#17686·yt-dlp

passthesalt.ubicast.tv

Author: grrrrrCreated Sep 15, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
Labelssite-requesttriage

Checklist

  • I've read the NO AI / NO LLM POLICY and understand I may be blocked from the repository if it is violated
  • I'm reporting a new site support request
  • I've verified that I have updated yt-dlp to nightly or master (update instructions)
  • I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
  • I've checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights or contain any DRM to the best of my knowledge
  • I've searched the bugtracker for similar requests including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
  • I've read about sharing account credentials and am willing to share it if required

Region

Europe (likely global access)

Example URLs

Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

Add support for the site https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv and the hosted videos.

hosted videos are shared CC BY-SA v4

This has been tried by running yt-dlp against a hosted video, it drops back to the generic extractor and then fails

$ yt-dlp https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/
[generic] Extracting URL: https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/
[generic] 2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] 2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/

Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

  • Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (yt-dlp -vU <your command line>)
  • If using API, add 'verbose': True to YoutubeDL params instead
  • Copy the WHOLE output (starting with [debug] Command-line config) and insert it below

Complete Verbose Output

$ yt-dlp -vU https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version [email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp (linux_exe)
[debug] Python 3.14.7 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.18.46-1.qubes.fc41.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.41 (OpenSSL 3.5.7 9 Jun 2026, glibc 2.41)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.1.5-0 (setts), ffprobe 7.1.5-0
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.2.0, certifi-2026.07.22, curl_cffi-0.16.0, mutagen-1.48.1, requests-2.34.2, secretstorage-3.5.0, sqlite3-3.53.4, urllib3-2.7.0, websockets-17.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.8.0
[debug] JS runtimes: deno-2.9.6
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Plugin directories: none
[debug] Loaded 1744 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Latest version: [email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
yt-dlp is up to date ([email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
[generic] Extracting URL: https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/
[generic] 2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] 2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation: Extracting information
[debug] Looking for embeds
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1731, in wrapper
  File "yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1866, in __extract_info
  File "yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 765, in extract
  File "yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py", line 984, in _real_extract
yt_dlp.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/2026-desktopranger-blocks-keystroke-spying-hardening-windows-desktop-isolation/