The following EJS_-prefixed variables are auto-generated by devscripts/update_ejs.py
 # DO NOT EDIT!
-EJS_VERSION = 0.5.0
+EJS_VERSION = 0.8.0
-EJS_WHEEL_NAME = yt_dlp_ejs-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
+EJS_WHEEL_NAME = yt_dlp_ejs-0.8.0-py3-none-any.whl
-EJS_WHEEL_HASH = sha256:674fc0efea741d3100cdf3f0f9e123150715ee41edf47ea7a62fbdeda204bdec
+EJS_WHEEL_HASH = sha256:79300e5fca7f937a1eeede11f0456862c1b41107ce1d726871e0207424f4bdb4
 EJS_PY_FOLDERS = yt_dlp_ejs yt_dlp_ejs/yt yt_dlp_ejs/yt/solver
 EJS_PY_FILES = yt_dlp_ejs/__init__.py yt_dlp_ejs/_version.py yt_dlp_ejs/yt/__init__.py yt_dlp_ejs/yt/solver/__init__.py
 EJS_JS_FOLDERS = yt_dlp_ejs/yt/solver
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1860,12 +1860,13 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 #### youtube
 * `lang`: Prefer translated metadata (`title`, `description` etc) of this language code (case-sensitive). By default, the video primary language metadata is preferred, with a fallback to `en` translated. See [youtube/_base.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/415b4c9f955b1a0391204bd24a7132590e7b3bdb/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py#L402-L409) for the list of supported content language codes
 * `skip`: One or more of `hls`, `dash` or `translated_subs` to skip extraction of the m3u8 manifests, dash manifests and [auto-translated subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4090#issuecomment-1158102032) respectively
-* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The currently available clients are `web`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `web_music`, `web_creator`, `mweb`, `ios`, `android`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_downgraded`, and `tv_simply`. By default, `android_vr,web,web_safari` is used. If no JavaScript runtime/engine is available, then only `android_vr` is used. If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then `tv_downgraded,web,web_safari` is used for free accounts and `tv_downgraded,web_creator,web` is used for premium accounts. The `web_music` client is added for `music.youtube.com` URLs when logged-in cookies are used. The `web_embedded` client is added for age-restricted videos but only successfully works around the age-restriction sometimes (e.g. if the video is embeddable), and may be added as a fallback if `android_vr` is unable to access a video. The `web_creator` client is added for age-restricted videos if account age-verification is required. Some clients, such as `web_creator` and `web_music`, require a `po_token` for their formats to be downloadable. Some clients, such as `web_creator`, will only work with authentication. Not all clients support authentication via cookies. You can use `default` for the default clients, or you can use `all` for all clients (not recommended). You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=default,-web`
+* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The currently available clients are `web`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `web_music`, `web_creator`, `mweb`, `ios`, `android`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_downgraded`, and `tv_simply`. By default, `android_vr,web_safari` is used. If no JavaScript runtime/engine is available, then only `android_vr` is used. If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then `tv_downgraded,web_safari` is used for free accounts and `tv_downgraded,web_creator` is used for premium accounts. The `web_music` client is added for `music.youtube.com` URLs when logged-in cookies are used. The `web_embedded` client is added for age-restricted videos but only successfully works around the age-restriction sometimes (e.g. if the video is embeddable), and may be added as a fallback if `android_vr` is unable to access a video. The `web_creator` client is added for age-restricted videos if account age-verification is required. Some clients, such as `web_creator` and `web_music`, require a `po_token` for their formats to be downloadable. Some clients, such as `web_creator`, will only work with authentication. Not all clients support authentication via cookies. You can use `default` for the default clients, or you can use `all` for all clients (not recommended). You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=default,-web_safari`
 * `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player), `initial_data` (skip initial data/next ep request). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause issues such as missing formats or metadata.  See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) and [#12826](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12826) for more details
-* `webpage_skip`: Skip extraction of embedded webpage data. One or both of `player_response`, `initial_data`. Using these will not skip any network requests, and in some cases will result in additional network requests. Currently, the default is `player_response`; however, typically these are for testing purposes only
+* `webpage_skip`: Skip extraction of embedded webpage data. One or both of `player_response`, `initial_data`. These options are for testing purposes and don't skip any network requests. Neither is skipped by default; however, if a `player_js_version` value other than `actual` is used, then `webpage_skip=player_response` is implied
 * `webpage_client`: Client to use for the video webpage request. One of `web` or `web_safari` (default)
 * `player_params`: YouTube player parameters to use for player requests. Will overwrite any default ones set by yt-dlp.
-* `player_js_variant`: The player javascript variant to use for n/sig deciphering. The known variants are: `main`, `tcc`, `tce`, `es5`, `es6`, `es6_tcc`, `es6_tce`, `tv`, `tv_es6`, `phone`, `house`. The default is `tv`, and the others are for debugging purposes. You can use `actual` to go with what is prescribed by the site
+* `player_js_variant`: The player javascript variant to use for n/sig deciphering. The known variants are: `main`, `tcc`, `tce`, `es5`, `es6`, `es6_tcc`, `es6_tce`, `tv`, `tv_es6`, `phone`, `house`. The default is `main`, and the others are for debugging purposes. You can use `actual` to go with what is prescribed by the site
-* `player_js_version`: The player javascript version to use for n/sig deciphering, in the format of `signature_timestamp@hash` (e.g. `20348@0004de42`). Currently, the default is to force `20514@9f4cc5e4`. You can use `actual` to go with what is prescribed by the site
+* `player_js_version`: The player javascript version to use for n/sig deciphering, in the format of `signature_timestamp@hash` (e.g. `20348@0004de42`). The default is to use what is prescribed by the site, and can be selected with `actual`. Using any other value will imply `webpage_skip=player_response`
 * `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
 * `max_comments`: Limit the amount of comments to gather. Comma-separated list of integers representing `max-comments,max-parents,max-replies,max-replies-per-thread,max-depth`. Default is `all,all,all,all,all`
    * A `max-depth` value of `1` will discard all replies, regardless of the `max-replies` or `max-replies-per-thread` values given
@@ -1880,7 +1881,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `pot_trace`: Enable debug logging for PO Token fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 * `fetch_pot`: Policy to use for fetching a PO Token from providers. One of `always` (always try fetch a PO Token regardless if the client requires one for the given context), `never` (never fetch a PO Token), or `auto` (default; only fetch a PO Token if the client requires one for the given context)
 * `jsc_trace`: Enable debug logging for JS Challenge fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
-* `use_ad_playback_context`: Skip preroll ads to eliminate the mandatory wait period before download. Do NOT use this when passing premium account cookies to yt-dlp, as it will result in a loss of premium formats. Only effective with the `web`, `web_safari`, `web_music` and `mweb` player clients. Either `true` or `false` (default)
+* `use_ad_playback_context`: Skip preroll ads to eliminate the mandatory wait period before download. Do NOT use this when passing premium account cookies to yt-dlp, as it will result in a loss of premium formats. Only effective with the `mweb` and `web_music` player clients. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 #### youtube-ejs
 * `jitless`: Run supported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported runtimes are `deno`, `node` and `bun`. Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that `node` and `bun` are still considered insecure. Either `true` or `false` (default)
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ default = [
    "requests>=2.32.2,<3",
    "urllib3>=2.0.2,<3",
    "websockets>=13.0",
-    "yt-dlp-ejs==0.5.0",
+    "yt-dlp-ejs==0.8.0",
 ]
 curl-cffi = [
    "curl-cffi>=0.5.10,!=0.6.*,!=0.7.*,!=0.8.*,!=0.9.*,<0.15; implementation_name=='cpython'",
--- a/test/test_jsc/test_ejs_integration.py
+++ b/test/test_jsc/test_ejs_integration.py
@@ -53,117 +53,65 @@ class Challenge:
 CHALLENGES: list[Challenge] = [
-    Challenge('3d3ba064', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
+    # 20522
-        'ZdZIqFPQK-Ty8wId': 'qmtUsIz04xxiNW',
+    Challenge('74edf1a3', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
-        '4GMrWHyKI5cEvhDO': 'N9gmEX7YhKTSmw',
+        'IlLiA21ny7gqA2m4p37': '9nRTxrbM1f0yHg',
        'eabGFpsUKuWHXGh6FR4': 'izmYqDEY6kl7Sg',
        'eabGF/ps%UK=uWHXGh6FR4': 'LACmqlhaBpiPlgE-a',
    }),
-    Challenge('3d3ba064', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
+    Challenge('74edf1a3', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt':
            'ttJC2JfQdSswRAIgGBCxZyAfKyi0cjXCb3gqEctUw-NYdNmOEvaepit0zJAtIEsgOV2SXZjhSHMNy0NXNG_1kNyBf6HPuAuCduh-a7O',
    }),
    Challenge('5ec65609', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
        '0eRGgQWJGfT5rFHFj': '4SvMpDQH-vBJCw',
    }),
    Challenge('5ec65609', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'AAJAJfQdSswRQIhAMG5SN7-cAFChdrE7tLA6grH0rTMICA1mmDc0HoXgW3CAiAQQ4=CspfaF_vt82XH5yewvqcuEkvzeTsbRuHssRMyJQ=I':
            'AJfQdSswRQIhAMG5SN7-cAFChdrE7tLA6grI0rTMICA1mmDc0HoXgW3CAiAQQ4HCspfaF_vt82XH5yewvqcuEkvzeTsbRuHssRMyJQ==',
    }),
    Challenge('6742b2b9', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
        '_HPB-7GFg1VTkn9u': 'qUAsPryAO_ByYg',
        'K1t_fcB6phzuq2SF': 'Y7PcOt3VE62mog',
    }),
    Challenge('6742b2b9', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'MMGZJMUucirzS_SnrSPYsc85CJNnTUi6GgR5NKn-znQEICACojE8MHS6S7uYq4TGjQX_D4aPk99hNU6wbTvorvVVMgIARwsSdQfJAA':
            'AJfQdSswRAIgMVVvrovTbw6UNh99kPa4D_XQjGT4qYu7S6SHM8EjoCACIEQnz-nKN5RgG6iUTnNJC58csYPSrnS_SzricuUMJZGM',
    }),
    Challenge('2b83d2e0', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        '0eRGgQWJGfT5rFHFj': 'euHbygrCMLksxd',
    }),
    Challenge('2b83d2e0', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'MMGZJMUucirzS_SnrSPYsc85CJNnTUi6GgR5NKn-znQEICACojE8MHS6S7uYq4TGjQX_D4aPk99hNU6wbTvorvVVMgIARwsSdQfJA':
            '-MGZJMUucirzS_SnrSPYsc85CJNnTUi6GgR5NKnMznQEICACojE8MHS6S7uYq4TGjQX_D4aPk99hNU6wbTvorvVVMgIARwsSdQfJ',
