From 6315f3ad712820682178586433c7c198afd9a17c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 21:45:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add block error message --- mkdocs/docs/faq.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/faq.md b/mkdocs/docs/faq.md index b3c8acb..47c210b 100644 --- a/mkdocs/docs/faq.md +++ b/mkdocs/docs/faq.md @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Read the [docs](https://docs.tubearchivist.com/) with a comprehensive overview o Heavy users of this project can run into the danger of getting blocked / throttled or soft banned from YouTube. Symptoms might not be obvious and the error messages cryptic. Users have reported messages and behavior like: +- `Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot. This helps protect our community.` - `Playlists that require authentication may not extract correctly without a successful webpage download` but you aren't downloading a private playlist, a sign that YouTube is blocking your requests behind authentication. - `Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats` but your download format is valid, a sign that yt-dlp can't extract available streams because your request gets blocked. - `Got error: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden` a generic HTTP message that YouTube is blocking your request.