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I'm using Linux Mint 21.1 and I recently installed mpv. When I run mpv followed by a youtube url I get the following lines:

[ytdl_hook] ERROR: Unable to extract updater id: please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug. Make sure you are using the latest version...
[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error occurred
[ytdl_hook] It appears that your youtube-dl version is severely out of date
Failed to recognize title format

It seems that the problem is that my youtube-dl is out of date, but when I command youtube-dl --update I get that youtube-dl is up-to-date (2021.12.17). What am I failing to see?

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This project has not been maintained recently and it's indeed out of date. Please upgrade to/replace it with yt-dlp.

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  • Thank you. How do I setup mpv with yt-dlp? Commented Feb 22, 2023 at 12:22
  • sudo apt remove youtube-dl; google.com/search?q=linux+mint+install+yt-dlp Commented Feb 22, 2023 at 17:29
  • Recent versions of mpv will use yt-dlp automatically if that's the only one of them installed :-) Commented Feb 22, 2023 at 18:10
  • After a few days of looking into it it seems that installing it through the terminal actually downloads an outdated version. Had to build it and change the conf file to make it so it works with yt-dlp. Thanks for the help :) Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 14:06

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