From dad552ab7463372f691dfa0649f31ef3904d0a14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bashonly Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:24:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [ie/youtube] Improve warning for SABR-only/SSAP player responses Authored by: bashonly --- yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py index 48ca5dc8bd..859f9902f1 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py +++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py @@ -3234,12 +3234,16 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor): fmt_url = url_or_none(try_get(sc, lambda x: x['url'][0])) encrypted_sig = try_get(sc, lambda x: x['s'][0]) if not all((sc, fmt_url, player_url, encrypted_sig)): - self.report_warning( - f'Some {client_name} client https formats have been skipped as they are missing a url. ' - f'{"Your account" if self.is_authenticated else "The current session"} may have ' - f'the SSAP (server-side ads) experiment which interferes with yt-dlp. ' - f'Please see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12482 for more details.', - video_id, only_once=True) + msg = f'Some {client_name} client https formats have been skipped as they are missing a url. ' + if client_name == 'web': + msg += 'SABR streaming is being forced by YouTube for this client. ' + else: + msg += ( + f'YouTube may have enabled the SABR-only or Server-Side Ad Placement experiment for ' + f'{"your account" if self.is_authenticated else "the current session"}. ' + ) + msg += 'See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12482 for more details' + self.report_warning(msg, video_id, only_once=True) continue try: fmt_url += '&{}={}'.format(