From 0c9a833c14248277f88f41b8cff29ca54b41a88a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Calixte <julien.calixte@theodo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:39:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use iOS player client to bypass YouTube bot detection

YouTube restricts available formats for bot-like requests. Specifying
player_client=ios,web makes yt-dlp impersonate the iOS app which has
broader format access without requiring cookies.
---
 app/downloader.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/app/downloader.py b/app/downloader.py
index 7892bfa..8b665ff 100644
--- a/app/downloader.py
+++ b/app/downloader.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ async def extract_audio(url: str) -> Path:
         "--audio-format", "mp3",
         "--audio-quality", "128K",
         "--format", "bestaudio/best/b",
+        "--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=ios,web",
         "--output", outtmpl,
     ]