I’m trying to download this video. According to this, the video is allowed in South America, Europe, and some of Asia Countries.
I have been trying to download with this command
<yt-dlp -F --verbose --xff 'NL' --geo-bypass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEoXnvaEyes>
It said ‘Error: Video unavailable in your country’.
Also tried to change the xff value to ‘UK,AR,CN’ to no avail.
Is there something wrong with my command or is it only possible using VPN?
No. youtube is using your IP to determine your location.
I download a lot of geo restricted video from Germany while in the US. My solution was to create a virtual machine and have it only connect through a VPN installed within it . So far, I haven’t had a problem.
I guess more than just by IP YT sometimes detect my location as (RU) while whois and sites say im (NL)
OP wants to know if it is possible without using a VPN.
geoip databases are sometimes outdated and there’s a few of them so sometimes they don’t all return the same country. ip-ranges gets sold all the time and change locations.
anyways, main point is that xff don’t work on youtube, and in fact, don’t work on most sites in my experience.
Sorry. Too early to be thinking straght. No, I don’t believe it is possible, certainly not in the long run, to get around those geo restrictions without a vpn.
I run VMWAre with either Ubuntu Or Linux Mint. A linux distribution will require the least resources. VMWare is free for personal use and the linux dists are open source.
As long as you have a valid license for a second copy of windows, yes. You can also get a 90 day development license from Microsoft. It means you’ll have to rebuild your VM every 90 days though.