From 00ae27690daea37372490f6c0c45d0f14b9feecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coletdjnz <colethedj@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 10:12:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [youtube] Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page
 requests (#329) Workaround for #319,
 https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29086 Authored by: colethedj

---
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 3f021c281..48b489523 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1903,7 +1903,8 @@ def get_text(x):
                         'el': 'detailpage',
                         'c': 'WEB_REMIX',
                         'cver': '0.1',
-                        'cplayer': 'UNIPLAYER'
+                        'cplayer': 'UNIPLAYER',
+                        'html5': '1',
                     }, fatal=False)),
                 lambda x: x['player_response'][0],
                 compat_str) or '{}', video_id)
@@ -1929,6 +1930,7 @@ def get_text(x):
                     'unable to download video info webpage', query={
                         'video_id': video_id,
                         'eurl': 'https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/' + video_id,
+                        'html5': '1',
                     }, fatal=False)),
                 lambda x: x['player_response'][0],
                 compat_str) or '{}', video_id)