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| author | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2026-01-30 15:26:56 -0600 |
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| committer | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2026-01-30 15:26:56 -0600 |
| commit | 1bca8a134da63dcaf31380b9dc11a4890e8302ab (patch) | |
| tree | fde85d0f4abbc990597d48cf053c0bf13021a9b0 /assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md | |
| parent | c99fe3b11cd3abe4364cbdb1de03f8d1d2d99919 (diff) | |
feat(archsetup): add hyprland plugins and migrate yt-dlp to pipx
Add Hyprland plugin section with hyprpm for hyprscrolling, xtra-dispatchers,
and hy3. Migrate yt-dlp from pacman to pipx for current releases. Add deno
as required JS runtime for YouTube extraction.
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diff --git a/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md b/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84e11fa --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# Install deno for yt-dlp JavaScript runtime + +## Problem + +yt-dlp now requires a JavaScript runtime for full YouTube extraction. Without it, you get this warning: + +``` +WARNING: No supported JavaScript runtime could be found. +YouTube extraction without a JS runtime has been deprecated, and some formats may be missing. +``` + +## Solution + +Install deno (the default supported runtime): + +```bash +sudo pacman -S deno +``` + +## Why + +YouTube uses JavaScript for some format extraction. Without a JS runtime, yt-dlp may not be able to access all video formats or could fail on certain videos. + +See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS |