Tutorial: Private videos & playlists
This tutorial explains how to download private videos & playlists, or rather: videos you need to be logged in for. I can't guarantee this will work for every service out there, but it for sure works with YouTube.
- First we need to extract cookies from the service e.g. YouTube. This can be done using an extension for Chrome or Firefox.
- After you have installed the extension go ahead and navigate to the service. Make sure you are logged into the service for this step. Now export the cookies using the extension you just installed.
- Now go to youtube-dl-gui and press the key icon to setup authentication using cookies.
- Click on 'Click to select cookies.txt' and select the cookies.txt file you just exported from the service.
- Click on Ok to apply the changes. If you every wish to remove the cookies just open this window and press 'Remove cookies'.
- Try downloading a video that you need to be logged in for, it should now work!
Still not working? Create a new issue and I will take a look at it.