I decided to give it another shot and this fixed it for me:
moved yt-dlp to another folder other than %appdata% (in my case i just put the yt-dlp.exe file in C:\VRCTools)
create a .symlink in the %appdata% folder that redirects to my newly created folder. You can use this command in powershell (run with administrator rights and change the paths to your corresponding paths):
apparently Unity had trouble with running yt-dlp from my %appdata% folder but i’m not sure why. I’m also not sure if the above fix will help you but i’ll just add it here so others can try.
it possible they messed up some permissions and failing to write files in the folder, no one from vrc team is replying so I cant tell where they are trying to save it.
We update the yt-dlp binary quite often, but these updates depend on the upstream project. If a fix does not exist in the source program, then our downstream version will also not have a fix.
In other words, we have to wait for the people who make yt-dlp to fix it, then we update our version.
We update this version as often as possible, usually within a day or so of issues being reported and a fix being available. If an issue is still happening days later, it is almost certainly because we are waiting on the upstream code to be fixed!
In a normal setup, the folder in which the tool is downloaded and stored permits execution. Of course, if the user or an application on the user’s computer modifies these permissions, VRChat cannot override them.
Their tool works correctly on my pc. And yours doesnt. So no need to avoid responsibility. Help them to improve debugging messages so we will know exact reason.
after months i think i finally got it to work, i went to the gith and latest-release, downloaded the windowns version and replace the app it has on the “tools” folder from vrchat and now the yt is working for me, dont know who that may help, but helped me
i made sure to keep the folder it comes with the extract too from the windown’s version
I think this is an issue with youtube themselves. On discord, NO embeds work anymore, and just say “please login so we know you aren’t a bot” and wont let you view it atall or even login, meaning NO youtube embeds work. and I’m guessing this translates into vrchat too :[ so unless vrc finds a way to buypass it, idk if it will fix untill youtube themselves does something.
(as of 2025 rn, just realised this was an older post. Quest have it fine, but Pc particurly doesnt work rn for me and others)