Can't Play x.com Videos Anymore

[InklingGirl]

mpv Information

mpv v0.38.0 Copyright © 2000-2024 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
libplacebo version: v6.338.2
FFmpeg version: n7.0
FFmpeg library versions:
   libavutil       59.8.100
   libavcodec      61.3.100
   libavformat     61.1.100
   libswscale      8.1.100
   libavfilter     10.1.100
   libswresample   5.1.100

Other Information

• Linux version: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
• Kernel Version: Linux 6.5.0-35-generic
• GPU Model: 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] [1002:15d8] (rev c2)
• Mesa/GPU Driver Version: Mesa 23.3.6 - kisak-mesa PPA (LLVM 15.0.7)
• Window Manager and Version: Wayland window server w/ Mutter 42.9-0ubuntu7.1 video compositor, GNOME 42.9 desktop environment
• Source mpv: Flatpak via https://flathub.org/apps/io.mpv.Mpv
• Introduced in version: N/A

Reproduction Steps

mpv <INSERT_ANY_X.COM_URL>

Expected Behavior

For the A/V to play in an mpv borderless window.

Actual Behavior

Video to play[ytdl_hook] ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://x.com/shitposts_mp4/status/1794247036771942564
[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error occurred
Failed to recognize file format.

A/V from https://x.com/ URLS does not play, likely because mpv/youtube-dl is still expecting a https://twitter.com/ URL.

Log File

output.txt

Sample Files

No response

I carefully read all instruction and confirm that I did the following:

• I tested with the latest mpv version to validate that the issue is not already fixed.
• I provided all required information including system and mpv version.
• I produced the log file with the exact same set of files, parameters, and conditions used in "Reproduction Steps", with the addition of --log-file=output.txt.
• I produced the log file while the behaviors described in "Actual Behavior" were actively observed.
• I attached the full, untruncated log file.
• I attached the backtrace in the case of a crash.

[llyyr]

youtube-dl

youtube-dl is unmaintained nowadays, switch to yt-dlp

[InklingGirl]

I do use yt-dlp.

[llyyr]

The commit that adds support for it isn't in any release yet, you need to install the nightly or master branch. yt-dlp/yt-dlp@4813173

Use something like pipx to install yt-dlp, pipx install https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/archive/master.tar.gz

Either way not a mpv issue.

[InklingGirl]

The commit that adds support for it isn't in any release yet, you need to install the nightly or master branch. yt-dlp/yt-dlp@4813173

Use something like pipx to install yt-dlp, pipx install https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/archive/master.tar.gz

Either way not a mpv issue.

I did do just that @llyyr but x.com videos still don't won't stream, could it be because I'm using the Flatpak version of mpv?

[llyyr]

I did do just that @llyyr but x.com videos still don't won't stream, could it be because I'm using the Flatpak version of mpv?

mpv version shouldn't matter, is mpv using the right yt-dlp executable? You can check with which yt-dlp and whereis yt-dlp

[InklingGirl]

So would that be mpv which yt-dlp whereis yt-dlp or mpv which yt-dlp & mpv whereis yt-dlp?

EDIT: I see, just which yt-dlp & whereis yt-dlp:
/home/christian/.local/bin/yt-dlp &
yt-dlp: /home/christian/.local/bin/yt-dlp respectively.

[llyyr]

yt-dlp just tagged a new release few hours ago, so you can probably just upgrade to it normally instead of installing from master https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.05.26

[InklingGirl]

Did that & mpv still can't stream from the site, even w/ ytdl-raw-options=cookies=Documents/cookies.txt (& I recently regenerated my cookies file w/ all the new x.com URL login credentials, too).

[llyyr]

Did that & mpv still can't stream from the site, even w/ ytdl-raw-options=cookies=Documents/cookies.txt (& I recently regenerated my cookies file w/ all the new x.com URL login credentials, too).

does yt-dlp x.com/something work? If not then it's a yt-dlp issue

[InklingGirl]

does yt-dlp x.com/something work? If not then it's a yt-dlp issue

Yeah that works (since fixes from yt-dlp's end), I do it multiple times per day, so it is mpv &/or its interactions w/ yt-dlp.

[llyyr]

Can you regenerate the log file with updated yt-dlp? In the previous one, yt-dlp just says the url isn't supported because it wasn't at that version.

[InklingGirl]

Here you go: output-redux.txt

[llyyr]

[   0.651][d][ytdl_hook] Running: yt-dlp --no-warnings -J --flat-playlist --sub-format ass/srt/best --format bestvideo+bestaudio/best --all-subs --no-playlist -- https://x.com/shitposts_mp4/status/1794247036771942564
[   0.651][d][cplayer] Run command: subprocess, flags=64, args=[args="yt-dlp,--no-warnings,-J,--flat-playlist,--sub-format,ass/srt/best,--format,bestvideo+bestaudio/best,--all-subs,--no-playlist,--,https://x.com/shitposts_mp4/status/1794247036771942564", playback_only="yes", capture_size="67108864", capture_stdout="yes", capture_stderr="yes", detach="no", env="", stdin_data="", passthrough_stdin="no"]
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] Found youtube-dl with path yt-dlp in PATH
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] status: 1
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] reason: 
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] stdout: null
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] 
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] stderr: ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://x.com/shitposts_mp4/status/1794247036771942564
[   6.200][v][ytdl_hook] 
[   6.200][e][ytdl_hook] ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://x.com/shitposts_mp4/status/1794247036771942564
[   6.200][e][ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error occurred

yt-dlp says unsupported URL so you probably have an older yt-dlp shadowing the newer one in your PATH, otherwise this is inexplicable. Not a mpv bug either way

[InklingGirl]

I have no idea how to fix that. How should I proceed?

[llyyr]

Explicitly point mpv to the yt-dlp executable that you know for sure is updated. --script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=/home/christian/.local/bin/yt-dlp or wherever it is

[InklingGirl]

--script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=/home/christian/.local/bin/yt-dlp

Is that a command I can just run on its own or appended to mpv?

[llyyr]

Is that a command I can just run on its own or appended to mpv?

It's a mpv flag so you run it appended to mpv like mpv --script-opts=..., if it works then you can put it inside your mpv config file later after removing the --

[InklingGirl]

if it works then you can put it inside your mpv config file later after removing the --

I was going to ask that next. I will try.

[InklingGirl]

This is the output:

[ytdl_hook] Traceback (most recent call last):
[ytdl_hook]   File "/home/christian/.local/bin/yt-dlp", line 5, in <module>
[ytdl_hook]     from yt_dlp import main
[ytdl_hook] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yt_dlp'
[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error occurred
Failed to recognize file format.
Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

[InklingGirl]

Huh, I regenerated the cookies.txt file & mpv can stream from x.com now.