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youtube-dl.exe support

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ValveSoftware/Proton#3798 · opened 2020-04-25 by XLPhere · updated 2020-04-25 · 1 comments · github
XXLPhere 2020-04-25 github

Hey,
youtube-dl.exe still seems to have issues, has anyone found an workaround to it on getting it working? The thing is VRChat runs pretty well at the time of writing this (SteamPlay: Proton 5.0-6). The only issue is that you have to delete or rename/move youtube-dl.exe (at least thats the only way that works for me right now, which obviously consequently disables every youtube-dl powered function in VRC though).

In the thread dedicated to VRChat i also heard something that the (missing?) Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1199#issuecomment-468045658) is the issue, even though i didn't felt confident enough to tinker with it yet, since i have rather limited knowledge about wine and proton myself.
Anyone has an idea how to fix this? (or maybe even get a global patch on proton for this?)

Why is this a separate issue and not inside the VRChat-thread?

  • Having a separate issue for this problem is probably more organized then having this issue together with several other issues in the VRC's main issue-thread
  • Even though my point of view right now is only related to VRC, this might also be effecting other apps/games that use youtube-dl.exe

Thanks for helping!

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-04-25 github

Hello @XLPhere, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1199#issuecomment-619371252.

I have to disagree that this should be tracked separately because VRChat is the only game on Steam being run through Proton and uses youtube-dl that we currently know about.

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