Updating yt-dlp

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

• Open a command prompt or powershell window.
• Navigate to the Resonite\RuntimeData\ folder with a command like cd 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.
• From here, run yt-dlp.exe -U in command prompt or .\yt-dlp.exe -U in powershell.

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