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Do the yt-dlp people know something that the VLC people don't?
If it works for them, why can't it work for VLC?

It takes development work. Volunteers do that. Perhaps there is not enough appreciation for what they do to bother. Do you appreciate what they do?

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Apparently nobody is working on this.

See the existing thread with a couple of alternate suggestions.
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=164866

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