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YT is doing some major rework on the backend: AV1 encoded >fullHD sources were missing for a couple days recently, only VP9. Maybe Google was switching encodin
by rasz 2y ago
YT is doing some major rework on the backend:
AV1 encoded >fullHD sources were missing for a couple days recently, only VP9. Maybe Google was switching encoding hardware? preparing for encoding ads directly into sources?
N parameter function was rewritten - this broke yt-dlp. player b22ef6e7 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/297b0a379282a15c80d82d51f3757c961db2dae1 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/297b0a379282a15c80d8...
source 22 (h264 720p combined video+audio), the only HD source older clients could play, was killed a ~week ago. Now older clients are only able to play 360p (source 18) IF they can correctly decode n parameter