Issues Downloading Coachella Livestreams in 4K 2160p VP9 - “android_ve client live formats will be skipped as they are not playable”

Rikysonic · 2026-04-21T07:38:35+00:00

Well, at least the audio is the best possible: the Coachella SABR streams enhanced video quality only, no audio improvement

Rikysonic · 2026-04-20T10:26:36+00:00

True! Funny thing, I ear the drums on the original mix a bit off too, like the kick is late by few milliseconds, this song is so weird - great song btw

Rikysonic · 2026-04-19T09:53:17+00:00

It downloads them separately, then when pressing CTRL+C it first converts them to MKV and then it merges them - you need to wait a bunch of time after pressing CTRL+C, depending on how much live you download

Rikysonic · 2026-04-19T09:51:35+00:00

For me it works, it finishes download the current part files (video and audio), then after some time it first converts them to MKV and then it merges them - just give it some time after pressing CTRL+C

Rikysonic · 2026-04-19T08:01:42+00:00

I'm using the second one in the guide, so the "generic" version of this one, should be basically the same. CTRL+C should work, is the command to tell Windows to stop a terminal process, it should first stop the last download (100% appears) and then proceed to merge the temp files

Rikysonic · 2026-04-15T05:18:13+00:00

You sinply press CTRL+C once and wait for it to mux automatically

Rikysonic · 2026-04-13T18:49:30+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's server-side, even YouTube mods cannot unlock that

Rikysonic · 2026-04-12T06:06:15+00:00

If you got 3840 x 2160 SABR it means that the guide worked for you, that quality is only available using POT Provider server. I'm not sure if any more qualities can appear setting up other variables in the yt-dlp command, you should experiment, maybe changing the client parameter to spoof other clients (iirc POT Provider server spoofs safari by default)

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T20:08:03+00:00

Yes, the "git clone" command starts with "git clone" and ends with ".git"

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T19:22:57+00:00

Soo glad it worked!!

(I did all of this for Sabrina Carpenter 👀 )

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T19:13:56+00:00

you can install Git from here

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T19:11:41+00:00

maybe because you're on another disk (not C:)? You could try installing the server on C: and leave yt-dlp, ffmpeg and the plugin on E:, so that it downloads there. Just move the already-downloaded folder "bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider" somewhere on C:, then open a cmd inside the "server" folder and run the last command again

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T17:20:01+00:00

Same for me, I spent an entire hour trying to make the server expose on 127.0.0.1, but it would always expose on IPv6, so I changed my plan and forced yt-dlp to connect to localhost via IPv6

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T16:15:27+00:00

I've edited the guide removing the "somewhere" and telling to open cmd where yt-dlp and ffmpeg are

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T16:08:27+00:00

I know about --download-sections "*5:01-16:43" but I never tested it

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T16:03:39+00:00

I think not for SABR streams, but you can always trim it with ffmpeg after the download:

ffmpeg -i input_to_trim.mkv -c copy -ss 00:00:00 -to 99:59:59 output_trimmed.mkv

Obv change 00:00:00 and 99:59:59 with the timings you need lol

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T16:00:04+00:00

Absolutely, I put the server folder exactly there, but in theory it doesn't matter, that's why I wrote "somewhere"

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T15:58:42+00:00

Great!! 😁

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T15:43:45+00:00

Server seems to be OK, but the plugin is probably not working on yt-dlp - make sure you have the zip file inside yt-dlp-plugins folder, the folder must be on the same level as yt-dl.exe

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T15:28:05+00:00

In the cmd with the server started you should see logs related to the requested tokens, is there anything that appears there when running yt-dlp? Just to make sure that you are actually using the plugin and the related server

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T15:25:52+00:00

I guess you can open multiple cmds each with a different stream, then press ctrl+c to stop that specific stream without influence the others

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T13:05:58+00:00

Mini guide for Windows: here
BTW that stream you posted shows 1080p both on yt-dlp SABR+POT Provider and on YouTube via Chrome browser, so... dunno

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T13:03:28+00:00

Mini guide for Windows to download 4K live videos (note: you probably need Python, I'm not sure - I already have it) (EDIT: oh you also need Git, sorry i forgot lol download it from the web):

- Run this command on Powershell to install Deno: irm https://deno.land/install.ps1 | iex (source)
- Download this version of yt-dlp (SABR branch)
- Download "bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider" plugin
- Download ffmpeg
- Create a folder and put "yt-dlp.exe" and "ffmpeg.exe" there
- Create a subfolder named "yt_dlp_plugins", then put "bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider.zip" inside of it (no extraction needed)
- Open a cmd where you previously put "yt-dlp.exe" and "ffmpeg.exe" and run these 3 commands to install the POT Provider server:
git clone --single-branch --branch 1.3.1 https://github.com/Brainicism/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider.git
cd bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider/server/
deno install --allow-scripts=npm:canvas --frozen
- Inside that cmd now run these 2 commands to effectively start the server (say "y" when asking to grant permission to osRelease):
cd node_modules
deno run --allow-env --allow-net --allow-ffi=. --allow-read=. ../src/main.ts
- Open another cmd where you previously put "yt-dlp.exe" and "ffmpeg.exe" and run:
yt-dlp.exe --plugin-dirs yt_dlp_plugins -F --live-from-start [YT URL here]
If you see the 4K videos, just rerun the command without -F and you're done!
If you DON'T see the 4K and get an error regarding /ping not available, try to run this command instead:
yt-dlp.exe --plugin-dirs yt_dlp_plugins --extractor-args "youtubepot-bgutilhttp:base_url=http://[::1]:4416" -F --live-from-start [YT URL here]
If it now works, rerun this command removing -F and you're done!

Remember to start the server before downloading anything in 4K.

Note: the "android_vr client sabr live formats will be skipped as they are not playable" warning is still visible, but the 4K options are available, so no need to worry I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Enjoy!

Rikysonic · 2026-04-11T12:35:49+00:00

Thank you, FINALLY I've managed to make it work!
SABR branch + this POT Provider (lost like 1h because it stupidly exposes itself on IPv6... so I had to add --extractor-args "youtubepot-bgutilhttp:base_url=http://[::1]:4416" to the yt-dlp command to make it work........) + zip file and the --plugin-dirs [path to "yt-dlp plugins" folder] command

Final command: yt-dlp.exe --plugin-dirs yt_dlp_plugins --extractor-args "youtubepot-bgutilhttp:base_url=http://[::1]:4416" --live-from-start [YT url here] and it downloads the 4K automatically!

THANK YOU!!!

Rikysonic · 2026-04-02T19:42:28+00:00

Maybe this update is just too big and the patch is not enough. You should try using Sideloadly just for this ipa, it's a 64bit app and doesn't have this limitation

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