    }),
    Challenge('638ec5c6', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'ZdZIqFPQK-Ty8wId': '1qov8-KM-yH',
    }),
    Challenge('638ec5c6', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt':
            'MhudCuAuP-6fByOk1_GNXN7gNHHShjyXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeav0OmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt',
    }),
    # c1c87fb0: tce variant broke sig solving; n and main variant are added only for regression testing
    Challenge('c1c87fb0', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'ZdZIqFPQK-Ty8wId': 'jCHBK5GuAFNa2',
    }),
    Challenge('c1c87fb0', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt':
            'ttJC2JfQdSswRAIgGBCxZyAfKyi0cjXCb3DqEctUw-NYdNmOEvaepit0zJAtIEsgOV2SXZjhSHMNy0NXNGa1kOyBf6HPuAuCduh-_',
    }),
    Challenge('c1c87fb0', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'ZdZIqFPQK-Ty8wId': 'jCHBK5GuAFNa2',
    }),
    Challenge('c1c87fb0', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt':
            'ttJC2JfQdSswRAIgGBCxZyAfKyi0cjXCb3DqEctUw-NYdNmOEvaepit0zJAtIEsgOV2SXZjhSHMNy0NXNGa1kOyBf6HPuAuCduh-_',
    }),
    # 4e51e895: main variant broke sig solving; n challenge is added only for regression testing
    Challenge('4e51e895', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        '0eRGgQWJGfT5rFHFj': 't5kO23_msekBur',
    }),
    Challenge('4e51e895', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'AL6p_8AwdY9yAhRzK8rYA_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7':
            'AwdY9yAhRzK8rYA_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n9pKizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7_9n97Kizf7',
    }),
    # 42c5570b: tce variant broke sig solving; n challenge is added only for regression testing
    Challenge('42c5570b', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'ZdZIqFPQK-Ty8wId': 'CRoXjB-R-R',
    }),
    Challenge('42c5570b', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt':
            'EN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavcOmNdYN-wUtgEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt',
    }),
    # 54bd1de4: tce variant broke sig solving; n challenge is added only for regression testing
    Challenge('54bd1de4', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'ZdZIqFPQK-Ty8wId': 'ka-slAQ31sijFN',
    }),
    Challenge('54bd1de4', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt':
            'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0titeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtp',
    }),
    # 94667337: tce and es6 variants broke sig solving; n and main/tv variants are added only for regression testing
    Challenge('94667337', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'BQoJvGBkC2nj1ZZLK-': 'ib1ShEOGoFXIIw',
    }),
    Challenge('94667337', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'NJAJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyyPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=gwzz':
-            'AJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MNdzyyPRtzBM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=',
+            'NJAJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyyPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hzMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=gwzl',
        '\x00\x01\x02%\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49':
            '\x00\x01\x02%\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x40\x41\x42\x49\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x43',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.tv, JsChallengeType.N, {
+    # 20523
-        'BQoJvGBkC2nj1ZZLK-': 'ib1ShEOGoFXIIw',
+    Challenge('901741ab', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'BQoJvGBkC2nj1ZZLK-': 'UMPovvBZRh-sjb',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.tv, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
+    Challenge('901741ab', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'NJAJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyyPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=gwzz':
-            'AJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MNdzyyPRtzBM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=',
+            'wgwCHlydB9Hg7PMegXoVzaoAXXB8woPSNZqRUC3Pe7vAEiApVSCMlhwmt5ON-8MB=5RPyyzdAM9MPM-kPfjgTxEK0IAhIgRwE0jiEJA',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.es6, JsChallengeType.N, {
+    # 20524
-        'BQoJvGBkC2nj1ZZLK-': 'ib1ShEOGoFXIIw',
+    Challenge('e7573094', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'IlLiA21ny7gqA2m4p37': '3KuQ3235dojTSjo4',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.es6, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
+    Challenge('e7573094', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        'NJAJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyyPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=gwzz':
-            'AJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MNdzyyPRtzBM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=',
+            'yEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyNPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVNAiEAvpeP3CURqZJSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=g',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
+    # 20525
-        'BQoJvGBkC2nj1ZZLK-': 'ib1ShEOGoFXIIw',
+    Challenge('9fcf08e8', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'Dyc5ALyWiO0VqwCiT': 'H2PLmmAmJsYjKA',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
+    Challenge('9fcf08e8', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
-        'NJAJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyyPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=gwzz':
+        '\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f\x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6a':
-            'AJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MNdzyyPRtzBM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=',
+            '\x6a\x69\x68\x67\x66\x65\x64\x63\x62\x61\x60\x5f\x5e\x5d\x5c\x5b\x5a\x59\x58\x57\x56\x55\x54\x53\x52\x51\x50\x4f\x4e\x4d\x4c\x4b\x4a\x49\x48\x47\x46\x45\x44\x43\x42\x41\x40\x3f\x3e\x3d\x3c\x3b\x3a\x39\x38\x37\x36\x35\x34\x33\x32\x31\x30\x2f\x2e\x2d\x2c\x2b\x2a\x29\x28\x27\x26\x25\x24\x23\x22\x21\x20\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1a\x19\x18\x17\x16\x15\x14\x13\x12\x11\x10\x0f\x0e\x0d\x0c\x0b\x03\x09\x08\x07\x06\x05\x04\x0a',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.es6_tce, JsChallengeType.N, {
+    # 20527
-        'BQoJvGBkC2nj1ZZLK-': 'ib1ShEOGoFXIIw',
+    Challenge('21cd2156', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'CiOxDbW1WEE8Ti4w': 'ZcBE4klItiC4rQ',
    }),
-    Challenge('94667337', Variant.es6_tce, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
+    Challenge('21cd2156', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
-        'NJAJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MAdzyyPRt=BM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=gwzz':
+        '\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f\x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6a':
-            'AJEij0EwRgIhAI0KExTgjfPk-MPM9MNdzyyPRtzBM8-XO5tm5hlMCSVpAiEAv7eP3CURqZNSPow8BXXAoazVoXgeMP7gH9BdylHCwgw=',
+            '\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x00\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x6a\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f\x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x4c',
    }),
    # 20528
    Challenge('5e55da5a', Variant.tv, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'FgTvzyq4jKv482R7': 'l26nyYSotkzDxg',
    }),
    Challenge('5e55da5a', Variant.tv, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        '\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f\x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6a':
            '\x46\x66\x65\x64\x63\x62\x61\x60\x5f\x5e\x67\x6a\x5b\x5a\x59\x58\x57\x56\x55\x54\x53\x52\x51\x50\x4f\x4e\x4d\x4c\x4b\x4a\x49\x48\x47\x2c\x45\x44\x43\x42\x41\x40\x3f\x3e\x3d\x3c\x3b\x3a\x39\x38\x13\x36\x35\x34\x33\x32\x31\x30\x2f\x2e\x2d\x5d\x2b\x2a\x29\x28\x27\x26\x25\x24\x23\x22\x21\x20\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1a\x19\x18\x17\x16\x15\x14\x0c\x12\x11\x10\x0f\x0e\x0d\x00\x0b\x0a\x09\x08\x07\x06\x05\x04\x03\x02\x01\x37',
    }),
    # 20529
    Challenge('631d3938', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.N, {
        'KBx1qz7jMhxELa8c': 'ttPvh7WIptsgSw',
    }),
    Challenge('631d3938', Variant.main, JsChallengeType.SIG, {
        '\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f\x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66':
            '\x19\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x00\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f\x60\x61\x62\x63',
    }),
 ]
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class TestRequestHandlerBase:
@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
-@pytest.mark.handler_flaky('CurlCFFI', os.name == 'nt', reason='segfaults')
+@pytest.mark.handler_flaky('CurlCFFI', reason='segfaults')
 class TestHTTPRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
    def test_verify_cert(self, handler):
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ class TestRequestsRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
-@pytest.mark.handler_flaky('CurlCFFI', os.name == 'nt', reason='segfaults')
+@pytest.mark.handler_flaky('CurlCFFI', reason='segfaults')
 class TestCurlCFFIRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
    @pytest.mark.parametrize('params,extensions', [
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtp.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtp.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    determine_ext,
    int_or_none,
    js_to_json,
    make_archive_id,
    parse_duration,
    parse_iso8601,
    url_or_none,
@@ -16,12 +17,12 @@ from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
 class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?rtp\.pt/play/(?:[^/#?]+/)?p(?P<program_id>\d+)/(?P<id>e\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?rtp\.pt/play/(?:[^/#?]+/)?(?P<program_id>p\d+)/(?P<episode_id>e\d+)(?:/[^/#?]+/(?P<asset_id>\d+))?'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'http://www.rtp.pt/play/p405/e174042/paixoes-cruzadas',
        'md5': 'e736ce0c665e459ddb818546220b4ef8',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'e174042',
+            'id': '395769',
            'ext': 'mp3',
            'title': 'Paixões Cruzadas',
            'description': 'md5:af979e58ba0ab73f78435fc943fdb070',
@@ -32,12 +33,15 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
            'modified_date': '20190327',
            'timestamp': 1417219200,
            'upload_date': '20141129',
            'episode_id': 'e174042',
            'series_id': 'p405',
            '_old_archive_ids': ['rtp e174042'],
        },
    }, {
        'url': 'https://www.rtp.pt/play/zigzag/p13166/e757904/25-curiosidades-25-de-abril',
