Error: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot

[LostAndDead]

Describe the bug

Any playback requests result in an error, playback doesnt happen.

Environment

Docker

• @distube/ytdl-core version: 4.13.4
• Node.js version: 18.7.0
• Operating system: Ubuntu/Docker

Full error stack:

(Usenode --trace-warnings ...to show where the warning was created) /usr/app/node_modules/@distube/ytdl-core/lib/info.js:91 return new UnrecoverableError(playability.reason || (playability.messages && playability.messages[0])); ^ Error: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot at privateVideoError (/usr/app/node_modules/@distube/ytdl-core/lib/info.js:91:12) at exports.getBasicInfo (/usr/app/node_modules/@distube/ytdl-core/lib/info.js:54:22) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

Seems this is likely something youtube have done, not sure if it can be circumvented or not.

[skick1234]

YouTube checks your IP and prevents you from playing music if it is from a data center.
You have to log in to resolve it.
https://github.com/distubejs/ytdl-core?tab=readme-ov-file#cookies-support.

[MikeyA-yo]

YouTube checks your IP and prevents you from playing music if it is from a data center. You have to log in to resolve it. https://github.com/distubejs/ytdl-core?tab=readme-ov-file#cookies-support.

I have logged in, and still see this error, please i need an update

[LostAndDead]

I too was still having this error, I was using mine for a discord bot. Turns out I was IP banned by YouTube, they are cracking down hard on these kind of things it seems.

[skick1234]

I have logged in, and still see this error, please i need an update

You just need to update your mind, or tell youtube to remove the restriction. This cannot be fixed by an update.

[skick1234]

I too was still having this error, I was using mine for a discord bot. Turns out I was IP banned by YouTube, they are cracking down hard on these kind of things it seems.

As I said above, YouTube prevents many IP subnet from playing videos without logging in. You have to add cookies or change your ip.

[MikeyA-yo]

I have logged in, and still see this error, please i need an update

You just need to update your mind, or tell youtube to remove the restriction. This cannot be fixed by an update.

well it works locally for me, only that when deployed i get that error, also i tried using chunks instead i wonder if it will work

[MikeyA-yo]

Dude seriously? there's a bug in sign-in, i mean other's and i put cookie and get nothing

[Dmytro-Tihunov]

i added cookie and created agent it works right now :)

[PatrykPatryk5]

it didn't do anything for me

[Dmytro-Tihunov]

@PatrykPatryk5 everything is said in readme just follow

[skick1234]

If you have this error, YouTube just prevents your IP from playing videos without logging in. You need to log an account then get the cookies follow the guide in the readme.

[qubiack]

I have all cookies & this fix download locally. But on the server it doesn't help at all. Any other ideas? Should I use the same IP to loggin?

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I use right now different login on server and different locally and right now it is working.

[dbaldassi]

Hi,
I have added cookies according to the doc, and it works on my server but only for a short period of time, like 15mn or so.
Is there anything to do to make it permanent ?

[mr-flame7892]

Hi, I have added cookies according to the doc, and it works on my server but only for a short period of time, like 15mn or so. Is there anything to do to make it permanent ?

Personally, I use cookies of an account which I never use (in order to never disrupt the cookies of this account). You export the cookies of this account, then you delete all the YouTube cookies from your browser in order to log out and normally it will work for a while.

[dbaldassi]

Based on what you said, I have taken the cookie in a private window, so the browser would not save the cookies,
it seems to work better now. I'll let you know if I still encounter the issue later

[hw630590]

Instead of cookies, I just use a socks5 proxy which works and is fast and it isn't blocked by YouTube.

[Kinuseka]

Using proxies have been working for me. Although not all proxies will work, russian proxies have a higher chance of bypass though.

[MikeyA-yo]

Instead of cookies, I just use a socks5 proxy which works and is fast and it isn't blocked by YouTube.

it's not free tho.

[damonwindsor97]

Instead of cookies, I just use a socks5 proxy which works and is fast and it isn't blocked by YouTube.

would you mind saying who your provider is? I've been wasting money trying to find something decent haha