From 380d14dc6a6e71cd1825457894c23c87de2212c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cottongin <cottongin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:03:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add --remote-components ejs:github to all yt-dlp calls
 for YouTube 2026 compatibility

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 src-tauri/src/services/dependency_manager.rs |  2 ++
 src-tauri/src/services/download_manager.rs   |  4 +++-
 src-tauri/src/services/video_resolver.rs     | 12 ++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src-tauri/src/services/dependency_manager.rs b/src-tauri/src/services/dependency_manager.rs
index f8a494a..a96cd51 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/services/dependency_manager.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/services/dependency_manager.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ pub fn check_pot_plugin(cookie_source: &CookieSource) -> bool {
     command
         .arg("-v")
         .arg("--simulate")
+        .arg("--remote-components")
+        .arg("ejs:github")
         .args(cookie_source.to_ytdlp_args())
         .arg("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ");
     let output = command.output();
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/services/download_manager.rs b/src-tauri/src/services/download_manager.rs
index 2cc91e8..4d31ebd 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/services/download_manager.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/services/download_manager.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ pub fn start_download(
         .arg(&output_template)
         .arg("--newline")
         .arg("--no-part")
-        .arg("-c");
+        .arg("-c")
+        .arg("--remote-components")
+        .arg("ejs:github");
 
     for arg in cookie_source.to_ytdlp_args() {
         cmd.arg(arg);
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/services/video_resolver.rs b/src-tauri/src/services/video_resolver.rs
index de98e64..7103296 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/services/video_resolver.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/services/video_resolver.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ pub fn resolve(url: &str, cookie_source: &CookieSource) -> Result<VideoMetadata,
     let cookie_args = cookie_source.to_ytdlp_args();
 
     let mut meta_cmd = Command::new("yt-dlp");
-    meta_cmd.arg("--dump-json").arg("--no-download");
+    meta_cmd
+        .arg("--dump-json")
+        .arg("--no-download")
+        .arg("--remote-components")
+        .arg("ejs:github");
     for arg in &cookie_args {
         meta_cmd.arg(arg);
     }
@@ -38,7 +42,11 @@ pub fn resolve(url: &str, cookie_source: &CookieSource) -> Result<VideoMetadata,
     let meta = parse_ytdlp_json(&json_str)?;
 
     let mut stream_cmd = Command::new("yt-dlp");
-    stream_cmd.arg("-g").arg("--no-download");
+    stream_cmd
+        .arg("-g")
+        .arg("--no-download")
+        .arg("--remote-components")
+        .arg("ejs:github");
     for arg in &cookie_args {
         stream_cmd.arg(arg);
     }