From 6e5bee418bc108565108153fd745c8e7a59f16dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coletdjnz <coletdjnz@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:44:27 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/youtube] Ensure context params are consistent for web
 clients (#13701)

Authored by: coletdjnz
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
index 7d9cbf8ee4..0a9b510c7d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
         'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
         **WEB_PO_TOKEN_POLICIES,
+        'PLAYER_PARAMS': '8AEB',
     },
     # Safari UA returns pre-merged video+audio 144p/240p/360p/720p/1080p HLS formats
     'web_safari': {