yt-dlp not working with Kick? Here is the fix
Kick sits behind Cloudflare bot protection. yt-dlp requests get challenged and fail with HTTP 403, 'Unable to extract' or an infinite JavaScript challenge.
Here is what actually helps.
Fix 1: update yt-dlp
pip install -U yt-dlpGrabar transmisiones automáticamente
Añade un canal ahora y la siguiente transmisión se capturará automáticamente.
Fix 2: pass browser cookies
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome https://kick.com/CHANNELFix 3: use the Kick API stream URL with ffmpeg
Fetch https://kick.com/api/v2/channels/CHANNEL in a real browser, copy playback_url and feed it to ffmpeg -i URL -c copy out.mp4. Fragile, but works.
Fix 4: stop fighting Cloudflare
recordcloud.bot records Kick server-side with protection-aware fetching, detects lives automatically and hands you an MP4. No cookies, no updates.
Preguntas frecuentes
Does Streamlink work with Kick?
Streamlink has a Kick plugin that works intermittently for the same Cloudflare reasons.
Is recordcloud.bot affected by Kick's Cloudflare protection?
We route Kick checks through protection-aware fetching, so detection keeps working when scripts fail.
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