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I kind of have to "disagree". We live in a world where everybody above the age of SIXTEEN or so (except me, I do not own a mobile phone!) will "upgrade" their PHONE every two to three and a half years, IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY! Seriously, why in *H#LL* should we, the consumer, "demand" a web site function on a PC that is MORE THAN FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OLD when the owner of that web site KNOWS D#MN WELL that the consumer ALSO OWNS A PHONE ???

I can confirm that the IOS formats still work to this day without supplying a PO Token string, at least for non-live YT content: yt-dlp --extractor-args "youtube:player_client=ios" -vf 270+234 -N 6 "O5TS2CbBhKo" [debug] Command-line config: ['--ffmpeg-location', '<redacted>\\youtube-dl\\FFmpeg', '--downloader-args', 'ffmpeg:-v 8 -stats', '--extractor-args', 'youtube:player_client=ios', '-vf', '270+234', '-N', '6', 'O5TS2CbBhKo'] Deprecated Feature: Support for Python version 3.9 has been deprecated. Please update to Python 3.10 or above [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.20.060440 (win32_dir) [debug] Python 3.9.13 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 1.1.1w 11 Sep 2023) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n6.1-dev-2615-N-112499-ga76b409 (setts), ffprobe n6.1-dev-2615-N-112499-ga76b409 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.08.03, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.4, sqlite3-3.37.2, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1839 extractors [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [youtube] Extracting URL: O5TS2CbBhKo [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Downloading webpage [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Downloading ios player API JSON [debug] [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: ios client https formats require a GVS PO Token which was not provided. They will be skipped as they may yield HTTP Error 403. You can manually pass a GVS PO Token for this client with --extractor-args "youtube:po_token=ios.gvs+XXX". For more information, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/PO-Token-Guide . To enable these broken formats anyway, pass --extractor-args "youtube:formats=missing_pot" [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id [info] Testing format 270 [download] Sleeping 6.00 seconds as required by the site... [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 45 [download] Destination: <redacted>\2025.08.20.60440[VistaEoL]\yt-dlp_py39_x86_Vista_onedir\tmpefmf2acs.tmp [debug] File locking is not supported. Proceeding without locking [download] 100% of 684.80KiB in 00:00:03 at 190.65KiB/s [info] Testing format 234 [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 45 [download] Destination: <redacted>\2025.08.20.60440[VistaEoL]\yt-dlp_py39_x86_Vista_onedir\tmpklhwl68j.tmp [download] 100% of 85.49KiB in 00:00:00 at 240.81KiB/s [info] O5TS2CbBhKo: Downloading 1 format(s): 270+234 [debug] Invoking hlsnative downloader on "https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/expire/1758487269/ei/hQ7QaPO9LYWahcIPjPHD0QM/ip/redacted/id/3b94d2d826c184aa/itag/270/source/youtube/requiressl/yes/ratebypass/yes/pfa/1/sgovp/clen%3D70853892%3Bdur%3D240.833%3Bgir%3Dyes%3Bitag%3D137%3Blmt%3D1746948976091491/rqh/1/hls_chunk_host/rr3---sn-4vguioxu-n3bl.googlevideo.com/xpc/EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D/met/1758465669,/mh/yJ/mm/31,29/mn/sn-4vguioxu-n3bl,sn-nv47lnsr/ms/au,rdu/mv/m/mvi/3/pl/18/rms/au,au/initcwndbps/1235000/bui/ATw7iSV_YS72GHNfobiXeJrmuWQRFLz3FoDYouFmm2Q9wIreg41H4rztQjVAmpYzwLmz_VnwsxtPkDaO/spc/hcYD5XitMHHlZg_xF73VMUq2RrPkDtQdXPmkW8Hhn2SLNLZwydZk-Dmz07CrUTO7/vprv/1/playlist_type/DVR/dover/13/txp/5319224/mt/1758465242/fvip/4/short_key/1/keepalive/yes/fexp/51552689,51565115,51565681,51580968/sparams/expire,ei,ip,id,itag,source,requiressl,ratebypass,pfa,sgovp,rqh,xpc,bui,spc,vprv,playlist_type/sig/AJfQdSswRQIhALhXdXZkAmE7g4Z4_EgcYMniOkFycU5zuN3mEWILkAbPAiASJbP8PiIRLGXkmasLAYlV3cGalnknZdkAcTafLg0YAg%3D%3D/lsparams/hls_chunk_host,met,mh,mm,mn,ms,mv,mvi,pl,rms,initcwndbps/lsig/APaTxxMwRQIhAJ8DVEKSmJcwfp_UhLuA5TWdA76-8hLfzmwlCDAft8HjAiAiremKIHE528NiUf2bzY1vHmTE6qTE09cnwnt18SlVNw%3D%3D/playlist/index.m3u8" [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 45 [download] Destination: Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].f270.mp4 [download] 100% of 69.69MiB in 00:01:29 at 795.36KiB/s [debug] Invoking hlsnative downloader on "https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/expire/1758487269/ei/hQ7QaPO9LYWahcIPjPHD0QM/ip/redacted/id/3b94d2d826c184aa/itag/234/source/youtube/requiressl/yes/ratebypass/yes/pfa/1/goi/133/sgoap/clen%3D3899667%3Bdur%3D240.907%3Bgir%3Dyes%3Bitag%3D140%3Blmt%3D1746948952157345/rqh/1/hls_chunk_host/rr3---sn-4vguioxu-n3bl.googlevideo.com/xpc/EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D/met/1758465669,/mh/yJ/mm/31,29/mn/sn-4vguioxu-n3bl,sn-nv47lnsr/ms/au,rdu/mv/m/mvi/3/pl/18/rms/au,au/initcwndbps/1235000/bui/ATw7iSV_YS72GHNfobiXeJrmuWQRFLz3FoDYouFmm2Q9wIreg41H4rztQjVAmpYzwLmz_VnwsxtPkDaO/spc/hcYD5XitMHHlZg_xF73VMUq2RrPkDtQdXPmkW8Hhn2SLNLZwydZk-Dmz07CrUTO7/vprv/1/playlist_type/DVR/dover/13/txp/5318224/mt/1758465242/fvip/4/short_key/1/keepalive/yes/fexp/51552689,51565115,51565681,51580968/sparams/expire,ei,ip,id,itag,source,requiressl,ratebypass,pfa,goi,sgoap,rqh,xpc,bui,spc,vprv,playlist_type/sig/AJfQdSswRQIgdPOwtK4mbupwqiZ8pv2k9eOssn0NAajOdnMgB6ALDoACIQCadC6_b_5p64mwprXLRObgdNlTj2TQyIoBklDsdnPP9w%3D%3D/lsparams/hls_chunk_host,met,mh,mm,mn,ms,mv,mvi,pl,rms,initcwndbps/lsig/APaTxxMwRgIhAN16Z2-BpuDH8V9O3omjAFdhR7QMOi3pZAE4cBURjoE1AiEA-cqkk5eJf1-9TIR-1FPMUC1sIYujyXNiqgg8uYFr9Dc%3D/playlist/index.m3u8" [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 45 [download] Destination: Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].f234.mp4 [download] 100% of 3.75MiB in 00:00:05 at 758.19KiB/s [debug] ffmpeg command line: <redacted>\FFmpeg\ffprobe -show_streams "file:Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].f234.mp4" [Merger] Merging formats into "Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].mp4" [debug] ffmpeg command line: <redacted>\FFmpeg\ffmpeg -y-loglevel repeat+info -i "file:Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].f270.mp4" -i "file:Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].f234.mp4" -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 -bsf:a:0 aac_adtstoasc -movflags +faststart "file:Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo].temp.mp4" Deleting original file Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo]. f270.mp4 (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (HQ Audio) [O5TS2CbBhKo]. f234.mp4 (pass -k to keep) ... whereas in more recent yt-dlp versions, the IOS formats are skipped without supplying a PO Token string: [debug] Command-line config: ['--ffmpeg-location', '<redacted>\\FFmpeg', '--downloader-args', 'ffmpeg:-v 8 -stats', '--extractor-args', 'youtube:player_client=ios', '-vf', '270+234', '-N', '6', 'O5TS2CbBhKo'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.09.17.084413 (win_x86_dir) [debug] Python 3.11.4 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.5.2 5 Aug 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n6.1-dev-2615-N-112499-ga76b409 (setts), ffprobe n6.1-dev-2615-N-112499-ga76b409 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.08.03, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1833 extractors [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [youtube] Extracting URL: O5TS2CbBhKo [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Downloading webpage [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Downloading ios player API JSON WARNING: [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: ios client https formats require a GVS PO Token which was not provided. They will be skipped as they may yield HTTP Error 403. You can manually pass a GVS PO Token for this client with --extractor-args "youtube:po_token=ios.gvs+XXX". For more information, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/PO-Token-Guide WARNING: [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: ios client hls formats require a GVS PO Token which was not provided. They will be skipped as they may yield HTTP Error 403. You can manually pass a GVS PO Token for this client with --extractor-args "youtube:po_token=ios.gvs+XXX". For more information, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/PO-Token-Guide WARNING: Only images are available for download. use --list-formats to see them [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id ERROR: [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats Traceback (most recent call last): File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1668, in wrapper File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1824, in __extract_info File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1883, in process_ie_result File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 3023, in process_video_result yt_dlp.utils.ExtractorError: [youtube] O5TS2CbBhKo: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats I'm a proponent of the "The more the merrier" adage , so perhaps @nicolaasjan could partially revert the upstream commit 895e762 (e.g. re-instate the IOS player_client into the default set (reverting GvsPoTokenPolicy to False), but also keep the new tv_simply client - affords ONLY dash formats), to keep his esteemed compatriot (and, possibly, others) happier? This modification (shouldn't be that hard, I feel) can be revisited if/when YT actually, completely, block IOS format download without a POT; just my 2 eurocents, ofc ...

