]> jfr.im git - yt-dlp.git/blobdiff - yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
[ie/youtube] Remove `android` from default clients (#9553)
[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / extractor / youtube.py
index f7b0772dfec5b973c0434c5ad0849c34f258b3da..e676c5cde24c96e4f49935b765ca9ebaafdff2f5 100644 (file)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import calendar
 import collections
 import copy
-import datetime
+import datetime as dt
 import enum
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 import os.path
 import random
 import re
+import shlex
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
-import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from .openload import PhantomJSwrapper
 from ..compat import functools
 from ..jsinterp import JSInterpreter
+from ..networking.exceptions import HTTPError, network_exceptions
 from ..utils import (
     NO_DEFAULT,
     ExtractorError,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
     clean_html,
     datetime_from_str,
     dict_get,
+    filesize_from_tbr,
     filter_dict,
     float_or_none,
     format_field,
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@
     join_nonempty,
     js_to_json,
     mimetype2ext,
-    network_exceptions,
     orderedSet,
     parse_codecs,
     parse_count,
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     str_to_int,
     strftime_or_none,
     traverse_obj,
+    try_call,
     try_get,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_strdate,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
     variadic,
 )
 
+STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME = '__yt_dlp_client'
 # any clients starting with _ cannot be explicitly requested by the user
 INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
     'web': {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'ANDROID',
-                'clientVersion': '17.31.35',
+                'clientVersion': '19.09.37',
                 'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/17.31.35 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip'
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/19.09.37 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip'
             }
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 3,
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'ANDROID_EMBEDDED_PLAYER',
-                'clientVersion': '17.31.35',
+                'clientVersion': '19.09.37',
                 'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/17.31.35 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip'
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/19.09.37 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip'
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 55,
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'ANDROID_MUSIC',
-                'clientVersion': '5.16.51',
+                'clientVersion': '6.42.52',
                 'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.music/5.16.51 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip'
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.music/6.42.52 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip'
             }
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 21,
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'IOS',
-                'clientVersion': '17.33.2',
+                'clientVersion': '19.09.3',
                 'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/17.33.2 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)'
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/19.09.3 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)'
             }
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 5,
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'IOS_MESSAGES_EXTENSION',
-                'clientVersion': '17.33.2',
+                'clientVersion': '19.09.3',
                 'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/17.33.2 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)'
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/19.09.3 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)'
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 66,
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'IOS_MUSIC',
-                'clientVersion': '5.21',
+                'clientVersion': '6.33.3',
                 'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtubemusic/5.21 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)'
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtubemusic/6.33.3 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)'
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 26,
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 85
     },
+    # This client has pre-merged video+audio 720p/1080p streams
+    'mediaconnect': {
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
+            'client': {
+                'clientName': 'MEDIA_CONNECT_FRONTEND',
+                'clientVersion': '0.1',
+            },
+        },
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 95
+    },
 }
 
 
@@ -248,11 +261,16 @@ def _split_innertube_client(client_name):
     return client_name, base, variant[0] if variant else None
 
 
+def short_client_name(client_name):
+    main, *parts = _split_innertube_client(client_name)[0].replace('embedscreen', 'e_s').split('_')
+    return join_nonempty(main[:4], ''.join(x[0] for x in parts)).upper()
+
+
 def build_innertube_clients():
     THIRD_PARTY = {
         'embedUrl': 'https://www.youtube.com/',  # Can be any valid URL
     }
-    BASE_CLIENTS = ('android', 'web', 'tv', 'ios', 'mweb')
+    BASE_CLIENTS = ('ios', 'android', 'web', 'tv', 'mweb')
     priority = qualities(BASE_CLIENTS[::-1])
 
     for client, ytcfg in tuple(INNERTUBE_CLIENTS.items()):
@@ -286,6 +304,7 @@ class BadgeType(enum.Enum):
     AVAILABILITY_PREMIUM = enum.auto()
     AVAILABILITY_SUBSCRIPTION = enum.auto()
     LIVE_NOW = enum.auto()
+    VERIFIED = enum.auto()
 
 
 class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
@@ -312,6 +331,40 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.pussthecat\.org',
         r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.zee\.li',
         r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.ethibox\.fr',
+        r'(?:www\.)?iv\.ggtyler\.dev',
+        r'(?:www\.)?inv\.vern\.i2p',
+        r'(?:www\.)?am74vkcrjp2d5v36lcdqgsj2m6x36tbrkhsruoegwfcizzabnfgf5zyd\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?inv\.riverside\.rocks',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.silur\.me',
+        r'(?:www\.)?inv\.bp\.projectsegfau\.lt',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.g4c3eya4clenolymqbpgwz3q3tawoxw56yhzk4vugqrl6dtu3ejvhjid\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.slipfox\.xyz',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.esmail5pdn24shtvieloeedh7ehz3nrwcdivnfhfcedl7gf4kwddhkqd\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?inv\.vernccvbvyi5qhfzyqengccj7lkove6bjot2xhh5kajhwvidqafczrad\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.tiekoetter\.com',
+        r'(?:www\.)?iv\.odysfvr23q5wgt7i456o5t3trw2cw5dgn56vbjfbq2m7xsc5vqbqpcyd\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.nerdvpn\.de',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.weblibre\.org',
+        r'(?:www\.)?inv\.odyssey346\.dev',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.dhusch\.de',
+        r'(?:www\.)?iv\.melmac\.space',
+        r'(?:www\.)?watch\.thekitty\.zone',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.privacydev\.net',
+        r'(?:www\.)?ng27owmagn5amdm7l5s3rsqxwscl5ynppnis5dqcasogkyxcfqn7psid\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.drivet\.xyz',
+        r'(?:www\.)?vid\.priv\.au',
+        r'(?:www\.)?euxxcnhsynwmfidvhjf6uzptsmh4dipkmgdmcmxxuo7tunp3ad2jrwyd\.onion',
+        r'(?:www\.)?inv\.vern\.cc',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.esmailelbob\.xyz',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.sethforprivacy\.com',
+        r'(?:www\.)?yt\.oelrichsgarcia\.de',
+        r'(?:www\.)?yt\.artemislena\.eu',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.flokinet\.to',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.baczek\.me',
+        r'(?:www\.)?y\.com\.sb',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.epicsite\.xyz',
+        r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.lidarshield\.cloud',
+        r'(?:www\.)?yt\.funami\.tech',
         r'(?:www\.)?invidious\.3o7z6yfxhbw7n3za4rss6l434kmv55cgw2vuziwuigpwegswvwzqipyd\.onion',
         r'(?:www\.)?osbivz6guyeahrwp2lnwyjk2xos342h4ocsxyqrlaopqjuhwn2djiiyd\.onion',
         r'(?:www\.)?u2cvlit75owumwpy4dj2hsmvkq7nvrclkpht7xgyye2pyoxhpmclkrad\.onion',
@@ -388,8 +441,19 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         r'(?:www\.)?piped\.adminforge\.de',
         r'(?:www\.)?watch\.whatevertinfoil\.de',
         r'(?:www\.)?piped\.qdi\.fi',
-        r'(?:www\.)?piped\.video',
+        r'(?:(?:www|cf)\.)?piped\.video',
         r'(?:www\.)?piped\.aeong\.one',
+        r'(?:www\.)?piped\.moomoo\.me',
+        r'(?:www\.)?piped\.chauvet\.pro',
+        r'(?:www\.)?watch\.leptons\.xyz',
+        r'(?:www\.)?pd\.vern\.cc',
+        r'(?:www\.)?piped\.hostux\.net',
+        r'(?:www\.)?piped\.lunar\.icu',
+        # Hyperpipe instances from https://hyperpipe.codeberg.page/
+        r'(?:www\.)?hyperpipe\.surge\.sh',
+        r'(?:www\.)?hyperpipe\.esmailelbob\.xyz',
+        r'(?:www\.)?listen\.whatever\.social',
+        r'(?:www\.)?music\.adminforge\.de',
     )
 
     # extracted from account/account_menu ep
@@ -406,6 +470,23 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
     _IGNORED_WARNINGS = {'Unavailable videos will be hidden during playback'}
 
+    _YT_HANDLE_RE = r'@[\w.-]{3,30}'  # https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11585688?hl=en
+    _YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE = r'UC[\w-]{22}'
+
+    def ucid_or_none(self, ucid):
+        return self._search_regex(rf'^({self._YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE})$', ucid, 'UC-id', default=None)
+
+    def handle_or_none(self, handle):
+        return self._search_regex(rf'^({self._YT_HANDLE_RE})$', handle, '@-handle', default=None)
+
+    def handle_from_url(self, url):
+        return self._search_regex(rf'^(?:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?/({self._YT_HANDLE_RE})',
+                                  url, 'channel handle', default=None)
+
+    def ucid_from_url(self, url):
+        return self._search_regex(rf'^(?:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?/({self._YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE})',
+                                  url, 'channel id', default=None)
+
     @functools.cached_property
     def _preferred_lang(self):
         """
@@ -428,16 +509,10 @@ def _initialize_consent(self):
         cookies = self._get_cookies('https://www.youtube.com/')
         if cookies.get('__Secure-3PSID'):
             return
-        consent_id = None
-        consent = cookies.get('CONSENT')
-        if consent:
-            if 'YES' in consent.value:
-                return
-            consent_id = self._search_regex(
-                r'PENDING\+(\d+)', consent.value, 'consent', default=None)
-        if not consent_id:
-            consent_id = random.randint(100, 999)
-        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'CONSENT', 'YES+cb.20210328-17-p0.en+FX+%s' % consent_id)
+        socs = cookies.get('SOCS')
+        if socs and not socs.value.startswith('CAA'):  # not consented
+            return
+        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'SOCS', 'CAI', secure=True)  # accept all (required for mixes)
 
     def _initialize_pref(self):
         cookies = self._get_cookies('https://www.youtube.com/')
@@ -723,17 +798,26 @@ def _report_alerts(self, alerts, expected=True, fatal=True, only_once=False):
     def _extract_and_report_alerts(self, data, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._report_alerts(self._extract_alerts(data), *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def _extract_badges(self, renderer: dict):
-        privacy_icon_map = {
+    def _extract_badges(self, badge_list: list):
+        """
+        Extract known BadgeType's from a list of badge renderers.
+        @returns [{'type': BadgeType}]
+        """
+        icon_type_map = {
             'PRIVACY_UNLISTED': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_UNLISTED,
             'PRIVACY_PRIVATE': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PRIVATE,
-            'PRIVACY_PUBLIC': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PUBLIC
+            'PRIVACY_PUBLIC': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PUBLIC,
+            'CHECK_CIRCLE_THICK': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
+            'OFFICIAL_ARTIST_BADGE': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
+            'CHECK': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
         }
 
         badge_style_map = {
             'BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_MEMBERS_ONLY': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_SUBSCRIPTION,
             'BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_PREMIUM': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PREMIUM,
-            'BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_LIVE_NOW': BadgeType.LIVE_NOW
+            'BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_LIVE_NOW': BadgeType.LIVE_NOW,
+            'BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_VERIFIED': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
+            'BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_VERIFIED_ARTIST': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
         }
 
         label_map = {
@@ -741,13 +825,15 @@ def _extract_badges(self, renderer: dict):
             'private': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PRIVATE,
             'members only': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_SUBSCRIPTION,
             'live': BadgeType.LIVE_NOW,
-            'premium': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PREMIUM
+            'premium': BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PREMIUM,
+            'verified': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
+            'official artist channel': BadgeType.VERIFIED,
         }
 
         badges = []
-        for badge in traverse_obj(renderer, ('badges', ..., 'metadataBadgeRenderer'), default=[]):
+        for badge in traverse_obj(badge_list, (..., lambda key, _: re.search(r'[bB]adgeRenderer$', key))):
             badge_type = (
-                privacy_icon_map.get(traverse_obj(badge, ('icon', 'iconType'), expected_type=str))
+                icon_type_map.get(traverse_obj(badge, ('icon', 'iconType'), expected_type=str))
                 or badge_style_map.get(traverse_obj(badge, 'style'))
             )
             if badge_type:
@@ -755,11 +841,12 @@ def _extract_badges(self, renderer: dict):
                 continue
 
             # fallback, won't work in some languages
-            label = traverse_obj(badge, 'label', expected_type=str, default='')
+            label = traverse_obj(
+                badge, 'label', ('accessibilityData', 'label'), 'tooltip', 'iconTooltip', get_all=False, expected_type=str, default='')
             for match, label_badge_type in label_map.items():
                 if match in label.lower():
-                    badges.append({'type': badge_type})
-                    continue
+                    badges.append({'type': label_badge_type})
+                    break
 
         return badges
 
@@ -785,7 +872,7 @@ def _get_text(data, *path_list, max_runs=None):
                     runs = item
 
                 runs = runs[:min(len(runs), max_runs or len(runs))]
-                text = ''.join(traverse_obj(runs, (..., 'text'), expected_type=str, default=[]))
+                text = ''.join(traverse_obj(runs, (..., 'text'), expected_type=str))
                 if text:
                     return text
 
@@ -805,7 +892,7 @@ def _extract_thumbnails(data, *path_list):
         """
         thumbnails = []
         for path in path_list or [()]:
-            for thumbnail in traverse_obj(data, (*variadic(path), 'thumbnails', ...), default=[]):
+            for thumbnail in traverse_obj(data, (*variadic(path), 'thumbnails', ...)):
                 thumbnail_url = url_or_none(thumbnail.get('url'))
                 if not thumbnail_url:
                     continue
@@ -825,9 +912,16 @@ def _extract_thumbnails(data, *path_list):
     def extract_relative_time(relative_time_text):
         """
         Extracts a relative time from string and converts to dt object
-        e.g. 'streamed 6 days ago', '5 seconds ago (edited)', 'updated today'
+        e.g. 'streamed 6 days ago', '5 seconds ago (edited)', 'updated today', '8 yr ago'
         """
-        mobj = re.search(r'(?P<start>today|yesterday|now)|(?P<time>\d+)\s*(?P<unit>microsecond|second|minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?\s*ago', relative_time_text)
+
+        # XXX: this could be moved to a general function in utils/_utils.py
+        # The relative time text strings are roughly the same as what
+        # Javascript's Intl.RelativeTimeFormat function generates.
+        # See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/RelativeTimeFormat
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'(?P<start>today|yesterday|now)|(?P<time>\d+)\s*(?P<unit>sec(?:ond)?|s|min(?:ute)?|h(?:our|r)?|d(?:ay)?|w(?:eek|k)?|mo(?:nth)?|y(?:ear|r)?)s?\s*ago',
+            relative_time_text)
         if mobj:
             start = mobj.group('start')
             if start:
@@ -840,10 +934,10 @@ def extract_relative_time(relative_time_text):
     def _parse_time_text(self, text):
         if not text:
             return
-        dt = self.extract_relative_time(text)
+        dt_ = self.extract_relative_time(text)
         timestamp = None
-        if isinstance(dt, datetime.datetime):
-            timestamp = calendar.timegm(dt.timetuple())
+        if isinstance(dt_, dt.datetime):
+            timestamp = calendar.timegm(dt_.timetuple())
 
         if timestamp is None:
             timestamp = (
@@ -860,7 +954,16 @@ def _parse_time_text(self, text):
     def _extract_response(self, item_id, query, note='Downloading API JSON', headers=None,
                           ytcfg=None, check_get_keys=None, ep='browse', fatal=True, api_hostname=None,
                           default_client='web'):
-        for retry in self.RetryManager():
+        raise_for_incomplete = bool(self._configuration_arg('raise_incomplete_data', ie_key=YoutubeIE))
+        # Incomplete Data should be a warning by default when retries are exhausted, while other errors should be fatal.
+        icd_retries = iter(self.RetryManager(fatal=raise_for_incomplete))
+        icd_rm = next(icd_retries)
+        main_retries = iter(self.RetryManager())
+        main_rm = next(main_retries)
+        # Manual retry loop for multiple RetryManagers
+        # The proper RetryManager MUST be advanced after an error
+        # and its result MUST be checked if the manager is non fatal
+        while True:
             try:
                 response = self._call_api(
                     ep=ep, fatal=True, headers=headers,
@@ -871,47 +974,53 @@ def _extract_response(self, item_id, query, note='Downloading API JSON', headers
             except ExtractorError as e:
                 if not isinstance(e.cause, network_exceptions):
                     return self._error_or_warning(e, fatal=fatal)
-                elif not isinstance(e.cause, urllib.error.HTTPError):
-                    retry.error = e
+                elif not isinstance(e.cause, HTTPError):
+                    main_rm.error = e
+                    next(main_retries)
                     continue
 
-                first_bytes = e.cause.read(512)
+                first_bytes = e.cause.response.read(512)
                 if not is_html(first_bytes):
                     yt_error = try_get(
                         self._parse_json(
-                            self._webpage_read_content(e.cause, None, item_id, prefix=first_bytes) or '{}', item_id, fatal=False),
+                            self._webpage_read_content(e.cause.response, None, item_id, prefix=first_bytes) or '{}', item_id, fatal=False),
                         lambda x: x['error']['message'], str)
                     if yt_error:
                         self._report_alerts([('ERROR', yt_error)], fatal=False)
                 # Downloading page may result in intermittent 5xx HTTP error
-                # Sometimes a 404 is also recieved. See: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28289
+                # Sometimes a 404 is also received. See: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28289
                 # We also want to catch all other network exceptions since errors in later pages can be troublesome
                 # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/507#issuecomment-880188210
-                if e.cause.code not in (403, 429):
-                    retry.error = e
+                if e.cause.status not in (403, 429):
+                    main_rm.error = e
+                    next(main_retries)
                     continue
                 return self._error_or_warning(e, fatal=fatal)
 
             try:
                 self._extract_and_report_alerts(response, only_once=True)
             except ExtractorError as e:
-                # YouTube servers may return errors we want to retry on in a 200 OK response
+                # YouTube's servers may return errors we want to retry on in a 200 OK response
                 # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/839
                 if 'unknown error' in e.msg.lower():
-                    retry.error = e
+                    main_rm.error = e
+                    next(main_retries)
                     continue
                 return self._error_or_warning(e, fatal=fatal)
             # Youtube sometimes sends incomplete data
             # See: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28194
             if not traverse_obj(response, *variadic(check_get_keys)):
-                retry.error = ExtractorError('Incomplete data received', expected=True)
+                icd_rm.error = ExtractorError('Incomplete data received', expected=True)
+                should_retry = next(icd_retries, None)
+                if not should_retry:
+                    return None
                 continue
 
             return response
 
     @staticmethod
     def is_music_url(url):
-        return re.match(r'https?://music\.youtube\.com/', url) is not None
+        return re.match(r'(https?://)?music\.youtube\.com/', url) is not None
 
     def _extract_video(self, renderer):
         video_id = renderer.get('videoId')
@@ -940,11 +1049,13 @@ def _extract_video(self, renderer):
         if not channel_id:
             channel_id = traverse_obj(reel_header_renderer, ('channelNavigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint', 'browseId'))
 
+        channel_id = self.ucid_or_none(channel_id)
+
         overlay_style = traverse_obj(
             renderer, ('thumbnailOverlays', ..., 'thumbnailOverlayTimeStatusRenderer', 'style'),
             get_all=False, expected_type=str)
-        badges = self._extract_badges(renderer)
-
+        badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(renderer, 'badges'))
+        owner_badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(renderer, 'ownerBadges'))
         navigation_url = urljoin('https://www.youtube.com/', traverse_obj(
             renderer, ('navigationEndpoint', 'commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url'),
             expected_type=str)) or ''
@@ -968,6 +1079,13 @@ def _extract_video(self, renderer):
                       else self._get_count({'simpleText': view_count_text}))
         view_count_field = 'concurrent_view_count' if live_status in ('is_live', 'is_upcoming') else 'view_count'
 
+        channel = (self._get_text(renderer, 'ownerText', 'shortBylineText')
+                   or self._get_text(reel_header_renderer, 'channelTitleText'))
+
+        channel_handle = traverse_obj(renderer, (
+            'shortBylineText', 'runs', ..., 'navigationEndpoint',
+            (('commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url'), ('browseEndpoint', 'canonicalBaseUrl'))),
+            expected_type=self.handle_from_url, get_all=False)
         return {
             '_type': 'url',
             'ie_key': YoutubeIE.ie_key(),
@@ -977,9 +1095,11 @@ def _extract_video(self, renderer):
             'description': description,
             'duration': duration,
             'channel_id': channel_id,
-            'channel': (self._get_text(renderer, 'ownerText', 'shortBylineText')
-                        or self._get_text(reel_header_renderer, 'channelTitleText')),
+            'channel': channel,
             'channel_url': f'https://www.youtube.com/channel/{channel_id}' if channel_id else None,
+            'uploader': channel,
+            'uploader_id': channel_handle,
+            'uploader_url': format_field(channel_handle, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/%s', default=None),
             'thumbnails': self._extract_thumbnails(renderer, 'thumbnail'),
             'timestamp': (self._parse_time_text(time_text)
                           if self._configuration_arg('approximate_date', ie_key=YoutubeTabIE)
@@ -993,7 +1113,8 @@ def _extract_video(self, renderer):
                     needs_subscription=self._has_badge(badges, BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_SUBSCRIPTION) or None,
                     is_unlisted=self._has_badge(badges, BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_UNLISTED) or None),
             view_count_field: view_count,
-            'live_status': live_status
+            'live_status': live_status,
+            'channel_is_verified': True if self._has_badge(owner_badges, BadgeType.VERIFIED) else None
         }
 
 
@@ -1060,7 +1181,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         r'/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{8,})/player(?:_ias\.vflset(?:/[a-zA-Z]{2,3}_[a-zA-Z]{2,3})?|-plasma-ias-(?:phone|tablet)-[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2}\.vflset)/base\.js$',
         r'\b(?P<id>vfl[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\b.*?\.js$',
     )
-    _formats = {
+    _formats = {  # NB: Used in YoutubeWebArchiveIE and GoogleDriveIE
         '5': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 400, 'height': 240, 'acodec': 'mp3', 'abr': 64, 'vcodec': 'h263'},
         '6': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 450, 'height': 270, 'acodec': 'mp3', 'abr': 64, 'vcodec': 'h263'},
         '13': {'ext': '3gp', 'acodec': 'aac', 'vcodec': 'mp4v'},
@@ -1181,9 +1302,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
-                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
-                'uploader_id': 'phihag',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/phihag',
                 'channel': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
                 'channel_id': 'UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
                 'channel_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
@@ -1202,7 +1320,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'start_time': 1,
                 'end_time': 9,
                 'comment_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@PhilippHagemeister',
+                'uploader_id': '@PhilippHagemeister',
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             }
         },
         {
@@ -1214,9 +1336,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'upload_date': '20120608',
                 'title': 'Principal Sexually Assaults A Teacher - Episode 117 - 8th June 2012',
                 'description': 'md5:09b78bd971f1e3e289601dfba15ca4f7',
-                'uploader': 'SET India',
-                'uploader_id': 'setindia',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/setindia',
                 'age_limit': 18,
             },
             'skip': 'Private video',
@@ -1228,9 +1347,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
-                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
-                'uploader_id': 'phihag',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/phihag',
                 'channel': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
                 'channel_id': 'UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
                 'channel_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
@@ -1247,7 +1363,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'comment_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@PhilippHagemeister',
+                'uploader_id': '@PhilippHagemeister',
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -1260,10 +1380,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'a9LDPn-MO4I',
                 'ext': 'm4a',
                 'upload_date': '20121002',
-                'uploader_id': '8KVIDEO',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/8KVIDEO',
                 'description': '',
-                'uploader': '8KVIDEO',
                 'title': 'UHDTV TEST 8K VIDEO.mp4'
             },
             'params': {
@@ -1281,8 +1398,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Afrojack, Spree Wilson - The Spark (Official Music Video) ft. Spree Wilson',
                 'description': 'md5:8f5e2b82460520b619ccac1f509d43bf',
                 'duration': 244,
-                'uploader': 'AfrojackVEVO',
-                'uploader_id': 'AfrojackVEVO',
                 'upload_date': '20131011',
                 'abr': 129.495,
                 'like_count': int,
@@ -1294,13 +1409,15 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/IB3lcPjvWLA/maxresdefault.webp',
                 'channel': 'Afrojack',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/AfrojackVEVO',
                 'tags': 'count:19',
                 'availability': 'public',
                 'categories': ['Music'],
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'alt_title': 'The Spark',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Afrojack',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Afrojack',
+                'uploader_id': '@Afrojack',
             },
             'params': {
                 'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
@@ -1317,9 +1434,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - The Sword Of Destiny Trailer',
                 'description': r're:(?s).{100,}About the Game\n.*?The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.{100,}',
                 'duration': 142,
-                'uploader': 'The Witcher',
-                'uploader_id': 'WitcherGame',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/WitcherGame',
                 'upload_date': '20140605',
                 'age_limit': 18,
                 'categories': ['Gaming'],
@@ -1333,7 +1447,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_id': 'UCzybXLxv08IApdjdN0mJhEg',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'view_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'The Witcher',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@thewitcher',
+                'uploader_id': '@thewitcher',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
         },
         {
@@ -1345,12 +1465,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Godzilla 2 (Official Video)',
                 'description': 'md5:bf77e03fcae5529475e500129b05668a',
                 'upload_date': '20200408',
-                'uploader_id': 'FlyingKitty900',
-                'uploader': 'FlyingKitty',
                 'age_limit': 18,
                 'availability': 'needs_auth',
                 'channel_id': 'UCYQT13AtrJC0gsM1far_zJg',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/FlyingKitty900',
                 'channel': 'FlyingKitty',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQT13AtrJC0gsM1far_zJg',
                 'view_count': int,
@@ -1361,7 +1478,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'like_count': int,
                 'duration': 177,
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'FlyingKitty',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@FlyingKitty900',
+                'uploader_id': '@FlyingKitty900',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
             },
         },
         {
@@ -1372,13 +1494,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': '[MMD] Adios - EVERGLOW [+Motion DL]',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'upload_date': '20191228',
-                'uploader_id': 'UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
-                'uploader': 'Projekt Melody',
                 'description': 'md5:17eccca93a786d51bc67646756894066',
                 'age_limit': 18,
                 'like_count': int,
                 'availability': 'needs_auth',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'channel_id': 'UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/Tq92D6wQ1mg/sddefault.webp',
@@ -1390,7 +1509,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'duration': 106,
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'comment_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Projekt Melody',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ProjektMelody',
+                'uploader_id': '@ProjektMelody',
             },
         },
         {
@@ -1400,8 +1522,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'MeJVWBSsPAY',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'OOMPH! - Such Mich Find Mich (Lyrics)',
-                'uploader': 'Herr Lurik',
-                'uploader_id': 'st3in234',
                 'description': 'Fan Video. Music & Lyrics by OOMPH!.',
                 'upload_date': '20130730',
                 'track': 'Such mich find mich',
@@ -1418,11 +1538,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_id': 'UCdR3RSDPqub28LjZx0v9-aA',
                 'categories': ['Music'],
                 'availability': 'public',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/st3in234',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdR3RSDPqub28LjZx0v9-aA',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'artist': 'OOMPH!',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Herr Lurik',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@HerrLurik',
+                'uploader_id': '@HerrLurik',
             },
         },
         {
@@ -1439,11 +1561,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'duration': 266,
                 'upload_date': '20100430',
-                'uploader_id': 'deadmau5',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/deadmau5',
                 'creator': 'deadmau5',
                 'description': 'md5:6cbcd3a92ce1bc676fc4d6ab4ace2336',
-                'uploader': 'deadmau5',
                 'title': 'Deadmau5 - Some Chords (HD)',
                 'alt_title': 'Some Chords',
                 'availability': 'public',
@@ -1461,7 +1580,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYEK6xds6eo-3tr4xRdflmQ',
                 'categories': ['Music'],
                 'album': 'Some Chords',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'deadmau5',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@deadmau5',
+                'uploader_id': '@deadmau5',
             },
             'expected_warnings': [
                 'DASH manifest missing',
@@ -1475,10 +1597,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'duration': 6085,
                 'upload_date': '20150827',
-                'uploader_id': 'olympic',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/olympic',
                 'description': 'md5:04bbbf3ccceb6795947572ca36f45904',
-                'uploader': 'Olympics',
                 'title': 'Hockey - Women -  GER-AUS - London 2012 Olympic Games',
                 'like_count': int,
                 'release_timestamp': 1343767800,
@@ -1494,7 +1613,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'live_status': 'was_live',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTl3QQTvqHFjurroKxexy2Q',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Olympics',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Olympics',
+                'uploader_id': '@Olympics',
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': 'requires avconv',
@@ -1509,10 +1632,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'stretched_ratio': 16 / 9.,
                 'duration': 85,
                 'upload_date': '20110310',
-                'uploader_id': 'AllenMeow',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/AllenMeow',
                 'description': 'made by Wacom from Korea | 字幕&加油添醋 by TY\'s Allen | 感謝heylisa00cavey1001同學熱情提供梗及翻譯',
-                'uploader': '孫ᄋᄅ',
                 'title': '[A-made] 變態妍字幕版 太妍 我就是這樣的人',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'channel': '孫ᄋᄅ',
@@ -1527,7 +1647,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'availability': 'unlisted',
                 'comment_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': '孫ᄋᄅ',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@AllenMeow',
+                'uploader_id': '@AllenMeow',
             },
         },
         # url_encoded_fmt_stream_map is empty string
@@ -1539,8 +1662,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Обсуждение судебной практики по выборам 14 сентября 2014 года в Санкт-Петербурге',
                 'description': '',
                 'upload_date': '20150404',
-                'uploader_id': 'spbelect',
-                'uploader': 'Наблюдатели Петербурга',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': 'requires avconv',
@@ -1557,9 +1678,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:116377fd2963b81ec4ce64b542173306',
                 'duration': 220,
                 'upload_date': '20150625',
-                'uploader_id': 'dorappi2000',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/dorappi2000',
-                'uploader': 'dorappi2000',
                 'formats': 'mincount:31',
             },
             'skip': 'not actual anymore',
@@ -1572,9 +1690,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'CsmdDsKjzN8',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'upload_date': '20150501',  # According to '<meta itemprop="datePublished"', but in other places it's 20150510
-                'uploader': 'Airtek',
                 'description': 'Retransmisión en directo de la XVIII media maratón de Zaragoza.',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCzTzUmjXxxacNnL8I3m4LnQ',
                 'title': 'Retransmisión XVIII Media maratón Zaragoza 2015',
             },
             'params': {
@@ -1585,6 +1701,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         },
         {
             # Multifeed videos (multiple cameras), URL can be of any Camera
+            # TODO: fix multifeed titles
             'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPI8MvL8pg',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': 'zaPI8MvL8pg',
@@ -1596,16 +1713,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'id': 'j5yGuxZ8lLU',
                     'ext': 'mp4',
                     'title': 'Terraria 1.2 Live Stream | Let\'s Play - Part 04 (Chris)',
-                    'uploader': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
                     'description': 'md5:563ccbc698b39298481ca3c571169519',
-                    'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/WiiRikeToPray',
                     'duration': 10120,
                     'channel_follower_count': int,
                     'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2XePorRokPB9TEgRZpddg',
                     'availability': 'public',
                     'playable_in_embed': True,
                     'upload_date': '20131105',
-                    'uploader_id': 'WiiRikeToPray',
                     'categories': ['Gaming'],
                     'live_status': 'was_live',
                     'tags': 'count:24',
@@ -1618,17 +1732,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'channel': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
                     'view_count': int,
                     'release_date': '20131106',
+                    'uploader': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
+                    'uploader_id': '@WLTP',
+                    'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@WLTP',
                 },
             }, {
                 'info_dict': {
                     'id': 'zaPI8MvL8pg',
                     'ext': 'mp4',
                     'title': 'Terraria 1.2 Live Stream | Let\'s Play - Part 04 (Tyson)',
-                    'uploader_id': 'WiiRikeToPray',
                     'availability': 'public',
                     'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2XePorRokPB9TEgRZpddg',
                     'channel': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
-                    'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/WiiRikeToPray',
                     'channel_follower_count': int,
                     'description': 'md5:563ccbc698b39298481ca3c571169519',
                     'duration': 10108,
@@ -1636,7 +1751,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'like_count': int,
                     'tags': 'count:24',
                     'channel_id': 'UCN2XePorRokPB9TEgRZpddg',
-                    'uploader': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
                     'release_timestamp': 1383701915,
                     'comment_count': int,
                     'upload_date': '20131105',
@@ -1646,6 +1760,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'live_status': 'was_live',
                     'categories': ['Gaming'],
                     'view_count': int,
+                    'uploader': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
+                    'uploader_id': '@WLTP',
+                    'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@WLTP',
                 },
             }, {
                 'info_dict': {
@@ -1659,12 +1776,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'playable_in_embed': True,
                     'upload_date': '20131105',
                     'description': 'md5:563ccbc698b39298481ca3c571169519',
-                    'uploader_id': 'WiiRikeToPray',
-                    'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/WiiRikeToPray',
                     'channel_follower_count': int,
                     'tags': 'count:24',
                     'release_date': '20131106',
-                    'uploader': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
                     'comment_count': int,
                     'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2XePorRokPB9TEgRZpddg',
                     'channel': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
@@ -1674,6 +1788,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'age_limit': 0,
                     'duration': 10128,
                     'view_count': int,
+                    'uploader': 'WiiLikeToPlay',
+                    'uploader_id': '@WLTP',
+                    'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@WLTP',
                 },
             }],
             'params': {'skip_download': True},
@@ -1710,9 +1827,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:8085699c11dc3f597ce0410b0dcbb34a',
                 'duration': 133,
                 'upload_date': '20151119',
-                'uploader_id': 'IronSoulElf',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/IronSoulElf',
-                'uploader': 'IronSoulElf',
                 'creator': 'Todd Haberman;\nDaniel Law Heath and Aaron Kaplan',
                 'track': 'Dark Walk',
                 'artist': 'Todd Haberman;\nDaniel Law Heath and Aaron Kaplan',
@@ -1749,8 +1863,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Clash Of Clans#14 Dicas De Ataque Para CV 4',
                 'description': 'md5:ee18a25c350637c8faff806845bddee9',
                 'upload_date': '20151107',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCCr7TALkRbo3EtFzETQF1LA',
-                'uploader': 'CH GAMER DROID',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -1772,9 +1884,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:a677553cf0840649b731a3024aeff4cc',
                 'duration': 721,
                 'upload_date': '20150128',
-                'uploader_id': 'BerkmanCenter',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/BerkmanCenter',
-                'uploader': 'The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society',
                 'license': 'Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)',
                 'channel_id': 'UCuLGmD72gJDBwmLw06X58SA',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuLGmD72gJDBwmLw06X58SA',
@@ -1788,16 +1897,17 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/M4gD1WSo5mA/maxresdefault.webp',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
-                'comment_count': int,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'chapters': list,
+                'uploader': 'The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society',
+                'uploader_id': '@BKCHarvard',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@BKCHarvard',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
             },
         },
         {
-            # Channel-like uploader_url
             'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQcmzGIKrzg',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': 'eQcmzGIKrzg',
@@ -1806,9 +1916,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:13a2503d7b5904ef4b223aa101628f39',
                 'duration': 4060,
                 'upload_date': '20151120',
-                'uploader': 'Bernie Sanders',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCH1dpzjCEiGAt8CXkryhkZg',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCH1dpzjCEiGAt8CXkryhkZg',
                 'license': 'Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'tags': 'count:12',
@@ -1825,6 +1932,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'comment_count': int,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'chapters': list,
+                'uploader': 'Bernie Sanders',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@BernieSanders',
+                'uploader_id': '@BernieSanders',
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -1848,9 +1960,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Piku - Trailer',
                 'description': 'md5:c36bd60c3fd6f1954086c083c72092eb',
                 'upload_date': '20150811',
-                'uploader': 'FlixMatrix',
-                'uploader_id': 'FlixMatrixKaravan',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/FlixMatrixKaravan',
                 'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
             },
             'params': {
@@ -1868,9 +1977,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:f540112edec5d09fc8cc752d3d4ba3cd',
                 'duration': 2085,
                 'upload_date': '20170118',
-                'uploader': 'Vsauce',
-                'uploader_id': 'Vsauce',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/Vsauce',
                 'series': 'Mind Field',
                 'season_number': 1,
                 'episode_number': 1,
@@ -1888,7 +1994,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'like_count': int,
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Vsauce',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Vsauce',
+                'uploader_id': '@Vsauce',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -1908,9 +2019,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:5d161533167390427a1f8ee89a1fc6f1',
                 'duration': 965,
                 'upload_date': '20140124',
-                'uploader': 'New Century Foundation',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCEJYpZGqgUob0zVVEaLhvVg',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCEJYpZGqgUob0zVVEaLhvVg',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -1955,9 +2063,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e',
                 'duration': 433,
                 'upload_date': '20130923',
-                'uploader': 'Amelia Putri Harwita',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCpOxM49HJxmC1qCalXyB3_Q',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCpOxM49HJxmC1qCalXyB3_Q',
                 'formats': 'maxcount:10',
             },
             'params': {
@@ -1968,6 +2073,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         },
         {
             # Youtube Music Auto-generated description
+            # TODO: fix metadata extraction
             'url': 'https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MgNrAu2pzNs',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': 'MgNrAu2pzNs',
@@ -1975,23 +2081,20 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Voyeur Girl',
                 'description': 'md5:7ae382a65843d6df2685993e90a8628f',
                 'upload_date': '20190312',
-                'uploader': 'Stephen - Topic',
-                'uploader_id': 'UC-pWHpBjdGG69N9mM2auIAA',
-                'artist': 'Stephen',
+                'artists': ['Stephen'],
+                'creators': ['Stephen'],
                 'track': 'Voyeur Girl',
                 'album': 'it\'s too much love to know my dear',
                 'release_date': '20190313',
-                'release_year': 2019,
                 'alt_title': 'Voyeur Girl',
                 'view_count': int,
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-pWHpBjdGG69N9mM2auIAA',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'like_count': int,
                 'categories': ['Music'],
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-pWHpBjdGG69N9mM2auIAA',
-                'channel': 'Stephen',
+                'channel': 'Stephen',  # TODO: should be "Stephen - Topic"
+                'uploader': 'Stephen',
                 'availability': 'public',
-                'creator': 'Stephen',
                 'duration': 169,
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/MgNrAu2pzNs/maxresdefault.webp',
                 'age_limit': 0,
@@ -2017,9 +2120,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke (The Dictator Soundtrack)',
                 'description': 'md5:bf577a41da97918e94fa9798d9228825',
                 'upload_date': '20090125',
-                'uploader': 'Prochorowka',
-                'uploader_id': 'Prochorowka',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/Prochorowka',
                 'artist': 'Panjabi MC',
                 'track': 'Beware of the Boys (Mundian to Bach Ke) - Motivo Hi-Lectro Remix',
                 'album': 'Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)',
@@ -2038,11 +2138,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'IMG 3456',
                 'description': '',
                 'upload_date': '20170613',
-                'uploader_id': 'ElevageOrVert',
-                'uploader': 'ElevageOrVert',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/x41yOUIvK2k/maxresdefault.webp',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/ElevageOrVert',
                 'like_count': int,
                 'channel_id': 'UCo03ZQPBW5U4UC3regpt1nw',
                 'tags': [],
@@ -2053,8 +2150,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'duration': 7,
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
-                'channel': 'ElevageOrVert',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel': 'l\'Or Vert asbl',
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'l\'Or Vert asbl',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ElevageOrVert',
+                'uploader_id': '@ElevageOrVert',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -2072,11 +2172,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Part 77   Sort a list of simple types in c#',
                 'description': 'md5:b8746fa52e10cdbf47997903f13b20dc',
                 'upload_date': '20130831',
-                'uploader_id': 'kudvenkat',
-                'uploader': 'kudvenkat',
                 'channel_id': 'UCCTVrRB5KpIiK6V2GGVsR1Q',
                 'like_count': int,
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/kudvenkat',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCTVrRB5KpIiK6V2GGVsR1Q',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'categories': ['Education'],
@@ -2091,6 +2188,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'comment_count': int,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'chapters': list,
+                'uploader': 'kudvenkat',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Csharp-video-tutorialsBlogspot',
+                'uploader_id': '@Csharp-video-tutorialsBlogspot',
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -2114,9 +2216,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Burn Out',
                 'description': 'md5:8d07b84dcbcbfb34bc12a56d968b6131',
                 'upload_date': '20141120',
-                'uploader': 'The Cinematic Orchestra - Topic',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCIzsJBIyo8hhpFm1NK0uLgw',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCIzsJBIyo8hhpFm1NK0uLgw',
                 'artist': 'The Cinematic Orchestra',
                 'track': 'Burn Out',
                 'album': 'Every Day',
@@ -2135,7 +2234,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OtqTfy26tG0/maxresdefault.jpg',
                 'categories': ['Music'],
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'The Cinematic Orchestra',
+                'comment_count': int,
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -2154,13 +2255,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'San Diego teen commits suicide after bullying over embarrassing video',
                 'channel_id': 'UC-SJ6nODDmufqBzPBwCvYvQ',
-                'uploader': 'CBS Mornings',
-                'uploader_id': 'CBSThisMorning',
                 'upload_date': '20140716',
                 'description': 'md5:acde3a73d3f133fc97e837a9f76b53b7',
                 'duration': 170,
                 'categories': ['News & Politics'],
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/CBSThisMorning',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'channel': 'CBS Mornings',
                 'tags': ['suicide', 'bullying', 'video', 'cbs', 'news'],
@@ -2171,7 +2269,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'like_count': int,
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'CBS Mornings',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@CBSMornings',
+                'uploader_id': '@CBSMornings',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
             }
         },
         {
@@ -2183,9 +2286,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': '4K Ueno Okachimachi  Street  Scenes  上野御徒町歩き',
                 'description': 'md5:ea770e474b7cd6722b4c95b833c03630',
                 'upload_date': '20201120',
-                'uploader': 'Walk around Japan',
-                'uploader_id': 'UC3o_t8PzBmXf5S9b7GLx1Mw',
-                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UC3o_t8PzBmXf5S9b7GLx1Mw',
                 'duration': 1456,
                 'categories': ['Travel & Events'],
                 'channel_id': 'UC3o_t8PzBmXf5S9b7GLx1Mw',
@@ -2198,7 +2298,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3o_t8PzBmXf5S9b7GLx1Mw',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Walk around Japan',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@walkaroundjapan7124',
+                'uploader_id': '@walkaroundjapan7124',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -2224,13 +2327,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': '3gp',
                 'upload_date': '20210624',
                 'channel_id': 'UCp68_FLety0O-n9QU6phsgw',
-                'uploader': 'colinfurze',
-                'uploader_id': 'colinfurze',
                 'channel_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCp68_FLety0O-n9QU6phsgw',
                 'description': 'md5:5d5991195d599b56cd0c4148907eec50',
                 'duration': 596,
                 'categories': ['Entertainment'],
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'channel': 'colinfurze',
                 'tags': ['Colin', 'furze', 'Terry', 'tunnel', 'underground', 'bunker'],
@@ -2242,11 +2342,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'chapters': list,
+                'uploader': 'colinfurze',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@colinfurze',
+                'uploader_id': '@colinfurze',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {
                 'format': '17',  # 3gp format available on android
                 'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'player_client': ['android']}},
             },
+            'skip': 'android client broken',
         },
         {
             # Skip download of additional client configs (remix client config in this case)
@@ -2267,10 +2374,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mhtml',
                 'format_id': 'sb0',
                 'title': 'Your Brain is Plastic',
-                'uploader_id': 'scishow',
                 'description': 'md5:89cd86034bdb5466cd87c6ba206cd2bc',
                 'upload_date': '20140324',
-                'uploader': 'SciShow',
                 'like_count': int,
