Hi! I just bought Animation Buddy. I'm trying to use the youtube downloader feature but getting this error:
tried using the url in the readme file and a different one and both times got the error. Also tried the Update Youtube Downloader button as well.
I hope to come out with an update soon that fixes this, sorry for the delay. Until then, here is the manual solution.
1. Open a command prompt. Press your windows-key and R at the same time. Then, type "cmd" and hit enter.
2. Get the command prompt to animation buddy's DATA FOLDER location (where yt-dlp.exe is). You would replace the path in the command to wherever animation buddy is, then add \AnimationBuddyData:
cd /D "C:\this\will\be\the\path\to\animation\buddy\is\AnimationBuddyData"
3. Run youtube downloader on your video. Type "yt-dlp.exe -S ext [YOUTUBE URL GOES HERE]" and it should give you an mp4 that you can drag into Animation Buddy.
I'm working on a fix right now. I suppose the YouTube and the downloader ecosystem changed; I was able to recreate problem (It seemed to worked for a moment, downloading, but then randomly failed). I believe If I auto-detect the default browser and pass it to yt-dlp.exe to use the same login cookies, it will work. (Otherwise users wouldn't be able to download age restricted videos).
Edit: There's currently a problem with the youtube downloader that would only allow this on firefox... https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10927
So, I'll try to support videos with age-restriction for firefox, for now, but we'll see how well the youtube downloaer works. Perhaps it could be re-enabled for all browsers in future; their solution seems hacky. It will definitely work with regular videos in an upcoming update.
Thank you for reporting this bug. Thanks to you, it is so much easier to ensure everyone gets a good experience.
The fix will be uploaded in a few minutes. If you continue to get problems after the update, let me know. Here is a video of it working for me: https://i.imgur.com/EUkM8My.mp4
The new error message will hint at the possibility of age-restriction.
The changelog is:
### November 2nd, 2024
- Fixed the Youtube Downloader. Age-restricted videos only work if your default browser is Firefox and you are logged in. In future, this can be extended to all chromium-based browsers, once this issue is solved by other people. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10927
27 days ago(+1)
Thank you for the quick response and update! Happy to report it's now working! Great job, I love this tool. :)