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yt-dlp.conf

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+# yt-dlp configuration file
+# Place this at ~/.config/yt-dlp/config
+# yt-dlp reads this automatically on every invocation — including ones
+# spawned by Flask — so no flags need to be passed in code.
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Cache — persists the YouTube player JS and API responses to disk.
+# The player is re-used across all downloads until YouTube rotates it
+# (typically every few days), eliminating the repeated
+# "Downloading player / Solving JS challenges" steps.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+--cache-dir ~/.cache/yt-dlp
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# JS runtime — node for solving YouTube's JS challenges.
+# Avoids yt-dlp having to search PATH on every invocation.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+--js-runtimes node:/usr/bin/node
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Network
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+--socket-timeout 30
+--retries 6
+--fragment-retries 6