                 'channel_id': 'UCZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow',
@@ -2278,7 +2383,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5KLPxDtMqe8/maxresdefault.jpg',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'tags': 'count:12',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/scishow',
                 'availability': 'public',
                 'channel': 'SciShow',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
@@ -2287,6 +2391,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'chapters': list,
+                'uploader': 'SciShow',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@SciShow',
+                'uploader_id': '@SciShow',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             }, 'params': {'format': 'mhtml', 'skip_download': True}
         }, {
             # Ensure video upload_date is in UTC timezone (video was uploaded 1641170939)
@@ -2296,9 +2406,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'The NP that test your phone performance 🙂',
                 'description': 'md5:144494b24d4f9dfacb97c1bbef5de84d',
-                'uploader': 'Leon Nguyen',
-                'uploader_id': 'VNSXIII',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/VNSXIII',
                 'channel_id': 'UCRqNBSOHgilHfAczlUmlWHA',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRqNBSOHgilHfAczlUmlWHA',
                 'duration': 21,
@@ -2314,7 +2421,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel': 'Leon Nguyen',
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/2NUZ8W2llS4/maxresdefault.webp',
                 'comment_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Leon Nguyen',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@LeonNguyen',
+                'uploader_id': '@LeonNguyen',
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             }
         }, {
             # Same video as above, but with --compat-opt no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date
@@ -2324,9 +2435,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'The NP that test your phone performance 🙂',
                 'description': 'md5:144494b24d4f9dfacb97c1bbef5de84d',
-                'uploader': 'Leon Nguyen',
-                'uploader_id': 'VNSXIII',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/VNSXIII',
                 'channel_id': 'UCRqNBSOHgilHfAczlUmlWHA',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRqNBSOHgilHfAczlUmlWHA',
                 'duration': 21,
@@ -2342,7 +2450,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel': 'Leon Nguyen',
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/2NUZ8W2llS4/maxresdefault.webp',
                 'comment_count': int,
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Leon Nguyen',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@LeonNguyen',
+                'uploader_id': '@LeonNguyen',
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {'compat_opts': ['no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date']}
         }, {
@@ -2352,10 +2464,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'mzZzzBU6lrM',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'I Met GeorgeNotFound In Real Life...',
-                'description': 'md5:cca98a355c7184e750f711f3a1b22c84',
-                'uploader': 'Quackity',
-                'uploader_id': 'QuackityHQ',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/QuackityHQ',
+                'description': 'md5:978296ec9783a031738b684d4ebf302d',
                 'channel_id': 'UC_8NknAFiyhOUaZqHR3lq3Q',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_8NknAFiyhOUaZqHR3lq3Q',
                 'duration': 955,
@@ -2372,7 +2481,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'availability': 'public',
                 'channel': 'Quackity',
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mzZzzBU6lrM/maxresdefault.jpg',
-                'channel_follower_count': int
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Quackity',
+                'uploader_id': '@Quackity',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Quackity',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             }
         },
         {   # continuous livestream. Microformat upload date should be preferred.
@@ -2390,47 +2505,21 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC84whx2xxsiA1gXHXXqKGOA',
                 'live_status': 'is_live',
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgx4WGK0oNU/maxresdefault.jpg',
-                'uploader': '阿鲍Abao',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC84whx2xxsiA1gXHXXqKGOA',
                 'channel': 'Abao in Tokyo',
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'release_date': '20211127',
                 'tags': 'count:39',
                 'categories': ['People & Blogs'],
                 'like_count': int,
-                'uploader_id': 'UC84whx2xxsiA1gXHXXqKGOA',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'description': 'md5:2ef1d002cad520f65825346e2084e49d',
                 'concurrent_view_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'Abao in Tokyo',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@abaointokyo',
+                'uploader_id': '@abaointokyo',
             },
             'params': {'skip_download': True}
-        }, {
-            # Story. Requires specific player params to work.
-            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv8qTUWmulI',
-            'info_dict': {
-                'id': 'vv8qTUWmulI',
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'availability': 'unlisted',
-                'view_count': int,
-                'channel_id': 'UCzIZ8HrzDgc-pNQDUG6avBA',
-                'upload_date': '20220526',
-                'categories': ['Education'],
-                'title': 'Story',
-                'channel': 'IT\'S HISTORY',
-                'description': '',
-                'uploader_id': 'BlastfromthePast',
-                'duration': 12,
-                'uploader': 'IT\'S HISTORY',
-                'playable_in_embed': True,
-                'age_limit': 0,
-                'live_status': 'not_live',
-                'tags': [],
-                'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/vv8qTUWmulI/maxresdefault.webp',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/BlastfromthePast',
-                'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIZ8HrzDgc-pNQDUG6avBA',
-            },
-            'skip': 'stories get removed after some period of time',
         }, {
             'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjjjtzRLHvA',
             'info_dict': {
@@ -2440,11 +2529,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'upload_date': '20220323',
                 'like_count': int,
                 'availability': 'unlisted',
-                'channel': 'nao20010128nao',
-                'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/tjjjtzRLHvA/maxresdefault.webp',
+                'channel': 'Lesmiscore',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
                 'age_limit': 0,
-                'uploader': 'nao20010128nao',
-                'uploader_id': 'nao20010128nao',
                 'categories': ['Music'],
                 'view_count': int,
                 'description': '',
@@ -2455,7 +2542,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'duration': 6,
                 'tags': [],
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/nao20010128nao',
+                'uploader_id': '@lesmiscore',
+                'uploader': 'Lesmiscore',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lesmiscore',
             }
         }, {
             # Prefer primary title+description language metadata by default
@@ -2473,16 +2562,16 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'like_count': int,
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'availability': 'unlisted',
-                'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/el3E4MbxRqQ/maxresdefault.webp',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'duration': 5,
-                'uploader_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'upload_date': '20220908',
                 'categories': ['People & Blogs'],
-                'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
                 'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@coletdjnz',
+                'uploader_id': '@coletdjnz',
+                'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
             },
             'params': {'skip_download': True}
         }, {
@@ -2497,18 +2586,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
                 'upload_date': '20220728',
-                'uploader_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'categories': ['People & Blogs'],
-                'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/gHKT4uU8Zng/maxresdefault.webp',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
                 'title': 'dlp test video title translated (fr)',
                 'availability': 'public',
-                'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'description': 'dlp test video description translated (fr)',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@coletdjnz',
+                'uploader_id': '@coletdjnz',
+                'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
             },
             'params': {'skip_download': True, 'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'lang': ['fr']}}},
             'expected_warnings': [r'Preferring "fr" translated fields'],
@@ -2524,7 +2613,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'categories': ['Entertainment'],
                 'description': 'md5:e8031ff6e426cdb6a77670c9b81f6fa6',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBeast6000',
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'duration': 937,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
@@ -2534,14 +2622,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'view_count': int,
                 'upload_date': '20221112',
-                'uploader': 'MrBeast',
-                'uploader_id': 'MrBeast6000',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA',
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'availability': 'public',
                 'channel_id': 'UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA',
                 'like_count': int,
                 'tags': [],
+                'uploader': 'MrBeast',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast',
+                'uploader_id': '@MrBeast',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'player_client': ['ios']}}, 'format': '233-1'},
         }, {
@@ -2549,14 +2641,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq92D6wQ1mg',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': 'Tq92D6wQ1mg',
-                'ext': 'weba',
+                'ext': 'webm',
                 'title': '[MMD] Adios - EVERGLOW [+Motion DL]',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'channel_id': 'UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'description': 'md5:17eccca93a786d51bc67646756894066',
                 'upload_date': '20191228',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'tags': ['mmd', 'dance', 'mikumikudance', 'kpop', 'vtuber'],
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'like_count': int,
@@ -2564,13 +2655,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tq92D6wQ1mg/sddefault.jpg',
                 'age_limit': 18,
                 'channel': 'Projekt Melody',
-                'uploader_id': 'UC1yoRdFoFJaCY-AGfD9W0wQ',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'availability': 'needs_auth',
                 'comment_count': int,
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
-                'uploader': 'Projekt Melody',
                 'duration': 106,
+                'uploader': 'Projekt Melody',
+                'uploader_id': '@ProjektMelody',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ProjektMelody',
             },
             'params': {'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'player_client': ['tv_embedded']}}, 'format': '251-drc'},
         },
@@ -2580,13 +2672,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'id': 'qVv6vCqciTM',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'age_limit': 0,
-                'uploader_id': 'UCIdEIHpS0TdkqRkHL5OkLtA',
                 'comment_count': int,
                 'chapters': 'count:13',
                 'upload_date': '20221223',
                 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qVv6vCqciTM/maxresdefault.jpg',
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdEIHpS0TdkqRkHL5OkLtA',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdEIHpS0TdkqRkHL5OkLtA',
                 'like_count': int,
                 'release_date': '20221223',
                 'tags': ['Vtuber', '月ノ美兎', '名取さな', 'にじさんじ', 'クリスマス', '3D配信'],
@@ -2603,6 +2693,45 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel': 'さなちゃんねる',
                 'description': 'md5:6aebf95cc4a1d731aebc01ad6cc9806d',
                 'uploader': 'さなちゃんねる',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@sana_natori',
+                'uploader_id': '@sana_natori',
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            # Fallbacks when webpage and web client is unavailable
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSSmNUl9Snw',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'wSSmNUl9Snw',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                # 'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
+                'view_count': int,
+                'chapters': 'count:2',
+                'channel': 'Scott Manley',
+                'like_count': int,
+                'age_limit': 0,
+                # 'availability': 'public',
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'live_status': 'not_live',
+                'upload_date': '20170831',
+                'duration': 682,
+                'tags': 'count:8',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley',
+                'description': 'md5:f4bed7b200404b72a394c2f97b782c02',
+                'uploader': 'Scott Manley',
+                'uploader_id': '@scottmanley',
+                'title': 'The Computer Hack That Saved Apollo 14',
+                'channel_id': 'UCxzC4EngIsMrPmbm6Nxvb-A',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.webp',
+                'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzC4EngIsMrPmbm6Nxvb-A',
+                'playable_in_embed': True,
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'player_client': ['ios'], 'player_skip': ['webpage']}},
             },
         },
     ]
@@ -2618,8 +2747,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'title': 'Feynman: Mirrors FUN TO IMAGINE 6',
                 'upload_date': '20080526',
                 'description': 'md5:873c81d308b979f0e23ee7e620b312a3',
-                'uploader': 'Christopher Sykes',
-                'uploader_id': 'ChristopherJSykes',
                 'age_limit': 0,
                 'tags': ['feynman', 'mirror', 'science', 'physics', 'imagination', 'fun', 'cool', 'puzzle'],
                 'channel_id': 'UCCeo--lls1vna5YJABWAcVA',
@@ -2635,7 +2762,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'view_count': int,
                 'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/ChristopherJSykes',
+                'uploader': 'Christopher Sykes',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries',
+                'uploader_id': '@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries',
+                'heatmap': 'count:100',
             },
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
@@ -2668,11 +2798,10 @@ def refetch_manifest(format_id, delay):
                 return
 
