yt-dlp is out of date: fails to download videos

[jroth2]

Hey, when you go to add a url you get a download error from yt-dlp. The error mentions something about updating your yt-dlp: unable to extract uploader id, but it only shows up for a moment. It leaves you unable to use the application.

The latest version of yt-dlp fixes this issue, but they dropped support for python 3.6. I built it with 3.6.7 but the latest version of yt-dlp I could get had the same error. I managed to build the power_hour_creator with python 3.9.6 and yt-dlp==2023.03.04 and was able to get it to work as intended. I would add a pull request? I think? with this fix but I'm not much of an expert with that.

Thanks,
Joe

[wellsfletcher]

Hey Joe, I also noticed this error. Can you create the pull request? Even if the repo owner takes a while to approve it, other people can use the pull request code while the master branch is broken. It could also be helpful if you made your fork public.

[noahbecker23]

Hey @jroth2, would you be able to create the pull request or explain how you built it specifying the Python and yt-dlp versions to use? Or, as @wellsfletcher mentioned, make your fork public? I am running into the same error and cannot figure out how to build it using a different version of Python or yt-dlp package. Thank you in advance!

[lentz]

@wellsfletcher @noahbecker23 I created a public fork and fixed the issue by upgrading the packages. I submitted a PR with the update and created a public fork with a release of the fixed app for MacOS.