Yt-dlp issue on webservice

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I was developing my app which generates youtube clips from the yt-link, it was running fine locally , but when i uploaded the app on render it started showing me this error:

Error generating clip: [Error: Command failed: yt-dlp -f best -o “/opt/render/project/src/public/downloads/MYiiCnHI3DM.mp4” “yt link here”

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM/bin/sh: 1: yt-dlp: not found

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM] {

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM code: 127,

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM killed: false,

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM signal: null,

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM cmd: 'yt-dlp -f best -o “/opt/render/project/src/public/downloads/MYiiCnHI3DM.mp4” [“yt link here”,)

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM stdout: ‘’,

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM stderr: ‘/bin/sh: 1: yt-dlp: not found\n’

Jan 10 03:06:09 PM}

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I suspect yt-dlp with an OS level dependency and it’s not installed in our Native environments - you’d need to be deploying via Docker to add additional dependencies at that layer when running this on us.

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Is there any other way than using a docker file? if yes please tell me the steps…

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there isn’t - that’s the only way to control additional dependencies.

Unless, if it’s just a binary you could download it as part of the build step perhaps.

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It looks like yt-dlp isn’t installed on the server where your app is running. You’ll need to add yt-dlp to your Render environment. You can either install it as part of your app’s setup process (e.g., in the Dockerfile or requirements.txt) or manually install it on the server.

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