From a57c05588b5f77cd6ff6c1b6b02cfe11103990c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:19:21 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] add cookie expire note --- mkdocs/docs/settings/application.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/settings/application.md b/mkdocs/docs/settings/application.md index cb73074..829c8b4 100644 --- a/mkdocs/docs/settings/application.md +++ b/mkdocs/docs/settings/application.md @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Additional settings passed to yt-dlp. Archiving comments is slow as only very few comments get returned per request with yt-dlp. Choose your configuration above wisely. Tube Archivist will download comments after the download queue finishes, your videos will be already available while the comments are getting downloaded. ## Cookie + +!!! note "Cookie Expire" + Using cookies can have unintended consequences. Multiple users have reported that their account got flagged and cookies will expire within a few hours. It appears that YT has some detection mechanism that will invalidate your cookie if it's being used outside of a browser. That is happening server side on YT. If you are affected, you might be better off to not use this functionality. + Importing your YouTube Cookie into Tube Archivist allows yt-dlp to bypass age restrictions, gives access to private videos and your *watch later* or *liked videos*. ### Security concerns