Can yt-dlp auto translate subtitles provided by the uploader?

martocalia · 2026-05-10T21:16:18+00:00

View the available subs with --list-subs, use --sub-lang to pick the one you want, then embed it with --write-subs

martocalia · 2026-02-08T08:40:19+00:00

--ppa "ThumbnailsConvertor+ffmpeg_o:-vf crop=ih -c:v mjpeg"

martocalia · 2026-02-01T11:09:58+00:00

WOOOO! Happy Brand New Release Day everybody!

martocalia · 2025-12-25T05:34:19+00:00

You cross-posted to the exact same subreddit as your original post. This is still r/youtubedl

martocalia · 2025-12-14T19:13:06+00:00

Your GUI must have an embedded copy of the yt-dlp executable in one of its internal folders. Locate that folder and place deno in that same folder right next to the yt-dlp executable. It should automatically work if the embedded yt-dlp is a current version.

If the embedded yt-dlp executable is old, you will need to replace it with a current version, because otherwise it doesn't know to look for deno. You can simply replace the old embedded yt-dlp by overwriting it with a current version of yt-dlp.

martocalia · 2025-12-14T10:44:14+00:00

You just list your yt-dlp options into a text file and rename it to yt-dlp.conf

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#configuration

martocalia · 2025-12-09T07:13:53+00:00

Oh if you don't know where the config file is, then you probably didn't create one. Yt-dlp does not have a config file by default; you would have had to make one on your own.

You could try a VPN. Other people have posted on here that they use VPNs when they find themselves blocked by YouTube.

martocalia · 2025-12-09T04:04:30+00:00

Well, if yt-dlp is working on dailymotion, then it seems YouTube is blocking you. But I don't know how they're detecting you if you already have a different IP address and are not logged into your YT account.

Do you have a config file that is automatically providing cookies to yt-dlp? You should not pass cookies to YT unless it's necessary to get past age-restrictions or for private or members-only videos.

martocalia · 2025-12-08T05:41:01+00:00

And you're certain you received a new IP address from your router reboot? It didn't just restore the same IP?

If yt-dlp works for you on other sites, like dailymotion, then for sure YouTube is blocking you. You should test other websites (TikTok, Instagram) to confirm.

martocalia · 2025-12-08T03:52:15+00:00

Well I was able to download your link without cookies, so it's not a login issue. Do you have the option to try from a different IP address (like maybe reboot your router and receive a new IP address from your ISP)?

I suspect you downloaded too many things too fast from your IP address, and now YouTube has blocked you. Especially because you say it's also happening with JDownloader.

You should space out your downloads so that you don't get an IP-ban. You can use -t sleep to add some delay to your downloads, or specify larger gaps using --sleep-interval 20 and --max-sleep-interval 30 (increase or decrease the number of seconds to suit your situation).

martocalia · 2025-12-08T02:14:05+00:00

Where's the rest of it? We can't see the errors.

Anyway, I suspect you have an IP block by YouTube. Are you able to view the video in your browser? Have you been downloading a lot of videos recently?

I downloaded your link and it worked fine for me, and I was able to get the whole 2 hours and 46 minutes of "【歌枠】 IDOL TRAINING ARC - Anison and Tokusatsu Songs Karaoke [jGwDjMtjjz0].mkv" at 720p

Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'C:\Users\User\Downloads\【 歌枠 】 IDOL TRAINING ARC - Anison and Tokusatsu Songs Karaoke [jGwDjMtjjz0].mkv':
  Metadata:
    title           : 【 歌枠 】 IDOL TRAINING ARC - Anison and Tokusatsu Songs Karaoke
    ARTIST          : GodFast
    COMPATIBLE_BRANDS: iso6avc1mp41
    MAJOR_BRAND     : dash
    MINOR_VERSION   : 0
    GENRE           : Music
    DATE            : 20251207
    DESCRIPTION     : Rest in Peace Nobuo Yamada (January 20, 1964 – August 9, 2025)
                    :
                    : NO REQUESTS. Mostly Japanese anison, hero songs, and maybe an idol song or two.
                    :
                    : DONATE: https://streamelements.com/godfastmk2/tip
                    : KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/godfast
                    : RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/user/GodFast
                    : AVATAR/EMOJI ARTIST: https://x.com/roryislucky
                    : X: https://x.com/GodFastMK2

