Package: yt-dlp Version: 1:2026.02.04-dmo1 Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,Presently, when attempting to download from YouTube playlists, I receive an error message:
>Signature solving failed: Some formats may be missing. Ensure you have >a supported JavaScript runtime and challenge solver script >distribution installed. Review any warnings presented before this >message. For more details, refer to >https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS I am able to resume downloading by either adding the following flags to the command or enabling them in `/etc/yt-dlp.conf`: `--js-runtimes node --remote-components ejs:github` (I have the `nodejs` Debian package installed).I notice that the external JS runtime is currently set as `Suggests`. Since YouTube is likely a common host to wish to download from, I think `Recommends` would be more appropriate, if not a hard `Depends`.
As well, the EJS documentation from the error message mentions that challenge solver scripts, in python package `yt-dlp-ejs`, are also needed. I think it would be helpful to package these as well, either in the existing Debian `yt-dlp` package, or as a separate `yt-dlp-ejs` package that is also set as a `Recommends` or `Depends` within `yt-dlp`.
This way, there would be no need to have them downloaded via the `--remote-components` flag. I see that `/etc/yt-dlp.conf` has these options documented at least, but disabled by default. Would creating a `postinst` script that checks for installed JS runtimes, and enabling the appropriate `--js-runtimes` flag in the `/etc/yt-dlp.conf`, be possible and/or desirable? In Solidarity, Preston Maness -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.18.5+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages yt-dlp depends on: ii python3 3.13.7-1+b1 ii python3-certifi 2026.1.4+ds-1 ii python3-mutagen 1.47.0-1 ii python3-pycryptodome 3.20.0+dfsg-3 ii python3-requests 2.32.5+dfsg-1 ii python3-urllib3 2.5.0-2 ii python3-websockets 15.0.1-1+b1 Versions of packages yt-dlp recommends: ii aria2 1.37.0+debian-4 ii ca-certificates 20250419 ii curl 8.18.0-2 ii ffmpeg 10:8.0.1-dmo4 ii wget 1.25.0-2 Versions of packages yt-dlp suggests: pn libfribidi-bin | bidiv <none> ii nodejs 22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1+b1 -- Configuration Files: /etc/yt-dlp.conf changed: --js-runtimes node --remote-components ejs:github -- no debconf information -- In Solidarity, Preston Maness 512-955-1048 https://keyoxide.org/79895B2E0F87503F1DDE80B649765D7F0DDD9BD5
OpenPGP_0x49765D7F0DDD9BD5.asc
Description: OpenPGP public key
OpenPGP_signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
