Server check

• PHP 8.3.33
  litespeed on Linux (64-bit)
• downloads/ and jobs/ are writable
  downloads: yes, jobs: yes
• PHP can run external programs
  available: none — disable_functions = system, exec, shell_exec, passthru, mysql_list_dbs, ini_alter, dl, symlink, link, chgrp, leak, popen, apache_child_terminate, virtual, mb_send_mail, proc_open
  Every one of proc_open, exec, shell_exec and popen is blocked, so no server side downloader can work here. Ask support to allow exec, or move to a VPS.
• Response can finish before the work does
  litespeed_finish_request()
• yt-dlp is installed
  /home/u827770047/domains/thetrafficedge.com/public_html/yt_download/bin/yt-dlp → no version output
  Upload the yt-dlp binary for this server into bin/ and chmod it 755. For Linux hosting use the "yt-dlp_linux" build from the releases page, renamed to "yt-dlp". If Python is available you can instead run: pip install --user yt-dlp
• Python fallback (python -m yt_dlp)
  no interpreter with the yt_dlp module
  Optional. Only needed if the standalone binary will not run on this host.
• ffmpeg is installed
  not found
  Optional but recommended. Without it the app only offers single-file qualities (usually up to 360p or 720p) and cannot make MP3. Upload a static ffmpeg build to bin/.
• cookies.txt present
  not present
  Optional, but shared hosting IPs are frequently challenged by YouTube with "Sign in to confirm you are not a bot". Exporting cookies.txt from a logged in browser and uploading it next to index.php is the usual cure.
• Server can reach youtube.com
  HTTP 200
• Resource limits
  max_execution_time=120s, memory_limit=256M, free disk=16140.08 GB

Live test

Asks yt-dlp to read one public video without downloading it. This is where a "not a bot" challenge would show up.