XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/31 22:24:7, Simon wrote:   
   > On 30/01/2026 04:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:32:26 +0000, Simon wrote:   
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   >>> I'm having this problem despite getting latest yt-dlp.   
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   >> You may need a JavaScript engine installed for YouTube downloads to   
   >> work now. YouTube is getting more draconian in its “proof-of-origin”   
   >> checks .   
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   > I downloaded deno.exe and put it in the same folder as yt-dlp.exe, and   
   > now it works. It has also removed the warnings I used to get, but I   
   > ignored them until now. Hopefully they are gone forever.   
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   I haven't had such problems at the moment, but sounded like something it   
   might be useful to have, and I checked with Everything and I don't have   
   a file called deno.exe anywhere ... to save others some digging, it's   
      
   (that's obviously a .zip file, but deno.exe is the only thing in it).   
   [I'm assuming as this is mainly going to a Windows 'group that that's   
   the appropriate one; otherwise pick from   
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