             _, _, prs, player_url = self._download_player_responses(url, smuggled_data, video_id, webpage_url)
-            video_details = traverse_obj(
-                prs, (..., 'videoDetails'), expected_type=dict, default=[])
+            video_details = traverse_obj(prs, (..., 'videoDetails'), expected_type=dict)
             microformats = traverse_obj(
                 prs, (..., 'microformat', 'playerMicroformatRenderer'),
-                expected_type=dict, default=[])
+                expected_type=dict)
             _, live_status, _, formats, _ = self._list_formats(video_id, microformats, video_details, prs, player_url)
             is_live = live_status == 'is_live'
             start_time = time.time()
@@ -2729,7 +2858,7 @@ def _extract_sequence_from_mpd(refresh_sequence, immediate):
             # Obtain from MPD's maximum seq value
             old_mpd_url = mpd_url
             last_error = ctx.pop('last_error', None)
-            expire_fast = immediate or last_error and isinstance(last_error, urllib.error.HTTPError) and last_error.code == 403
+            expire_fast = immediate or last_error and isinstance(last_error, HTTPError) and last_error.status == 403
             mpd_url, stream_number, is_live = (mpd_feed(format_id, 5 if expire_fast else 18000)
                                                or (mpd_url, stream_number, False))
             if not refresh_sequence:
@@ -2928,17 +3057,14 @@ def _parse_sig_js(self, jscode):
              r'\b[a-zA-Z0-9]+\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*encodeURIComponent\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\bm=(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\(decodeURIComponent\(h\.s\)\)',
              r'\bc&&\(c=(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\(decodeURIComponent\(c\)\)',
-             r'(?:\b|[^a-zA-Z0-9$])(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\);[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2}\.[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2}\(a,\d+\)',
-             r'(?:\b|[^a-zA-Z0-9$])(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\)',
+             r'(?:\b|[^a-zA-Z0-9$])(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\)(?:;[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2}\.[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2}\(a,\d+\))?',
              r'(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\)',
              # Obsolete patterns
-             r'(["\'])signature\1\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
+             r'("|\')signature\1\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\.sig\|\|(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'yt\.akamaized\.net/\)\s*\|\|\s*.*?\s*[cs]\s*&&\s*[adf]\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?:encodeURIComponent\s*\()?\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\b[cs]\s*&&\s*[adf]\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\b[a-zA-Z0-9]+\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
-             r'\bc\s*&&\s*a\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
-             r'\bc\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\bc\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\('),
             jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
 
