Package: libquvi7
Version: 0.4.1-3
Severity: normal

libquvi fails to download videos from Youtube that are subject to age
restriction.  For example, using the cclive(1) frontend:

$ cclive "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6JhcjbWEwg";
Checking ... ...... ....... libquvi: error: 
/usr/share/libquvi-scripts/lua/website/youtube.lua:112: Sign in to confirm your 
age (code=150)

(This video is of an interview of one journalist by another.  Not being
able to see it, I don't know what aspect it has that would cause Youtube
to age-restrict it.  My guess is that it's a reality-is-NSFW deal.)

libquvi ought to work around the age gate.  It should not impose this
censorship on its users.

I found a discussion of the same issue being addressed in some other
code at <https://github.com/fent/node-ytdl-core/issues/19>.  Maybe the
fix they used can be adopted.

-zefram

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