> To bypass this limitation, we can break the download into several smaller parts using the HTTP Range header. This header allows you to specify which part of the file you want to download with each request (eg: Range bytes=2000-3000). The following code implements this logic.
Last time I read discussion about it in yt-dlp repo [1], you can actually bypass it by just adding range=xxx query parameter (not header), and it will return to full speed even if your range is just the whole thing.
And IIRC YouTube have already lifted this restriction.
Last time I read discussion about it in yt-dlp repo [1], you can actually bypass it by just adding range=xxx query parameter (not header), and it will return to full speed even if your range is just the whole thing.
And IIRC YouTube have already lifted this restriction.
Edit: find the ref [1] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6400