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--cookies flag does not work #19

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yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: [youtube]: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot. Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp  for how to manually pass cookies. Also see  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies  for tips on effectively exporting YouTube cookies

This error persists when providing cookies.

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  1. Download your cookies and add them to a cookies.txt file
  2. Run with python src/youcube/youcube.py --cookies cookies.txt

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