        'md5': '5b4859940e3adef61247a77dfb76046a',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'e757904',
+            'id': '1226642',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'Estudar ou não estudar',
            'description': 'md5:3bfd7eb8bebfd5711a08df69c9c14c35',
@@ -50,13 +54,16 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
            'episode_number': 2,
            'episode': 'Estudar ou não estudar',
            'modified_date': '20240404',
            'episode_id': 'e757904',
            'series_id': 'p13166',
            '_old_archive_ids': ['rtp e757904'],
        },
    }, {
        # Episode not accessible through API
        'url': 'https://www.rtp.pt/play/estudoemcasa/p7776/e500050/portugues-1-ano',
        'md5': '57660c0b46db9f22118c52cbd65975e4',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'e500050',
+            'id': '871639',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'Português - 1.º ano',
            'duration': 1669.0,
@@ -64,6 +71,67 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
            'upload_date': '20201020',
            'timestamp': 1603180799,
            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn-images.rtp.pt/EPG/imagens/39482_59449_64850.png?v=3&w=860',
            'episode_id': 'e500050',
            'series_id': 'p7776',
            '_old_archive_ids': ['rtp e500050'],
        },
        'expected_warnings': ['Episode data not found in API response; falling back to web extraction'],
    }, {
        # Ambiguous URL for 1st part of a multi-part episode without --no-playlist
        'url': 'https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14335/e877072/a-nossa-tarde',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': 'e877072',
            'title': 'A Nossa Tarde',
            'duration': 6545.0,
            'series': 'A Nossa Tarde',
            'series_id': 'p14335',
            'season': '2025',
            'episode_id': 'e877072',
            'timestamp': 1758560188,
            'upload_date': '20250922',
            'modified_timestamp': 1758563110,
            'modified_date': '20250922',
        },
        'playlist_count': 3,
    }, {
        # Ambiguous URL for 1st part of a multi-part episode with --no-playlist
        'url': 'https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14335/e877072/a-nossa-tarde',
        'md5': '2aa3c89c95e852d6f04168b95d0d0632',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '1364711',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'A Nossa Tarde',
            'duration': 1292.0,
            'thumbnail': r're:https://cdn-images\.rtp\.pt/multimedia/screenshots/p14335/p14335_1_20250922155118e161t0312\.jpg',
            'series': 'A Nossa Tarde',
            'series_id': 'p14335',
            'season': '2025',
            'episode_id': 'e877072',
            'timestamp': 1758560188,
            'upload_date': '20250922',
            'modified_timestamp': 1758563110,
            'modified_date': '20250922',
            '_old_archive_ids': ['rtp e877072'],
        },
        'params': {'noplaylist': True},
    }, {
        # Unambiguous URL for 2nd part of a multi-part episode
        'url': 'https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14335/e877072/a-nossa-tarde/1364744',
        'md5': 'b624767af558a557372a6fcd1dcdfa17',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '1364744',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'A Nossa Tarde',
            'duration': 3270.0,
            'thumbnail': r're:https://cdn-images\.rtp\.pt/multimedia/screenshots/p14335/p14335_2_20250922165718e161t0412\.jpg',
            'series': 'A Nossa Tarde',
            'series_id': 'p14335',
            'season': '2025',
            'episode_id': 'e877072',
            'timestamp': 1758560188,
            'upload_date': '20250922',
            'modified_timestamp': 1758563110,
            'modified_date': '20250922',
        },
    }]
@@ -92,19 +160,19 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
            return None
        return url.replace('/drm-fps/', '/hls/').replace('/drm-dash/', '/dash/')
-    def _extract_formats(self, media_urls, episode_id):
+    def _extract_formats(self, media_urls, display_id):
        formats = []
        subtitles = {}
        for media_url in set(traverse_obj(media_urls, (..., {url_or_none}, {self._cleanup_media_url}))):
            ext = determine_ext(media_url)
            if ext == 'm3u8':
                fmts, subs = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
-                    media_url, episode_id, m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False)
+                    media_url, display_id, m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False)
                formats.extend(fmts)
                self._merge_subtitles(subs, target=subtitles)
            elif ext == 'mpd':
                fmts, subs = self._extract_mpd_formats_and_subtitles(
-                    media_url, episode_id, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False)
+                    media_url, display_id, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False)
                formats.extend(fmts)
                self._merge_subtitles(subs, target=subtitles)
            else:
@@ -114,24 +182,12 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
                })
        return formats, subtitles
-    def _extract_from_api(self, program_id, episode_id):
+    def _extract_asset(self, asset_data, episode_id, episode_info, archive_compat=False):
-        auth_token = self._fetch_auth_token()
+        asset_id = asset_data['asset_id']
-        if not auth_token:
+        asset_urls = traverse_obj(asset_data, ('asset_url', {dict}))
            return
        episode_data = traverse_obj(self._download_json(
            f'https://www.rtp.pt/play/api/1/get-episode/{program_id}/{episode_id[1:]}', episode_id,
            query={'include_assets': 'true', 'include_webparams': 'true'},
            headers={
                'Accept': '*/*',
                'Authorization': f'Bearer {auth_token}',
                'User-Agent': self._USER_AGENT,
            }, fatal=False), 'result', {dict})
        if not episode_data:
            return
        asset_urls = traverse_obj(episode_data, ('assets', 0, 'asset_url', {dict}))
        media_urls = traverse_obj(asset_urls, (
            ((('hls', 'dash'), 'stream_url'), ('multibitrate', ('url_hls', 'url_dash'))),))
-        formats, subtitles = self._extract_formats(media_urls, episode_id)
+        formats, subtitles = self._extract_formats(media_urls, asset_id)
        for sub_data in traverse_obj(asset_urls, ('subtitles', 'vtt_list', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['file']))):
            subtitles.setdefault(sub_data.get('code') or 'pt', []).append({
@@ -140,17 +196,63 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
            })
        return {
-            'id': episode_id,
+            **episode_info,
            'id': asset_id,
            'episode_id': episode_id,
            # asset_id is a unique identifier for all RTP videos, while episode_id is duplicated
            # across all parts of a multi-part episode. Older versions of this IE returned
            # episode_id as the video id and would only download the first part of multi-part eps.
            # For download archive compat, we should return the episode_id as the old archive id
            # *only* when extracting single-part episodes OR the *first* part of a multi-part ep.
            '_old_archive_ids': [make_archive_id(self, episode_id)] if archive_compat else None,
            'formats': formats,
            'subtitles': subtitles,
-            'thumbnail': traverse_obj(episode_data, ('assets', 0, 'asset_thumbnail', {url_or_none})),
+            **traverse_obj(asset_data, {
                'thumbnail': ('asset_thumbnail', {url_or_none}),
                'duration': ('asset_duration', {parse_duration}),
                'webpage_url': ('web', 'url', {url_or_none}),
            }),
        }
    def _report_fallback_warning(self, missing_info_name='required info', display_id=None):
        self.report_warning(
            f'{missing_info_name.capitalize()} not found in API response; falling back to web extraction',
            video_id=display_id)
    def _entries(self, assets, episode_id, episode_info):
        # Only pass archive_compat=True for the first entry without an asset_id in its webpage_url
        for idx, asset_data in enumerate(assets):
            yield self._extract_asset(asset_data, episode_id, episode_info, archive_compat=not idx)
    def _extract_from_api(self, program_id, episode_id, asset_id):
        auth_token = self._fetch_auth_token()
        if not auth_token:
            self._report_fallback_warning('auth token', episode_id)
            return None
        episode_data = traverse_obj(self._download_json(
            f'https://www.rtp.pt/play/api/1/get-episode/{program_id[1:]}/{episode_id[1:]}',
            asset_id or episode_id, query={'include_assets': 'true', 'include_webparams': 'true'},
            headers={
                'Accept': '*/*',
                'Authorization': f'Bearer {auth_token}',
                'User-Agent': self._USER_AGENT,
            }, fatal=False), 'result', {dict})
        if not episode_data:
            self._report_fallback_warning('episode data', episode_id)
            return None
        episode_info = {
            'id': episode_id,  # playlist id
            'episode_id': episode_id,
            'series_id': program_id,
            **traverse_obj(episode_data, ('episode', {
                'title': (('episode_title', 'program_title'), {str}, filter, any),
                'alt_title': ('episode_subtitle', {str}, filter),
                'description': (('episode_description', 'episode_summary'), {str}, filter, any),
                'timestamp': ('episode_air_date', {parse_iso8601(delimiter=' ')}),
                'modified_timestamp': ('episode_lastchanged', {parse_iso8601(delimiter=' ')}),
-                'duration': ('episode_duration_complete', {parse_duration}),
+                'duration': ('episode_duration_complete', {parse_duration}),  # playlist duration
                'episode': ('episode_title', {str}, filter),
                'episode_number': ('episode_number', {int_or_none}),
                'season': ('program_season', {str}, filter),
@@ -158,6 +260,30 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
            })),
        }
        assets = traverse_obj(episode_data, ('assets', lambda _, v: v['asset_id']))
        if not assets:
            self._report_fallback_warning('asset IDs', episode_id)
            return None
        if asset_id:
            asset_data = traverse_obj(assets, (lambda _, v: v['asset_id'] == asset_id, any))
            if not asset_data:
                self._report_fallback_warning(f'asset {asset_id}', episode_id)
                return None
            return self._extract_asset(asset_data, episode_id, episode_info)
        asset_data = assets[0]
        if self._yes_playlist(
            len(assets) > 1 and episode_id, asset_data['asset_id'],
            playlist_label='multi-part episode', video_label='individual part',
