[QUESTION] Speed up Downloading js player

[J0K3RAS]

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As the title says, it would be appreciated if there was a way to speed up a bit the Downloading js player process.

The reason why I want to do this is because i have made an .apk, including youtube-dl and it takes about 20 sec before the download begins

However, on the pc it is a lot faster. Please note that I am using python 3.

[dstftw]

Post the full verbose log from that demonstrates the issue (not from pc).

[J0K3RAS]

Sure, Here it is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sKyigih7Zy2mnbEqi8SBCucg_x7yh5m7/view?usp=sharing

I guess that the output you want is at at the bottom of the log file.
As you will see there is a 25 sec space to start downloading webpage
and 5sec space between 'Extracting video information' and choosing the download destination

[dstftw]

There is no Downloading js player in your log. For speeding up the start up you may use lazy extractors.

[J0K3RAS]

You are correct, it was a mistake that I made because Downloading js player appears only on PC.

I have read about lazy extractors but haven't found how to use them yet...

EDIT: I see that it is a dev script. Do I have to remove the pip version and clone the git ver?