From dfc2f0cd0df3ce37f3b52276cf0e98bdbe2b1162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coletdjnz <coletdjnz@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:30:41 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Leave android params in for now

---
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 29b600d53..2e26452af 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -3603,6 +3603,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         yt_query = {
             'videoId': video_id,
         }
+        # todo: remove - deprecated/broken
+        if _split_innertube_client(client)[0] == 'android':
+            yt_query['params'] = 'CgIQBg=='
 
         pp_arg = self._configuration_arg('player_params', [None], casesense=True)[0]
         if pp_arg: