This guide covers updating yt-dlp. Occasionally, updates to services break functionality or new sites are supported requiring an update to yt-dlp to be used. Resonite does bundle updates to this program on its own but manually updating ensures you get the latest fixes immediately.
yt-dlp.exe
can be located inside of Resonite\RuntimeData\
.
Manual
Using CMD only:
- Open a command prompt or powershell window.
- Navigate to the
Resonite\RuntimeData\
folder with a command likecd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite\RuntimeData\
.- In command prompt, you may need to use
cd /d
if your game is installed on another drive, this is not required in powershell.
- In command prompt, you may need to use
- From here, run
yt-dlp.exe -U
in command prompt or.\yt-dlp.exe -U
in powershell.
Using windows file explorer/steam:
- Open steam and right click Resonite in your steam library
- go to the properties in that menu, and it will open a new window.
- Go to the local files tab, and hit browse local files
- In the window that appears, go to
RuntimeData
- click on the address bar, delete all the contents of the address bar, and type in "cmd" and hit enter.
- Paste into the new cmd window
yt-dlp.exe -U
by copying said command and right clicking. - Run command and respawn the video for issues to be resolved!
Batch Script
You can simplify the manual steps by putting them in a batch script. After that, you can update by simply running the script.
- Open notepad or a text editor of your choice, the paste in:
@echo off
cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite\RuntimeData"
yt-dlp.exe -U
- Update the path if your game is installed in another location.
- Click File > Save As and change the 'Save as type' to 'All Files'
- Name the file
Update_yt-dlp.bat
or similar ending in '.bat' - Save this where ever you'd like
Mods
A mod exist to automatically update yt-dlp when launching the game, it can be found here https://github.com/Raidriar796/yt-dlp-Updater/.
There is also a Youtube Proxy mod that bypass any potential issues with Resonites version of yt-dlp, issues with video quality, or geo-blocking that may occur. The mod can be found here https://github.com/LeCloutPanda/VideoProxy