        ):
            return self.playlist_result(
                self._entries(assets, episode_id, episode_info), **episode_info)
        # Pass archive_compat=True so we return _old_archive_ids for URLs without an asset_id
        return self._extract_asset(asset_data, episode_id, episode_info, archive_compat=True)
    _RX_OBFUSCATION = re.compile(r'''(?xs)
        atob\s*\(\s*decodeURIComponent\s*\(\s*
            (\[[0-9A-Za-z%,'"]*\])
@@ -172,25 +298,35 @@ class RTPIE(InfoExtractor):
                )).decode('iso-8859-1')),
            data)
-    def _extract_from_html(self, url, episode_id):
+    def _extract_from_html(self, url, program_id, episode_id, asset_id):
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, episode_id)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, asset_id or episode_id)
        if not asset_id:
            asset_id = self._search_regex(r'\basset_id\s*:\s*"(\d+)"', webpage, 'asset ID')
            old_archive_ids = [make_archive_id(self, episode_id)]
        else:
            old_archive_ids = None
        formats = []
        subtitles = {}
        media_urls = traverse_obj(re.findall(r'(?:var\s+f\s*=|RTPPlayer\({[^}]+file:)\s*({[^}]+}|"[^"]+")', webpage), (
            -1, (({self.__unobfuscate}, {js_to_json}, {json.loads}, {dict.values}, ...), {json.loads})))
-        formats, subtitles = self._extract_formats(media_urls, episode_id)
+        formats, subtitles = self._extract_formats(media_urls, asset_id)
        return {
-            'id': episode_id,
+            'id': asset_id,
            'episode_id': episode_id,
            'series_id': program_id,
            'formats': formats,
            'subtitles': subtitles,
            'description': self._html_search_meta(['og:description', 'twitter:description'], webpage, default=None),
            'thumbnail': self._html_search_meta(['og:image', 'twitter:image'], webpage, default=None),
-            **self._search_json_ld(webpage, episode_id, default={}),
+            **self._search_json_ld(webpage, asset_id, default={}),
            'title': self._html_search_meta(['og:title', 'twitter:title'], webpage, default=None),
            '_old_archive_ids': old_archive_ids,
        }
    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        program_id, episode_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('program_id', 'id')
+        program_id, episode_id, asset_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('program_id', 'episode_id', 'asset_id')
-        return self._extract_from_api(program_id, episode_id) or self._extract_from_html(url, episode_id)
+        return (
            self._extract_from_api(program_id, episode_id, asset_id)
            or self._extract_from_html(url, program_id, episode_id, asset_id))
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class TikTokBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
            raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract aweme detail info', video_id=aweme_id)
        return self._parse_aweme_video_app(aweme_detail)
-    def _solve_challenge_and_set_cookie(self, webpage):
+    def _solve_challenge_and_set_cookies(self, webpage):
        challenge_data = traverse_obj(webpage, (
            {find_element(id='cs', html=True)}, {extract_attributes}, 'class',
            filter, {lambda x: f'{x}==='}, {base64.b64decode}, {json.loads}))
@@ -250,17 +250,27 @@ class TikTokBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
        else:
            raise ExtractorError('Unable to solve JS challenge')
-        cookie_value = base64.b64encode(
+        wci_cookie_value = base64.b64encode(
            json.dumps(challenge_data, separators=(',', ':')).encode()).decode()
-        # At time of writing, the cookie name was _wafchallengeid
+        # At time of writing, the wci cookie name was `_wafchallengeid`
-        cookie_name = traverse_obj(webpage, (
+        wci_cookie_name = traverse_obj(webpage, (
            {find_element(id='wci', html=True)}, {extract_attributes},
            'class', {require('challenge cookie name')}))
-        # Actual JS sets Max-Age=1, but we need to adjust for --sleep-requests and Python slowness
+        # At time of writing, the **optional** rci cookie name was `waforiginalreid`
-        expire_time = int(time.time()) + (self.get_param('sleep_interval_requests') or 0) + 2
+        rci_cookie_name = traverse_obj(webpage, (
-        self._set_cookie('.tiktok.com', cookie_name, cookie_value, expire_time=expire_time)
+            {find_element(id='rci', html=True)}, {extract_attributes}, 'class'))
        rci_cookie_value = traverse_obj(webpage, (
            {find_element(id='rs', html=True)}, {extract_attributes}, 'class'))
        # Actual JS sets Max-Age=1 for the cookies, but we'll manually clear them later instead
        expire_time = int(time.time()) + (self.get_param('sleep_interval_requests') or 0) + 120
        self._set_cookie('.tiktok.com', wci_cookie_name, wci_cookie_value, expire_time=expire_time)
        if rci_cookie_name and rci_cookie_value:
            self._set_cookie('.tiktok.com', rci_cookie_name, rci_cookie_value, expire_time=expire_time)
        return wci_cookie_name, rci_cookie_name
    def _extract_web_data_and_status(self, url, video_id, fatal=True):
        video_data, status = {}, -1
@@ -287,7 +297,7 @@ class TikTokBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
        universal_data = self._get_universal_data(webpage, video_id)
        if not universal_data:
            try:
-                self._solve_challenge_and_set_cookie(webpage)
+                cookie_names = self._solve_challenge_and_set_cookies(webpage)
            except ExtractorError as e:
                if fatal:
                    raise
@@ -295,6 +305,9 @@ class TikTokBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                return video_data, status
            webpage = get_webpage(note='Downloading webpage with challenge cookie')
            # Manually clear challenge cookies that should expire immediately after webpage request
            for cookie_name in filter(None, cookie_names):
                self.cookiejar.clear(domain='.tiktok.com', path='/', name=cookie_name)
            if webpage is False:
                return video_data, status
            universal_data = self._get_universal_data(webpage, video_id)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
        },
        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
        'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
        'SUPPORTS_AD_PLAYBACK_CONTEXT': True,
        **WEB_PO_TOKEN_POLICIES,
    },
    # Safari UA returns pre-merged video+audio 144p/240p/360p/720p/1080p HLS formats
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
        },
        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
        'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
        'SUPPORTS_AD_PLAYBACK_CONTEXT': True,
        **WEB_PO_TOKEN_POLICIES,
    },
    'web_embedded': {
@@ -223,16 +221,17 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
        },
        'PLAYER_PO_TOKEN_POLICY': PlayerPoTokenPolicy(required=False, recommended=True),
    },
-    # YouTube Kids videos aren't returned on this client for some reason
+    # "Made for kids" videos aren't available with this client
    # Using a clientVersion>1.65 may return SABR streams only
    'android_vr': {
        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
            'client': {
                'clientName': 'ANDROID_VR',
-                'clientVersion': '1.71.26',
+                'clientVersion': '1.65.10',
                'deviceMake': 'Oculus',
                'deviceModel': 'Quest 3',
                'androidSdkVersion': 32,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.vr.oculus/1.71.26 (Linux; U; Android 12L; eureka-user Build/SQ3A.220605.009.A1) gzip',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.vr.oculus/1.65.10 (Linux; U; Android 12L; eureka-user Build/SQ3A.220605.009.A1) gzip',
                'osName': 'Android',
                'osVersion': '12L',
            },
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ def short_client_name(client_name):
 def _fix_embedded_ytcfg(ytcfg):
    ytcfg['INNERTUBE_CONTEXT'].setdefault('thirdParty', {}).update({
-        'embedUrl': 'https://www.youtube.com/',  # Can be any valid URL
+        'embedUrl': 'https://www.reddit.com/',  # Can be any valid non-YouTube URL
    })
@@ -958,16 +957,25 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
        url = {
            'mweb': 'https://m.youtube.com',
            'web': 'https://www.youtube.com',
            'web_safari': 'https://www.youtube.com',
            'web_music': 'https://music.youtube.com',
            'web_creator': 'https://studio.youtube.com',
            'web_embedded': f'https://www.youtube.com/embed/{video_id}?html5=1',
            'tv': 'https://www.youtube.com/tv',
        }.get(client)
        if not url:
            return {}
        default_ytcfg = self._get_default_ytcfg(client)
        if default_ytcfg['REQUIRE_AUTH'] and not self.is_authenticated:
            return {}
        webpage = self._download_webpage_with_retries(
            url, video_id, note=f'Downloading {client.replace("_", " ").strip()} client config',
-            headers=traverse_obj(self._get_default_ytcfg(client), {
+            headers=traverse_obj(default_ytcfg, {
                'User-Agent': ('INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', 'client', 'userAgent', {str}),
                'Referer': ('INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', 'thirdParty', 'embedUrl', {str}),
            }))
        ytcfg = self.extract_ytcfg(video_id, webpage) or {}
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            'reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers', 'reelPlayerHeaderRenderer'))
        title = self._get_text(renderer, 'title', 'headline') or self._get_text(reel_header_renderer, 'reelTitleText')
-        description = self._get_text(renderer, 'descriptionSnippet')
+        description = self._get_text(renderer, 'descriptionSnippet', ('detailedMetadataSnippets', ..., 'snippetText'))
        duration = int_or_none(renderer.get('lengthSeconds'))
        if duration is None:
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
                    f'https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list={item_id[2:]}', YoutubeTabIE, item_id[2:])
            elif item_id[:2] == 'MP':  # Resolve albums (/[channel/browse]/MP...) to their equivalent playlist
                mdata = self._extract_tab_endpoint(
-                    f'https://music.youtube.com/channel/{item_id}', item_id, default_client='web_music')
+                    f'https://music.youtube.com/browse/{item_id}', item_id, default_client='web_music')
                murl = traverse_obj(mdata, ('microformat', 'microformatDataRenderer', 'urlCanonical'),
                                    get_all=False, expected_type=str)
                if not murl:
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
@@ -140,11 +140,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
    _RETURN_TYPE = 'video'  # XXX: How to handle multifeed?
