[For Android 6 Users] How to make YTDLnis usable

[deniscerri]

Since 1.8.0, Android 6 support has been dropped. This is due to yt-dlp dropping support for python version 3.8 which is the last python version android 6 can handle. Still yt-dlp can be usable for the time being even though it dropped support, so android 6 users can follow this guide to keep YTDLnis usable on their phones:

• Download the 1.7.9.2 APK
• Turn off internet on your phone
• Install the APK
• Launch ytdlnis and disable auto-updates for yt-dlp (Settings > Updating > Auto-Update yt-dlp)
• Turn internet back on
• Go to the built-in terminal in ytdlnis and run yt-dlp -U. This will use yt-dlp's built in updater and not the one from youtubedl-android. yt-dlp uses a lock file format to prevent updating past an incompatible python version.

Now you should have ytdlnis v1.7.9.2 with yt-dlp 2024.10.22 installed

Long term, youtubedl-android should probably be updated to either just use the built-in yt-dlp updater or support the lock file format yt-dlp uses.

Originally posted by @seproDev in #633 (comment)

[highbaser]

Doesn't work on Android 6.0, at least on armeabi-v7. yt-dlp won't even launch after the fresh install of YTDLnis.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/__main__.py", line 14, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 618, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/cookies.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/aes.py", line 5, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/dependencies/__init__.py", line 69, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/dependencies/Cryptodome.py", line 17, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Cipher/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from Cryptodome.Cipher._mode_cbc import _create_cbc_cipher
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Cipher/_mode_cbc.py", line 45, in <module>
    raw_cbc_lib = load_pycryptodome_raw_lib("Cryptodome.Cipher._raw_cbc", """
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Util/_raw_api.py", line 309, in load_pycryptodome_raw_lib
    raise OSError("Cannot load native module '%s': %s" % (name, ", ".join(attempts)))
OSError: Cannot load native module 'Cryptodome.Cipher._raw_cbc': Not found '_raw_cbc.cpython-38.so', Cannot load '_raw_cbc.abi3.so': dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "__aeabi_memcpy4" referenced by "/data/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Cipher/_raw_cbc.abi3.so"..., Not found '_raw_cbc.so'```

There should be at least a working copy of yt-dlp to be able to update self but there isn't any.

@deniscerri Why can't you just release an 1.7.9.3 which has the last Python38-compatible and working yt-dlp bundled in or can download [email protected]? Would be much more simple for everyone.

[ShareASmile]

release an 1.7.9.3 which has the last Python38-compatible and working yt-dlp bundled in or can download [email protected]

Yes, Please.

[error-reporting]

Doesn't work on Android 6.0, at least on armeabi-v7. yt-dlp won't even launch after the fresh install of YTDLnis.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/__main__.py", line 14, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 618, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/cookies.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/aes.py", line 5, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/dependencies/__init__.py", line 69, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/dependencies/Cryptodome.py", line 17, in <module>
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Cipher/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from Cryptodome.Cipher._mode_cbc import _create_cbc_cipher
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Cipher/_mode_cbc.py", line 45, in <module>
    raw_cbc_lib = load_pycryptodome_raw_lib("Cryptodome.Cipher._raw_cbc", """
  File "/data/user/0/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Util/_raw_api.py", line 309, in load_pycryptodome_raw_lib
    raise OSError("Cannot load native module '%s': %s" % (name, ", ".join(attempts)))
OSError: Cannot load native module 'Cryptodome.Cipher._raw_cbc': Not found '_raw_cbc.cpython-38.so', Cannot load '_raw_cbc.abi3.so': dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "__aeabi_memcpy4" referenced by "/data/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/no_backup/youtubedl-android/packages/python/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cryptodome/Cipher/_raw_cbc.abi3.so"..., Not found '_raw_cbc.so'```

There should be at least a working copy of yt-dlp to be able to update self but there isn't any.

@deniscerri Why can't you just release an 1.7.9.3 which has the last Python38-compatible and working yt-dlp bundled in or can download [email protected]? Would be much more simple for everyone.

that's not yt-dlp launch issue rather that is cryptodomex launch issue because of old android version such as android 6.x

[deniscerri]

As @error-reporting said this has nothing to do with yt-dlp but other support libraries not working. This is a known error on some android 6 devices since it doesnt support cryptodome.

[highbaser]

@deniscerri Is there an older version of cryptodome that would be functional on these devices?

[deniscerri]

There was a period where there was no cryptodome but that was a long time ago and the old versions of the library are not really accessible to fetch.