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Read cookies from browser

yt-dlp support downloading videos from many websites, for Youtube downloading, currently you have to pass cookies to yt-dlp for successful download.

Fix cookies problem in Dint-Y2dl

Follow these steps to fix the problem:

  1. Login your Youtube account in browser(Safari or Chrome), this step will produce the cookies required for Youtube video downloading on your system.

  2. Go to Settings -> Download -> Other section in Dint-Y2dl, select the browser you used from step 1 to enable “Read Cookies from Browser” configuration.

    read cookies from browser settings

  3. Open System Settings on macOS, enable Full Disk Access support for Dint-Y2dl.

    enable full disk access for Dint-Y2dl