    _SUBTITLE_FORMATS = ('json3', 'srv1', 'srv2', 'srv3', 'ttml', 'srt', 'vtt')
-    _DEFAULT_CLIENTS = ('android_vr', 'web', 'web_safari')
+    _DEFAULT_CLIENTS = ('android_vr', 'web_safari')
    _DEFAULT_JSLESS_CLIENTS = ('android_vr',)
-    _DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS = ('tv_downgraded', 'web', 'web_safari')
+    _DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS = ('tv_downgraded', 'web_safari')
    # Premium does not require POT (except for subtitles)
-    _DEFAULT_PREMIUM_CLIENTS = ('tv_downgraded', 'web_creator', 'web')
+    _DEFAULT_PREMIUM_CLIENTS = ('tv_downgraded', 'web_creator')
    _WEBPAGE_CLIENTS = ('web', 'web_safari')
    _DEFAULT_WEBPAGE_CLIENT = 'web_safari'
    _GEO_BYPASS = False
@@ -1873,13 +1875,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        'params': {'skip_download': True},
    }]
-    @property
+    _DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VERSION = 'actual'
-    def _skipped_webpage_data(self):
+    _DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VARIANT = 'main'
        # XXX: player_response as a default is a TEMPORARY workaround for pinning _DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VERSION
        return self._configuration_arg('webpage_skip', default=['player_response'])
    _DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VERSION = '20514@9f4cc5e4'
    _DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VARIANT = 'tv'
    _PLAYER_JS_VARIANT_MAP = {
        'main': 'player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
        'tcc': 'player_ias_tcc.vflset/en_US/base.js',
@@ -1895,6 +1892,28 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
    }
    _INVERSE_PLAYER_JS_VARIANT_MAP = {v: k for k, v in _PLAYER_JS_VARIANT_MAP.items()}
    @functools.cached_property
    def _player_js_version(self):
        return self._configuration_arg('player_js_version', [None])[0] or self._DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VERSION
    @functools.cached_property
    def _webpage_client(self):
        webpage_client = self._configuration_arg('webpage_client', [self._DEFAULT_WEBPAGE_CLIENT])[0]
        if webpage_client not in self._WEBPAGE_CLIENTS:
            self.report_warning(
                f'Invalid webpage_client "{webpage_client}" requested; '
                f'falling back to {self._DEFAULT_WEBPAGE_CLIENT}', only_once=True)
            webpage_client = self._DEFAULT_WEBPAGE_CLIENT
        return webpage_client
    @functools.cached_property
    def _skipped_webpage_data(self):
        skipped = set(self._configuration_arg('webpage_skip'))
        # If forcing a player version, the webpage player response must be skipped
        if self._player_js_version != 'actual':
            skipped.add('player_response')
        return skipped
    @classmethod
    def suitable(cls, url):
        from yt_dlp.utils import parse_qs
@@ -1920,13 +1939,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        start_time = time.time()
        formats = [f for f in formats if f.get('is_from_start')]
-        def refetch_manifest(format_id, delay):
+        def refetch_manifest(itag, client_name, delay):
            nonlocal formats, start_time, is_live
            if time.time() <= start_time + delay:
                return
            _, _, _, _, prs, player_url = self._initial_extract(
-                url, smuggled_data, webpage_url, 'web', video_id)
+                url, smuggled_data, webpage_url, self._webpage_client, video_id)
            video_details = traverse_obj(prs, (..., 'videoDetails'), expected_type=dict)
            microformats = traverse_obj(
                prs, (..., 'microformat', 'playerMicroformatRenderer'),
@@ -1935,20 +1954,20 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            is_live = live_status == 'is_live'
            start_time = time.time()
-        def mpd_feed(format_id, delay):
+        def mpd_feed(itag, client_name, delay):
            """
            @returns (manifest_url, manifest_stream_number, is_live) or None
            """
            for retry in self.RetryManager(fatal=False):
                with lock:
-                    refetch_manifest(format_id, delay)
+                    refetch_manifest(itag, client_name, delay)
-                f = next((f for f in formats if f['format_id'] == format_id), None)
+                f = next((f for f in formats if f.get('_itag') == itag and f.get('_client') == client_name), None)
                if not f:
                    if not is_live:
                        retry.error = f'{video_id}: Video is no longer live'
                    else:
-                        retry.error = f'Cannot find refreshed manifest for format {format_id}{bug_reports_message()}'
+                        retry.error = f'Cannot find refreshed manifest for format {itag}{bug_reports_message()}'
                    continue
                # Formats from ended premieres will be missing a manifest_url
@@ -1961,7 +1980,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        for f in formats:
            f['is_live'] = is_live
-            gen = functools.partial(self._live_dash_fragments, video_id, f['format_id'],
+            gen = functools.partial(self._live_dash_fragments, video_id, f['_itag'], f['_client'],
                                    live_start_time, mpd_feed, not is_live and f.copy())
            if is_live:
                f['fragments'] = gen
@@ -1970,7 +1989,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                f['fragments'] = LazyList(gen({}))
                del f['is_from_start']
-    def _live_dash_fragments(self, video_id, format_id, live_start_time, mpd_feed, manifestless_orig_fmt, ctx):
+    def _live_dash_fragments(self, video_id, itag, client_name, live_start_time, mpd_feed, manifestless_orig_fmt, ctx):
        FETCH_SPAN, MAX_DURATION = 5, 432000
        mpd_url, stream_number, is_live = None, None, True
@@ -1994,7 +2013,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            old_mpd_url = mpd_url
            last_error = ctx.pop('last_error', None)
            expire_fast = immediate or (last_error and isinstance(last_error, HTTPError) and last_error.status == 403)
-            mpd_url, stream_number, is_live = (mpd_feed(format_id, 5 if expire_fast else 18000)
+            mpd_url, stream_number, is_live = (mpd_feed(itag, client_name, 5 if expire_fast else 18000)
                                               or (mpd_url, stream_number, False))
            if not refresh_sequence:
                if expire_fast and not is_live:
@@ -2020,7 +2039,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            _last_seq = int(re.search(r'(?:/|^)sq/(\d+)', fragments[-1]['path']).group(1))
            return True, _last_seq
-        self.write_debug(f'[{video_id}] Generating fragments for format {format_id}')
+        self.write_debug(f'[{video_id}] Generating fragments for format {itag}')
        while is_live:
            fetch_time = time.time()
            if no_fragment_score > 30:
@@ -2082,15 +2101,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            time.sleep(max(0, FETCH_SPAN + fetch_time - time.time()))
    def _get_player_js_version(self):
-        player_js_version = self._configuration_arg('player_js_version', [''])[0] or self._DEFAULT_PLAYER_JS_VERSION
+        if self._player_js_version == 'actual':
        if player_js_version == 'actual':
            return None, None
-        if not re.fullmatch(r'[0-9]{5,}@[0-9a-f]{8,}', player_js_version):
+        if not re.fullmatch(r'[0-9]{5,}@[0-9a-f]{8,}', self._player_js_version):
            self.report_warning(
-                f'Invalid player JS version "{player_js_version}" specified. '
+                f'Invalid player JS version "{self._player_js_version}" specified. '
                f'It should be "actual" or in the format of STS@HASH', only_once=True)
            return None, None
-        return player_js_version.split('@')
+        return self._player_js_version.split('@')
    def _construct_player_url(self, *, player_id=None, player_url=None):
        assert player_id or player_url, '_construct_player_url must take one of player_id or player_url'
@@ -2680,12 +2698,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        return {'contentCheckOk': True, 'racyCheckOk': True}
    @classmethod
-    def _generate_player_context(cls, sts=None, use_ad_playback_context=False):
+    def _generate_player_context(cls, sts=None, use_ad_playback_context=False, encrypted_context=None):
        context = {
            'html5Preference': 'HTML5_PREF_WANTS',
        }
        if sts is not None:
            context['signatureTimestamp'] = sts
        if encrypted_context:
            context['encryptedHostFlags'] = encrypted_context
        playback_context = {
            'contentPlaybackContext': context,
@@ -2930,7 +2950,19 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            self._configuration_arg('use_ad_playback_context', ['false'])[0] != 'false'
            and traverse_obj(INNERTUBE_CLIENTS, (client, 'SUPPORTS_AD_PLAYBACK_CONTEXT', {bool})))
-        yt_query.update(self._generate_player_context(sts, use_ad_playback_context))
+        # web_embedded player requests may need to include encryptedHostFlags in its contentPlaybackContext.
        # This can be detected with the embeds_enable_encrypted_host_flags_enforcement experiemnt flag,
        # but there is no harm in including encryptedHostFlags with all web_embedded player requests.
        encrypted_context = None
        if _split_innertube_client(client)[2] == 'embedded':
            encrypted_context = traverse_obj(player_ytcfg, (
                'WEB_PLAYER_CONTEXT_CONFIGS', 'WEB_PLAYER_CONTEXT_CONFIG_ID_EMBEDDED_PLAYER', 'encryptedHostFlags'))
        yt_query.update(
            self._generate_player_context(
                sts=sts,
                use_ad_playback_context=use_ad_playback_context,
                encrypted_context=encrypted_context))
        return self._extract_response(
            item_id=video_id, ep='player', query=yt_query,
@@ -3715,11 +3747,15 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                        sub[STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME] = client_name
                    subtitles = self._merge_subtitles(subs, subtitles)  # Prioritize HLS subs over DASH
                    for f in formats:
-                        if process_manifest_format(f, 'dash', client_name, f['format_id'], require_po_token and not po_token):
+                        # Save original itag value as format_id because process_manifest_format mutates f
                        format_id = f['format_id']
                        if process_manifest_format(f, 'dash', client_name, format_id, require_po_token and not po_token):
                            f['filesize'] = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
                                r'/clen/(\d+)', f.get('fragment_base_url') or f['url'], 'file size', default=None))
                            if needs_live_processing:
                                f['is_from_start'] = True
                                f['_itag'] = format_id
                                f['_client'] = client_name
                            yield f
        yield subtitles
@@ -3880,10 +3916,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        base_url = self.http_scheme() + '//www.youtube.com/'
        webpage_url = base_url + 'watch?v=' + video_id
        webpage_client = 'web'
        webpage, webpage_ytcfg, initial_data, is_premium_subscriber, player_responses, player_url = self._initial_extract(
-            url, smuggled_data, webpage_url, webpage_client, video_id)
+            url, smuggled_data, webpage_url, self._webpage_client, video_id)
        playability_statuses = traverse_obj(
            player_responses, (..., 'playabilityStatus'), expected_type=dict)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/vendor/_info.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/vendor/_info.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # This file is generated by devscripts/update_ejs.py. DO NOT MODIFY!
-VERSION = '0.5.0'
+VERSION = '0.8.0'
 HASHES = {
    'yt.solver.bun.lib.js': '6ff45e94de9f0ea936a183c48173cfa9ce526ee4b7544cd556428427c1dd53c8073ef0174e79b320252bf0e7c64b0032cc1cf9c4358f3fda59033b7caa01c241',
-    'yt.solver.core.js': '9742868113d7b0c29e24a95c8eb2c2bec7cdf95513dc7f55f523ba053c0ecf2af7dcb0138b1d933578304f0dda633a6b3bfff64e912b4c547b99dad083428c4b',
+    'yt.solver.core.js': 'c163a6f376db6ce3da47d516a28a8f2a0554ae95c58dc766f0a6e2b3894f2cef1ee07fa84beb442fa471aac4f300985added1657c7c94c4d1cfefe68920ab599',
-    'yt.solver.core.min.js': 'aee8c3354cfd535809c871c2a517d03231f89cd184e903af82ee274bcc2e90991ef19cb3f65f2ccc858c4963856ea87f8692fe16d71209f4fc7f41c44b828e36',
+    'yt.solver.core.min.js': 'ee5b307d07f55e91e4723edf5ac205cc877a474187849d757dc1322e38427b157a9d706d510c1723d3670f98e5a3f8cbcde77874a80406bd7204bc9fea30f283',
    'yt.solver.deno.lib.js': '9c8ee3ab6c23e443a5a951e3ac73c6b8c1c8fb34335e7058a07bf99d349be5573611de00536dcd03ecd3cf34014c4e9b536081de37af3637c5390c6a6fd6a0f0',
    'yt.solver.lib.js': '1ee3753a8222fc855f5c39db30a9ccbb7967dbe1fb810e86dc9a89aa073a0907f294c720e9b65427d560a35aa1ce6af19ef854d9126a05ca00afe03f72047733',
    'yt.solver.lib.min.js': '8420c259ad16e99ce004e4651ac1bcabb53b4457bf5668a97a9359be9a998a789fee8ab124ee17f91a2ea8fd84e0f2b2fc8eabcaf0b16a186ba734cf422ad053',
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/vendor/yt.solver.core.js
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/vendor/yt.solver.core.js
@@ -39,284 +39,8 @@ var jsc = (function (meriyah, astring) {
  function isOneOf(value, ...of) {
    return of.includes(value);
  }
-  function _optionalChain$2(ops) {
+  function generateArrowFunction(data) {
-    let lastAccessLHS = undefined;
+    return meriyah.parse(data).body[0].expression;
    let value = ops[0];
    let i = 1;
    while (i < ops.length) {
      const op = ops[i];
      const fn = ops[i + 1];
      i += 2;
      if ((op === 'optionalAccess' || op === 'optionalCall') && value == null) {
        return undefined;
      }
      if (op === 'access' || op === 'optionalAccess') {
        lastAccessLHS = value;
        value = fn(value);
      } else if (op === 'call' || op === 'optionalCall') {
        value = fn((...args) => value.call(lastAccessLHS, ...args));
        lastAccessLHS = undefined;
      }
    }
    return value;
  }
  const nsig = {
    type: 'CallExpression',
    callee: { or: [{ type: 'Identifier' }, { type: 'SequenceExpression' }] },
    arguments: [
      {},
      {
        type: 'CallExpression',
        callee: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'decodeURIComponent' },
        arguments: [{}],
      },
    ],
  };
  const nsigAssignment = {
    type: 'AssignmentExpression',
    left: { type: 'Identifier' },
    operator: '=',
    right: nsig,
  };
  const nsigDeclarator = {
    type: 'VariableDeclarator',
    id: { type: 'Identifier' },
    init: nsig,
  };
  const logicalExpression = {
    type: 'ExpressionStatement',
    expression: {
      type: 'LogicalExpression',
      left: { type: 'Identifier' },
      right: {
        type: 'SequenceExpression',
        expressions: [
          {
            type: 'AssignmentExpression',
            left: { type: 'Identifier' },
            operator: '=',
            right: {
              type: 'CallExpression',
              callee: { type: 'Identifier' },
              arguments: {
                or: [
                  [
                    {
                      type: 'CallExpression',
                      callee: {
                        type: 'Identifier',
                        name: 'decodeURIComponent',
                      },
                      arguments: [{ type: 'Identifier' }],
                      optional: false,
                    },
                  ],
                  [
                    { type: 'Literal' },
                    {
                      type: 'CallExpression',
                      callee: {
                        type: 'Identifier',
                        name: 'decodeURIComponent',
                      },
                      arguments: [{ type: 'Identifier' }],
                      optional: false,
                    },
                  ],
                  [
                    { type: 'Literal' },
                    { type: 'Literal' },
                    {
                      type: 'CallExpression',
                      callee: {
                        type: 'Identifier',
                        name: 'decodeURIComponent',
                      },
                      arguments: [{ type: 'Identifier' }],
                      optional: false,
                    },
                  ],
                ],
              },
              optional: false,
            },
          },
          { type: 'CallExpression' },
        ],
      },
      operator: '&&',
    },
  };
  const identifier$1 = {
    or: [
      {
        type: 'ExpressionStatement',
        expression: {
          type: 'AssignmentExpression',
          operator: '=',
          left: { or: [{ type: 'Identifier' }, { type: 'MemberExpression' }] },
          right: { type: 'FunctionExpression' },
        },
      },
      { type: 'FunctionDeclaration' },
      {
        type: 'VariableDeclaration',
        declarations: {
          anykey: [
            {
              type: 'VariableDeclarator',
              init: { type: 'FunctionExpression' },
            },
          ],
        },
      },
    ],
  };
  function extract$1(node) {
    const blocks = [];
    if (matchesStructure(node, identifier$1)) {
      if (
        node.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
        node.expression.type === 'AssignmentExpression' &&
        node.expression.right.type === 'FunctionExpression' &&
        node.expression.right.params.length >= 3
      ) {
        blocks.push(node.expression.right.body);
      } else if (node.type === 'VariableDeclaration') {
        for (const decl of node.declarations) {
          if (
            _optionalChain$2([
              decl,
              'access',
              (_) => _.init,
              'optionalAccess',
              (_2) => _2.type,
            ]) === 'FunctionExpression' &&
            decl.init.params.length >= 3
          ) {
            blocks.push(decl.init.body);
          }
        }
      } else if (
        node.type === 'FunctionDeclaration' &&
        node.params.length >= 3
      ) {
        blocks.push(node.body);
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    } else if (
      node.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
      node.expression.type === 'SequenceExpression'
    ) {
      for (const expr of node.expression.expressions) {
        if (
          expr.type === 'AssignmentExpression' &&
          expr.right.type === 'FunctionExpression' &&
          expr.right.params.length === 3
        ) {
          blocks.push(expr.right.body);
        }
      }
    } else {
      return null;
    }
    for (const block of blocks) {
      let call = null;
      for (const stmt of block.body) {
        if (matchesStructure(stmt, logicalExpression)) {
          if (
            stmt.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
            stmt.expression.type === 'LogicalExpression' &&
            stmt.expression.right.type === 'SequenceExpression' &&
            stmt.expression.right.expressions[0].type ===
              'AssignmentExpression' &&
            stmt.expression.right.expressions[0].right.type === 'CallExpression'
          ) {
            call = stmt.expression.right.expressions[0].right;
          }
        } else if (stmt.type === 'IfStatement') {
          let consequent = stmt.consequent;
          while (consequent.type === 'LabeledStatement') {
            consequent = consequent.body;
          }
          if (consequent.type !== 'BlockStatement') {
            continue;
          }
          for (const n of consequent.body) {
            if (n.type !== 'VariableDeclaration') {
              continue;
            }
            for (const decl of n.declarations) {
              if (
                matchesStructure(decl, nsigDeclarator) &&
                _optionalChain$2([
                  decl,
                  'access',
                  (_3) => _3.init,
                  'optionalAccess',
                  (_4) => _4.type,
                ]) === 'CallExpression'
              ) {
                call = decl.init;
                break;
              }
            }
            if (call) {
              break;
            }
          }
        } else if (stmt.type === 'ExpressionStatement') {
          if (
            stmt.expression.type !== 'LogicalExpression' ||
            stmt.expression.operator !== '&&' ||
            stmt.expression.right.type !== 'SequenceExpression'
          ) {
            continue;
          }
          for (const expr of stmt.expression.right.expressions) {
            if (matchesStructure(expr, nsigAssignment) && expr.type) {
              if (
                expr.type === 'AssignmentExpression' &&
                expr.right.type === 'CallExpression'
              ) {
                call = expr.right;
                break;
              }
            }
          }
        }
        if (call) {
          break;
        }
      }
      if (!call) {
        continue;
      }
      return {
        type: 'ArrowFunctionExpression',
        params: [{ type: 'Identifier', name: 'sig' }],
        body: {
          type: 'CallExpression',
          callee: call.callee,
          arguments: call.arguments.map((arg) => {
            if (
              arg.type === 'CallExpression' &&
              arg.callee.type === 'Identifier' &&
              arg.callee.name === 'decodeURIComponent'
            ) {
              return { type: 'Identifier', name: 'sig' };
            }
            return arg;
          }),
          optional: false,
        },
        async: false,
        expression: false,
        generator: false,
      };
    }
    return null;
  }
  function _optionalChain$1(ops) {
    let lastAccessLHS = undefined;
@@ -341,156 +65,117 @@ var jsc = (function (meriyah, astring) {
  }
  const identifier = {
    or: [
      {
        type: 'ExpressionStatement',
        expression: {
          type: 'AssignmentExpression',
          operator: '=',
          left: { or: [{ type: 'Identifier' }, { type: 'MemberExpression' }] },
          right: { type: 'FunctionExpression', async: false },
        },
      },
      { type: 'FunctionDeclaration', async: false, id: { type: 'Identifier' } },
      {
        type: 'VariableDeclaration',
        kind: 'var',
        declarations: {
          anykey: [
            {
              type: 'VariableDeclarator',
-              id: { type: 'Identifier' },
+              init: { type: 'FunctionExpression', async: false },
              init: {
                type: 'ArrayExpression',
                elements: [{ type: 'Identifier' }],
              },
            },
          ],
        },
      },
      {
        type: 'ExpressionStatement',
        expression: {
          type: 'AssignmentExpression',
          left: { type: 'Identifier' },
          operator: '=',
