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Add support for downloading live videos more than 4 hours back

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#688 opened on Aug 14, 2020

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Description

The YouTube player allows to go "back in time" in a live video up to 12 hours, and if you pause the video at -12h and return after some time, you can still play it, so it should be possible to download the video even more than 12 hours back.

However, using ytdl-core, I could only download live videos up to 4 hours back, which was the previous limit.

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Research direction
Investigate YouTube live streaming protocol and the current download limit in ytdl core. Check if there are any API changes or workarounds.
Tech stack
javascript
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backend
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3
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Half day
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Clear
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JavaScript
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70