View source for Updating yt-dlp

This guide covers updating [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/ 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.

<code>yt-dlp.exe</code> can be located inside of <code>Resonite\RuntimeData\</code>.

=== Manual ===

<b>Using CMD only:</b>
* Open a command prompt or powershell window.
* Navigate to the <code>Resonite\RuntimeData\</code> folder with a command like <code>cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite\RuntimeData\</code>. 
** In command prompt, you may need to use <code>cd /d</code> if your game is installed on another drive, this is not required in powershell.
* From here, run <code>yt-dlp.exe -U</code> in command prompt or <code>.\yt-dlp.exe -U</code> in powershell.

<b>Using windows file explorer/steam:</b>
* 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 <code>RuntimeData</code>
* 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 <code>yt-dlp.exe -U</code> 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:
<syntaxhighlight lang="batch">
@echo off
cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite\RuntimeData"
yt-dlp.exe -U
</syntaxhighlight>

* 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 <code>Update_yt-dlp.bat</code> 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


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