          right: {
            type: 'ArrayExpression',
            elements: [{ type: 'Identifier' }],
          },
        },
      },
    ],
  };
-  const catchBlockBody = [
+  const asdasd = {
-    {
+    type: 'ExpressionStatement',
-      type: 'ReturnStatement',
+    expression: {
-      argument: {
+      type: 'CallExpression',
-        type: 'BinaryExpression',
+      callee: {
-        left: {
+        type: 'MemberExpression',
-          type: 'MemberExpression',
+        object: { type: 'Identifier' },
-          object: { type: 'Identifier' },
+        property: {},
-          computed: true,
+        optional: false,
          property: { type: 'Literal' },
          optional: false,
        },
        right: { type: 'Identifier' },
        operator: '+',
      },
      arguments: [
        { type: 'Literal', value: 'alr' },
        { type: 'Literal', value: 'yes' },
      ],
      optional: false,
    },
-  ];
+  };
  function extract(node) {
    if (!matchesStructure(node, identifier)) {
      let name = null;
      let block = null;
      switch (node.type) {
        case 'ExpressionStatement': {
          if (
            node.expression.type === 'AssignmentExpression' &&
            node.expression.left.type === 'Identifier' &&
            node.expression.right.type === 'FunctionExpression' &&
            node.expression.right.params.length === 1
          ) {
            name = node.expression.left.name;
            block = node.expression.right.body;
          }
          break;
        }
        case 'FunctionDeclaration': {
          if (node.params.length === 1) {
            name = _optionalChain$1([
              node,
              'access',
              (_) => _.id,
              'optionalAccess',
              (_2) => _2.name,
            ]);
            block = node.body;
          }
          break;
        }
      }
      if (!block || !name) {
        return null;
      }
      const tryNode = block.body.at(-2);
      if (
        _optionalChain$1([tryNode, 'optionalAccess', (_3) => _3.type]) !==
          'TryStatement' ||
        _optionalChain$1([
          tryNode,
          'access',
          (_4) => _4.handler,
          'optionalAccess',
          (_5) => _5.type,
        ]) !== 'CatchClause'
      ) {
        return null;
      }
      const catchBody = tryNode.handler.body.body;
      if (matchesStructure(catchBody, catchBlockBody)) {
        return makeSolverFuncFromName(name);
      }
      return null;
    }
-    if (node.type === 'VariableDeclaration') {
+    const options = [];
-      for (const declaration of node.declarations) {
+    if (node.type === 'FunctionDeclaration') {
-        if (
+      if (
-          declaration.type !== 'VariableDeclarator' ||
+        node.id &&
-          !declaration.init ||
+        _optionalChain$1([
-          declaration.init.type !== 'ArrayExpression' ||
+          node,
-          declaration.init.elements.length !== 1
+          'access',
-        ) {
+          (_) => _.body,
-          continue;
+          'optionalAccess',
-        }
+          (_2) => _2.body,
-        const [firstElement] = declaration.init.elements;
+        ])
-        if (firstElement && firstElement.type === 'Identifier') {
+      ) {
-          return makeSolverFuncFromName(firstElement.name);
+        options.push({
-        }
+          name: node.id,
          statements: _optionalChain$1([
            node,
            'access',
            (_3) => _3.body,
            'optionalAccess',
            (_4) => _4.body,
          ]),
        });
      }
    } else if (node.type === 'ExpressionStatement') {
-      const expr = node.expression;
+      if (node.expression.type !== 'AssignmentExpression') {
-      if (
+        return null;
-        expr.type === 'AssignmentExpression' &&
+      }
-        expr.left.type === 'Identifier' &&
+      const name = node.expression.left;
-        expr.operator === '=' &&
+      const body = _optionalChain$1([
-        expr.right.type === 'ArrayExpression' &&
+        node.expression.right,
-        expr.right.elements.length === 1
+        'optionalAccess',
-      ) {
+        (_5) => _5.body,
-        const [firstElement] = expr.right.elements;
+        'optionalAccess',
-        if (firstElement && firstElement.type === 'Identifier') {
+        (_6) => _6.body,
-          return makeSolverFuncFromName(firstElement.name);
+      ]);
      if (name && body) {
        options.push({ name: name, statements: body });
      }
    } else if (node.type === 'VariableDeclaration') {
      for (const declaration of node.declarations) {
        const name = declaration.id;
        const body = _optionalChain$1([
          declaration.init,
          'optionalAccess',
          (_7) => _7.body,
          'optionalAccess',
          (_8) => _8.body,
        ]);
        if (name && body) {
          options.push({ name: name, statements: body });
        }
      }
    }
    for (const { name: name, statements: statements } of options) {
      if (matchesStructure(statements, { anykey: [asdasd] })) {
        return createSolver(name);
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
-  function makeSolverFuncFromName(name) {
+  function createSolver(expression) {
-    return {
+    return generateArrowFunction(
-      type: 'ArrowFunctionExpression',
+      `\n({sig, n}) => {\n  const url = (${astring.generate(expression)})("https://youtube.com/watch?v=yt-dlp-wins", "s", sig ? encodeURIComponent(sig) : undefined);\n  url.set("n", n);\n  const proto = Object.getPrototypeOf(url);\n  const keys = Object.keys(proto).concat(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(proto));\n  for (const key of keys) {\n    if (!["constructor", "set", "get", "clone"].includes(key)) {\n      url[key]();\n      break;\n    }\n  }\n  const s = url.get("s");\n  return {\n    sig: s ? decodeURIComponent(s) : null,\n    n: url.get("n") ?? null,\n  };\n}\n`,
-      params: [{ type: 'Identifier', name: 'n' }],
+    );
      body: {
        type: 'CallExpression',
        callee: { type: 'Identifier', name: name },
        arguments: [{ type: 'Identifier', name: 'n' }],
        optional: false,
      },
      async: false,
      expression: false,
      generator: false,
    };
  }
  const setupNodes = meriyah.parse(
-    `\nif (typeof globalThis.XMLHttpRequest === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.XMLHttpRequest = { prototype: {} };\n}\nconst window = Object.create(null);\nif (typeof URL === "undefined") {\n    window.location = {\n        hash: "",\n        host: "www.youtube.com",\n        hostname: "www.youtube.com",\n        href: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-dlp-wins",\n        origin: "https://www.youtube.com",\n        password: "",\n        pathname: "/watch",\n        port: "",\n        protocol: "https:",\n        search: "?v=yt-dlp-wins",\n        username: "",\n    };\n} else {\n    window.location = new URL("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-dlp-wins");\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.document === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.document = Object.create(null);\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.navigator === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.navigator = Object.create(null);\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.self === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.self = globalThis;\n}\n`,
+    `\nif (typeof globalThis.XMLHttpRequest === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.XMLHttpRequest = { prototype: {} };\n}\nif (typeof URL === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.location = {\n        hash: "",\n        host: "www.youtube.com",\n        hostname: "www.youtube.com",\n        href: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-dlp-wins",\n        origin: "https://www.youtube.com",\n        password: "",\n        pathname: "/watch",\n        port: "",\n        protocol: "https:",\n        search: "?v=yt-dlp-wins",\n        username: "",\n    };\n} else {\n    globalThis.location = new URL("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-dlp-wins");\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.document === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.document = Object.create(null);\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.navigator === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.navigator = Object.create(null);\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.self === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.self = globalThis;\n}\nif (typeof globalThis.window === "undefined") {\n    globalThis.window = globalThis;\n}\n`,
  ).body;
  function _optionalChain(ops) {
    let lastAccessLHS = undefined;
@@ -585,235 +270,59 @@ var jsc = (function (meriyah, astring) {
  function getSolutions(statements) {
    const found = { n: [], sig: [] };
    for (const statement of statements) {
-      const n = extract(statement);
+      const result = extract(statement);
-      if (n) {
+      if (result) {
-        found.n.push(n);
+        found.n.push(makeSolver(result, { type: 'Identifier', name: 'n' }));
-      }
+        found.sig.push(makeSolver(result, { type: 'Identifier', name: 'sig' }));
      const sig = extract$1(statement);
      if (sig) {
        found.sig.push(sig);
      }
    }
    return found;
  }
  function makeSolver(result, ident) {
    return {
      type: 'ArrowFunctionExpression',
      params: [ident],
      body: {
        type: 'MemberExpression',
        object: {
          type: 'CallExpression',
          callee: result,
          arguments: [
            {
              type: 'ObjectExpression',
              properties: [
                {
                  type: 'Property',
                  key: ident,
                  value: ident,
                  kind: 'init',
                  computed: false,
                  method: false,
                  shorthand: true,
                },
              ],
            },
          ],
          optional: false,
        },
        computed: false,
        property: ident,
        optional: false,
      },
      async: false,
      expression: true,
      generator: false,
    };
  }
  function getFromPrepared(code) {
    const resultObj = { n: null, sig: null };
    Function('_result', code)(resultObj);
    return resultObj;
  }
  function multiTry(generators) {
-    return {
+    return generateArrowFunction(
-      type: 'ArrowFunctionExpression',
+      `\n(_input) => {\n  const _results = new Set();\n  const errors = [];\n  for (const _generator of ${astring.generate({ type: 'ArrayExpression', elements: generators })}) {\n    try {\n      _results.add(_generator(_input));\n    } catch (e) {\n      errors.push(e);\n    }\n  }\n  if (!_results.size) {\n    throw \`no solutions: \${errors.join(", ")}\`;\n  }\n  if (_results.size !== 1) {\n    throw \`invalid solutions: \${[..._results].map(x => JSON.stringify(x)).join(", ")}\`;\n  }\n  return _results.values().next().value;\n}\n`,
-      params: [{ type: 'Identifier', name: '_input' }],
+    );
      body: {
        type: 'BlockStatement',
        body: [
          {
            type: 'VariableDeclaration',
            kind: 'const',
            declarations: [
              {
                type: 'VariableDeclarator',
                id: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_results' },
                init: {
                  type: 'NewExpression',
                  callee: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'Set' },
                  arguments: [],
                },
              },
            ],
          },
          {
            type: 'ForOfStatement',
            left: {
              type: 'VariableDeclaration',
              kind: 'const',
              declarations: [
                {
                  type: 'VariableDeclarator',
                  id: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_generator' },
                  init: null,
                },
              ],
            },
            right: { type: 'ArrayExpression', elements: generators },
            body: {
              type: 'BlockStatement',
              body: [
                {
                  type: 'TryStatement',
                  block: {
                    type: 'BlockStatement',
                    body: [
                      {
                        type: 'ExpressionStatement',
                        expression: {
                          type: 'CallExpression',
                          callee: {
                            type: 'MemberExpression',
                            object: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_results' },
                            computed: false,
                            property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'add' },
                            optional: false,
                          },
                          arguments: [
                            {
                              type: 'CallExpression',
                              callee: {
                                type: 'Identifier',
                                name: '_generator',
                              },
                              arguments: [
                                { type: 'Identifier', name: '_input' },
                              ],
                              optional: false,
                            },
                          ],
                          optional: false,
                        },
                      },
                    ],
                  },
                  handler: {
                    type: 'CatchClause',
                    param: null,
                    body: { type: 'BlockStatement', body: [] },
                  },
                  finalizer: null,
                },
              ],
            },
            await: false,
          },
          {
            type: 'IfStatement',
            test: {
              type: 'UnaryExpression',
              operator: '!',
              argument: {
                type: 'MemberExpression',
                object: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_results' },
                computed: false,
                property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'size' },
                optional: false,
              },
              prefix: true,
            },
            consequent: {
              type: 'BlockStatement',
              body: [
                {
                  type: 'ThrowStatement',
                  argument: {
                    type: 'TemplateLiteral',
                    expressions: [],
                    quasis: [
                      {
                        type: 'TemplateElement',
                        value: { cooked: 'no solutions', raw: 'no solutions' },
                        tail: true,
                      },
                    ],
                  },
                },
              ],
            },
            alternate: null,
          },
          {
            type: 'IfStatement',
            test: {
              type: 'BinaryExpression',
              left: {
                type: 'MemberExpression',
                object: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_results' },
                computed: false,
                property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'size' },
                optional: false,
              },
              right: { type: 'Literal', value: 1 },
              operator: '!==',
            },
            consequent: {
              type: 'BlockStatement',
              body: [
                {
                  type: 'ThrowStatement',
                  argument: {
                    type: 'TemplateLiteral',
                    expressions: [
                      {
                        type: 'CallExpression',
                        callee: {
                          type: 'MemberExpression',
                          object: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_results' },
                          computed: false,
                          property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'join' },
                          optional: false,
                        },
                        arguments: [{ type: 'Literal', value: ', ' }],
                        optional: false,
                      },
                    ],
                    quasis: [
                      {
                        type: 'TemplateElement',
                        value: {
                          cooked: 'invalid solutions: ',
                          raw: 'invalid solutions: ',
                        },
                        tail: false,
                      },
                      {
                        type: 'TemplateElement',
                        value: { cooked: '', raw: '' },
                        tail: true,
                      },
                    ],
                  },
                },
              ],
            },
            alternate: null,
          },
          {
            type: 'ReturnStatement',
            argument: {
              type: 'MemberExpression',
              object: {
                type: 'CallExpression',
                callee: {
                  type: 'MemberExpression',
                  object: {
                    type: 'CallExpression',
                    callee: {
                      type: 'MemberExpression',
                      object: { type: 'Identifier', name: '_results' },
                      computed: false,
                      property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'values' },
                      optional: false,
                    },
                    arguments: [],
                    optional: false,
                  },
                  computed: false,
                  property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'next' },
                  optional: false,
                },
                arguments: [],
                optional: false,
              },
              computed: false,
              property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'value' },
              optional: false,
            },
          },
        ],
      },
      async: false,
      expression: false,
      generator: false,
    };
  }
  function main(input) {
    const preprocessedPlayer =
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
-__version__ = '2026.03.03'
+__version__ = '2026.03.17'
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '2ecc4c3bc300701d85e2cbaeb2b28a921a68f0f0'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '04d6974f502bbdfaed72c624344f262e30ad9708'
 VARIANT = None
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CHANNEL = 'stable'
 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
-_pkg_version = '2026.03.03'
+_pkg_version = '2026.03.17'
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
bashonly	f01e1a1ced	[ie/rtp] Support multi-part episodes and `--no-playlist` (#16299 ) Closes #16286 Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-21 19:52:25 +00:00
github-actions[bot]	7fd74d1009	Release 2026.03.17 Created by: bashonly :ci skip all	2026-03-17 23:25:11 +00:00
bashonly	04d6974f50	[ie/youtube] Update ejs to 0.8.0 (#16269 ) * Also default to `main` for `player_js_variant` extractor-arg Closes #16256 Authored by: bashonly, Grub4K Co-authored-by: Simon Sawicki <contact@grub4k.dev>	2026-03-17 23:17:34 +00:00
bashonly	18656b2f2a	[test:networking] Mark all CurlCFFIRH tests as flaky for any OS (#16266 ) Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-17 22:45:03 +00:00
bashonly	1b6ec8fc25	[ie/youtube] Fix `--live-from-start` support (#16254 ) Closes #16237 Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-17 22:44:30 +00:00
bashonly	7fab4c2b23	[build] Use PyInstaller v6.19.0 for Windows (#16265 ) Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-17 19:48:07 +00:00
bashonly	66c4947e9c	[ie/youtube] Always respect `webpage_client` extractor-arg (#16250 ) Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-17 19:47:34 +00:00
bashonly	4fc768b7f7	[ci] Bump actions pins (#16252 ) * Bump actions/cache v5.0.2 → v5.0.3 * Bump actions/download-artifact v7.0.0 → v8.0.1 * Bump actions/setup-node v6.2.0 → v6.3.0 * Bump actions/upload-artifact v6.0.0 → v7.0.0 * Bump docker/setup-qemu-action v3.7.0 → v4.0.0 * Bump github/codeql-action v4.31.9 → v4.33.0 * Bump oven-sh/setup-bun v2.1.2 → v2.2.0 * Bump zizmorcore/zizmor-action v0.4.1 → v0.5.2 * Bump actionlint v1.7.9 → v1.7.11 * Bump zizmor v1.22.0 → v1.23.1 * Adapt zizmor configuration to new version Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-17 18:04:32 +00:00
bashonly	e68afb2827	[docs] Fix `player_client` extractor-arg documentation (#16235 ) Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-13 17:35:36 +00:00
github-actions[bot]	990fdf36dd	Release 2026.03.13 Created by: bashonly :ci skip all	2026-03-13 08:45:00 +00:00
bashonly	92f1d99dbe	[ie/youtube] Update ejs to 0.7.0 (#16231 ) Closes #16118, Closes #16212 Authored by: bashonly, Grub4K Co-authored-by: Simon Sawicki <contact@grub4k.dev>	2026-03-13 08:29:40 +00:00
bashonly	db62e438a1	[ie/tiktok] Fix challenge solving (#16223 ) Fix `e3f0d8b731` Closes #16199 Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-13 05:12:36 +00:00
Peter Devine	3e36cf9cdb	[ie/youtube:tab] Improve description extraction (#16057 ) Closes #16056 Authored by: Peter-Devine	2026-03-11 06:19:50 +00:00
Frieder Hannenheim	ae025da023	[ie/youtube:tab] Fix album extraction (#16041 ) Closes #16016 Authored by: FriederHannenheim	2026-03-11 06:48:20 +01:00
bashonly	48a61d0f38	[ie/youtube] Request `web_safari` & `web_creator` client configs (#16198 ) Closes #16144 Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-11 05:32:30 +00:00
SparseOrnament15	f2bd3202c0	[ie/youtube] Fix `web_embedded` player client (#16177 ) Closes #16077 Authored by: SparseOrnament15, bashonly Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-10 23:25:13 +00:00
bashonly	7e145ac1ca	[ie/youtube] Fix `use_ad_playback_context` extractor-arg (#16196 ) Authored by: bashonly	2026-03-10 23:24:03 +00:00
gamer191	ff459e5fc0	[ie/youtube] Fix `android_vr` player client (#16168 ) Closes #16150 Authored by: gamer191	2026-03-10 22:08:13 +00:00