I'd estimate that upwards of 75% of new CSS and Javascript features fall into that category. I wish I could say "unbelievable," but the arrogance of some folks is totally believable. Just go out to your money tree and pluck off some 100 Euro (or whatever your local currency is) notes, and hand them to your local PC dealer. Doesn't everyone have a money tree? And even if you're willing to spend the money, does anyone have any idea how much work goes into making your PC, well, personal? No, they want you to just throw that old PC in the rubbish and start customizing your new PC from scratch - with a new OS version that removes support for much of the personalization that Win 7 lets us do. You will have the Win 10/11 "look" whether you like it or not! Because Micro$oft says so!

https://www.startisback.com/#buy-tab - Below the ‘Buy Now’ button, there is a ‘pay directly by card’ section that redirects you to the Gumroad site for the purchase transaction. -> https://startisback.gumroad.com/l/sib1

Yes, form the user perspective it does the same thing, it works a little bit different however as it doesn't replace system files and instead injects custom extending files into processes. And is available for Vista and 7, instead of just Vista as the original extended kernel was

Wow! Then in just 3 days they've pushed some pretty significant changes. One of which is "[ie/youtube] Replace ios with tv_simply in default clients (#14123)", which is a real pity, because I prefer the ios HLS formats. They've now flagged these formats as requiring a PO token, which (as far as I can tell) isn't true, because the 2025.08.20.232911 version I was using still works just fine for these formats. Now I have to snatch a PO token for these to work.