youtube-dl cookies doesn't recognize account for downloading members only videos #22338

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opened 2026-02-21 10:48:56 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 10:48:56 -05:00

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Originally created by @DatPlumpBoi on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020).

Checklist

[ x] I'm reporting a broken site support
[ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.12.14
[x ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
[x ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
[x ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE
C:\Users\AhuraMazda>youtube-dl -v --cookies youtubecookies.txt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8UtgY0GWc
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--cookies', 'youtubecookies.txt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8UtgY0GWc']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.12.14
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1-2020-11-19-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 4.3.1-2020-11-19-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] ZJ8UtgY0GWc: Downloading webpage
ERROR: This video is available to this channel's members on level: MemberShrimp! (or any higher level). Join this channel to get access to members-only content and other exclusive perks.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 803, in wrapper
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 824, in __extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 532, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 2062, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: This video is available to this channel's members on level: MemberShrimp! (or any higher level). Join this channel to get access to members-only content and other exclusive perks.


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Hi so i used to can download members only videos with no issues, but suddenly today the command didnt seem to recognize the account in the cookies that i put in, using --username and --password doesnt do anything, is there something wrong in the cookies i use, i always useget cookies.txt for this and it works the last time hopefully someone can help me on this....

Originally created by @DatPlumpBoi on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020).  ## Checklist  - [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2020.12.14** - [x ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  ``` PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE C:\Users\AhuraMazda>youtube-dl -v --cookies youtubecookies.txt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8UtgY0GWc [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--cookies', 'youtubecookies.txt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8UtgY0GWc'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.12.14 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1-2020-11-19-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 4.3.1-2020-11-19-full_build-www.gyan.dev [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] ZJ8UtgY0GWc: Downloading webpage ERROR: This video is available to this channel's members on level: MemberShrimp! (or any higher level). Join this channel to get access to members-only content and other exclusive perks. Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 803, in wrapper File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 824, in __extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 532, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwx5ikkp6\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 2062, in _real_extract youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: This video is available to this channel's members on level: MemberShrimp! (or any higher level). Join this channel to get access to members-only content and other exclusive perks. ## Description  WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE Hi so i used to can download members only videos with no issues, but suddenly today the command didnt seem to recognize the account in the cookies that i put in, using --username and --password doesnt do anything, is there something wrong in the cookies i use, i always useget cookies.txt for this and it works the last time hopefully someone can help me on this....