From a90968400b3bb0c54415febd1fccae7a2a5c96a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Eichhorn <a.eichhorn@losjet.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:07:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use ANDROID_SDKLESS client with TV fallback

---
 package-lock.json              | 7 +++----
 package.json                   | 2 +-
 src/youtube/models/internal.ts | 1 +
 src/youtube/service.ts         | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f061206..f2b37ac 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 			"version": "0.0.0",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"quickjs-emscripten": "^0.31.0",
-				"youtubei.js": "^16.0.0"
+				"youtubei.js": "github:alexeichhorn/YouTube.js#feat/android-sdkless-client"
 			},
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers": "^0.8.19",
@@ -3174,9 +3174,8 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/youtubei.js": {
-			"version": "16.0.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/youtubei.js/-/youtubei.js-16.0.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-aMx+ulnrxzsgVsxTr7gbBVnIjti2NQUlMwCoo1/MzICCJS3iMLOPUFdo7bSpwskL6ljzQ/LxmmB4WQC3FtkBlA==",
+			"version": "16.0.1",
+			"resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/alexeichhorn/YouTube.js.git#bba1a8068408fe4843f0589587e697dba634b2d4",
 			"funding": [
 				"https://github.com/sponsors/LuanRT"
 			],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0fa3b5..4b237ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"quickjs-emscripten": "^0.31.0",
-		"youtubei.js": "^16.0.0"
+		"youtubei.js": "github:alexeichhorn/YouTube.js#feat/android-sdkless-client"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/youtube/models/internal.ts b/src/youtube/models/internal.ts
index 5dd62e9..47783a0 100644
--- a/src/youtube/models/internal.ts
+++ b/src/youtube/models/internal.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export type AvailableInnertubeClient =
    | 'WEB'
    | 'MWEB'
    | 'ANDROID'
+   | 'ANDROID_SDKLESS'
    | 'YTMUSIC'
    | 'YTMUSIC_ANDROID'
    | 'YTSTUDIO_ANDROID'
diff --git a/src/youtube/service.ts b/src/youtube/service.ts
index c5f03ce..21638b3 100644
--- a/src/youtube/service.ts
+++ b/src/youtube/service.ts
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export class YouTubeService {
    // - InnerTube Methods -
 
    private async getStreams(innertube: Innertube): Promise<RemoteStream[]> {
-      const clients: AvailableInnertubeClient[] = ['TV'];
+      const clients: AvailableInnertubeClient[] = ['ANDROID_SDKLESS', 'TV'];
       //   const clients: AvailableInnertubeClient[] = ['WEB_EMBEDDED'];
       let allStreams: RemoteStream[] = [];