sdraw_mods_cvr/ml_vpc/README.md

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Video Player Cookies

This mod allows yt-dlp to use cookies for playing YouTube videos.

Installation

Usage

Available mod's settings in Settings - General - Video Player Cookies:

  • Enabled: Whether this mod adds cookie parameters or not; true by default.
  • Cookie fetch mode: cookies fetch method; Cookie text file by default.
    • Cookie text file (default) fetches cookies from your cookies.txt file, check How to create cookies.txt
    • Browser Firefox fetches cookies directly from FireFox browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in FireFox
    • Browser Brave fetches cookies directly from Brave browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Brave
    • Browser Chrome fetches cookies directly from Chrome browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Chrome
    • Browser Chromium fetches cookies directly from Chromium browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Chromium
    • Browser Edge fetches cookies directly from Edge browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Edge
    • Browser Opera fetches cookies directly from Opera browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Opera
    • Browser Safari fetches cookies directly from Safari browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Safari
    • Browser Vivaldi fetches cookies directly from Vivaldi browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Vivaldi
    • Browser Whale fetches cookies directly from Whale browser. requires to be logged-in on YouTube in Whale

How to create cookies.txt

  • Acquire cookies for YouTube from your browser:
  • Save result as file named cookies.txt in <game_folder>/UserData folder

Notes

  • After first use yt-dlp will remove unnecessary cookies from file automatically.
  • Cookies contain private information and access to your YouTube account, do not share them to anyone.