# 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