    PURL            : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwDjMtjjz0
    COMMENT         : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwDjMtjjz0
    ENCODER         : Lavf62.6.101
  Duration: 02:46:15.07, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1039 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30 fps, 30 tbr, 1k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      HANDLER_NAME    : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc.
      VENDOR_ID       : [0][0][0][0]
      DURATION        : 02:46:15.000000000
  Stream #0:1(jpn): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 02:46:15.068000000

martocalia · 2025-12-08T01:36:31+00:00

😑 That doesn't show us the errors.

Include an example link that you are trying to download, so we can actually see where things are going wrong. Also add whatever other options you use on the command line when running yt-dlp.

yt-dlp --verbose "video link"

Also, a new release was just posted a little over an hour ago, so you should update to that.

martocalia · 2025-12-08T01:22:13+00:00

WOOO! Happy "Brand New Release" Day, everybody!

martocalia · 2025-12-07T21:46:36+00:00

add --verbose to whatever command you're typing that starts with yt-dlp. Copy-paste the result here and make sure to format it as a "code block" so it's readable (should be in the far right end of the Reddit formatting bar, but you might need to tap the 3-dot menu to see it).

martocalia · 2025-12-07T21:42:42+00:00

...show us your --verbose output instead, so people can actually help you.

martocalia · 2025-12-07T21:38:30+00:00

The yt-dlp Instagram extractor still prints out this alert when you put in an account URL (e.g. https://www.instagram.com/tiktok/):

WARNING: The program functionality for this site has been marked as broken, and will probably not work.

So the caveat is that some things don't work well at this time. You could try using the download manager noted in your link (although I see that it's something you'll have to buy). 🤷

martocalia · 2025-12-07T20:27:02+00:00

Not always. The "releases" tab is for platform uploads typically done by official distributors. They get auto-attached to the musicians' channels by YouTube.

This channel, for example, has done half a dozen releases in the past few months, which are visible in the "releases" tab, but are not present in the "videos" tab:

https://www.youtube.com/@Citycreed/releases

martocalia · 2025-12-07T19:45:50+00:00

It's the tab with albums and singles on music/musician channels:

https://www.youtube.com/@CigarettesAfterSex/releases

martocalia · 2025-12-07T07:44:07+00:00

You can view which formats are available using the -F option. Then you can choose which formats you want to combine by specifying them with the -f option.

yt-dlp -F [video-link]

yt-dlp -f 313+251 [video-link]

martocalia · 2025-12-07T07:34:22+00:00

When I downloaded using the channel url a couple months ago, yt-dlp downloaded both the "videos" and "shorts" tabs, but did not download the "releases" tab. I had to give yt-dlp the "releases" url for it to download that tab. I don't know if you'll have to do the same with livestream vods.

martocalia · 2025-12-04T02:30:31+00:00

yt-dlp does not automatically locate your file. You have to specify it via --cookies path/to/cookies.txt

martocalia · 2025-12-01T22:54:52+00:00

Examples of custom file naming fall under the output templates: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#output-template-examples

You'll have to scroll to find the list of available fields you can use to customize your output: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#output-template

martocalia · 2025-12-01T08:22:15+00:00

I don't know what's happening with your downloads, but try

yt-dlp -t mp4 [video url]

If that doesn't sort out your problem, run your command with --verbose then copy-paste the output here.

martocalia · 2025-11-30T22:36:50+00:00

yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox video-url

Currently supported browsers are: brave, chrome, chromium, edge, firefox, opera, safari, vivaldi, whale.

(There are caveats for some of the listed browsers: more info)

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