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 likecd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite\RuntimeData\.- In command prompt, you may need to use
cd /dif 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 -Uin command prompt or.\yt-dlp.exe -Uin 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.bator similar ending in '.bat' - Save this where ever you'd like
Mod
A mod exist to automatically update yt-dlp when launching the game, it can be found here https://github.com/Raidriar796/yt-dlp-Updater/.