Yt-dlp --netrc __exclusive__ 【2024-2026】

When you use yt-dlp with the --netrc option, it attempts to find and use a .netrc file for authentication purposes. This can be particularly useful if you're trying to download videos from sites that require you to be logged in.

yt-dlp respects --netrc for any extractor that implements _perform_login() or similar. Popular ones: yt-dlp --netrc