@@ -3012,7 +3138,7 @@ def _extract_n_function_name(self, jscode):
             return funcname
 
         return json.loads(js_to_json(self._search_regex(
-            rf'var {re.escape(funcname)}\s*=\s*(\[.+?\]);', jscode,
+            rf'var {re.escape(funcname)}\s*=\s*(\[.+?\])\s*[,;]', jscode,
             f'Initial JS player n function list ({funcname}.{idx})')))[int(idx)]
 
     def _extract_n_function_code(self, video_id, player_url):
@@ -3161,11 +3287,11 @@ def _extract_chapters_from_json(self, data, duration):
                 'decoratedPlayerBarRenderer', 'playerBar', 'chapteredPlayerBarRenderer', 'chapters'
             ), expected_type=list)
 
-        return self._extract_chapters(
+        return self._extract_chapters_helper(
             chapter_list,
-            chapter_time=lambda chapter: float_or_none(
+            start_function=lambda chapter: float_or_none(
                 traverse_obj(chapter, ('chapterRenderer', 'timeRangeStartMillis')), scale=1000),
-            chapter_title=lambda chapter: traverse_obj(
+            title_function=lambda chapter: traverse_obj(
                 chapter, ('chapterRenderer', 'title', 'simpleText'), expected_type=str),
             duration=duration)
 
@@ -3173,83 +3299,102 @@ def _extract_chapters_from_engagement_panel(self, data, duration):
         content_list = traverse_obj(
             data,
             ('engagementPanels', ..., 'engagementPanelSectionListRenderer', 'content', 'macroMarkersListRenderer', 'contents'),
-            expected_type=list, default=[])
+            expected_type=list)
         chapter_time = lambda chapter: parse_duration(self._get_text(chapter, 'timeDescription'))
         chapter_title = lambda chapter: self._get_text(chapter, 'title')
 
         return next(filter(None, (
-            self._extract_chapters(traverse_obj(contents, (..., 'macroMarkersListItemRenderer')),
-                                   chapter_time, chapter_title, duration)
+            self._extract_chapters_helper(traverse_obj(contents, (..., 'macroMarkersListItemRenderer')),
+                                          chapter_time, chapter_title, duration)
             for contents in content_list)), [])
 
-    def _extract_chapters_from_description(self, description, duration):
-        duration_re = r'(?:\d+:)?\d{1,2}:\d{2}'
-        sep_re = r'(?m)^\s*(%s)\b\W*\s(%s)\s*$'
-        return self._extract_chapters(
-            re.findall(sep_re % (duration_re, r'.+?'), description or ''),
-            chapter_time=lambda x: parse_duration(x[0]), chapter_title=lambda x: x[1],
-            duration=duration, strict=False) or self._extract_chapters(
-            re.findall(sep_re % (r'.+?', duration_re), description or ''),
-            chapter_time=lambda x: parse_duration(x[1]), chapter_title=lambda x: x[0],
-            duration=duration, strict=False)
-
-    def _extract_chapters(self, chapter_list, chapter_time, chapter_title, duration, strict=True):
-        if not duration:
+    def _extract_heatmap(self, data):
+        return traverse_obj(data, (
+            'frameworkUpdates', 'entityBatchUpdate', 'mutations',
+            lambda _, v: v['payload']['macroMarkersListEntity']['markersList']['markerType'] == 'MARKER_TYPE_HEATMAP',
+            'payload', 'macroMarkersListEntity', 'markersList', 'markers', ..., {
+                'start_time': ('startMillis', {functools.partial(float_or_none, scale=1000)}),
+                'end_time': {lambda x: (int(x['startMillis']) + int(x['durationMillis'])) / 1000},
+                'value': ('intensityScoreNormalized', {float_or_none}),
+            })) or None
+
+    def _extract_comment(self, entities, parent=None):
+        comment_entity_payload = get_first(entities, ('payload', 'commentEntityPayload', {dict}))
+        if not (comment_id := traverse_obj(comment_entity_payload, ('properties', 'commentId', {str}))):
             return
-        chapter_list = [{
-            'start_time': chapter_time(chapter),
-            'title': chapter_title(chapter),
-        } for chapter in chapter_list or []]
-        if not strict:
-            chapter_list.sort(key=lambda c: c['start_time'] or 0)
-
-        chapters = [{'start_time': 0}]
-        for idx, chapter in enumerate(chapter_list):
-            if chapter['start_time'] is None:
-                self.report_warning(f'Incomplete chapter {idx}')
-            elif chapters[-1]['start_time'] <= chapter['start_time'] <= duration:
-                chapters.append(chapter)
-            elif chapter not in chapters:
-                self.report_warning(
-                    f'Invalid start time ({chapter["start_time"]} < {chapters[-1]["start_time"]}) for chapter "{chapter["title"]}"')
-        return chapters[1:]
 
-    def _extract_comment(self, comment_renderer, parent=None):
+        toolbar_entity_payload = get_first(entities, ('payload', 'engagementToolbarStateEntityPayload', {dict}))
+        time_text = traverse_obj(comment_entity_payload, ('properties', 'publishedTime', {str})) or ''
+
+        return {
+            'id': comment_id,
+            'parent': parent or 'root',
+            **traverse_obj(comment_entity_payload, {
+                'text': ('properties', 'content', 'content', {str}),
+                'like_count': ('toolbar', 'likeCountA11y', {parse_count}),
+                'author_id': ('author', 'channelId', {self.ucid_or_none}),
+                'author': ('author', 'displayName', {str}),
+                'author_thumbnail': ('author', 'avatarThumbnailUrl', {url_or_none}),
+                'author_is_uploader': ('author', 'isCreator', {bool}),
+                'author_is_verified': ('author', 'isVerified', {bool}),
+                'author_url': ('author', 'channelCommand', 'innertubeCommand', (
+                    ('browseEndpoint', 'canonicalBaseUrl'), ('commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url')
+                ), {lambda x: urljoin('https://www.youtube.com', x)}),
+            }, get_all=False),
+            'is_favorited': (None if toolbar_entity_payload is None else
+                             toolbar_entity_payload.get('heartState') == 'TOOLBAR_HEART_STATE_HEARTED'),
+            '_time_text': time_text,  # FIXME: non-standard, but we need a way of showing that it is an estimate.
+            'timestamp': self._parse_time_text(time_text),
+        }
+
+    def _extract_comment_old(self, comment_renderer, parent=None):
         comment_id = comment_renderer.get('commentId')
         if not comment_id:
             return
 
-        text = self._get_text(comment_renderer, 'contentText')
+        info = {
+            'id': comment_id,
+            'text': self._get_text(comment_renderer, 'contentText'),
+            'like_count': self._get_count(comment_renderer, 'voteCount'),
+            'author_id': traverse_obj(comment_renderer, ('authorEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint', 'browseId', {self.ucid_or_none})),
+            'author': self._get_text(comment_renderer, 'authorText'),
+            'author_thumbnail': traverse_obj(comment_renderer, ('authorThumbnail', 'thumbnails', -1, 'url', {url_or_none})),
+            'parent': parent or 'root',
+        }
 
         # Timestamp is an estimate calculated from the current time and time_text
         time_text = self._get_text(comment_renderer, 'publishedTimeText') or ''
         timestamp = self._parse_time_text(time_text)
 
-        author = self._get_text(comment_renderer, 'authorText')
-        author_id = try_get(comment_renderer,
-                            lambda x: x['authorEndpoint']['browseEndpoint']['browseId'], str)
+        info.update({
+            # FIXME: non-standard, but we need a way of showing that it is an estimate.
+            '_time_text': time_text,
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+        })
 
-        votes = parse_count(try_get(comment_renderer, (lambda x: x['voteCount']['simpleText'],
-                                                       lambda x: x['likeCount']), str)) or 0
-        author_thumbnail = try_get(comment_renderer,
-                                   lambda x: x['authorThumbnail']['thumbnails'][-1]['url'], str)
+        info['author_url'] = urljoin(
+            'https://www.youtube.com', traverse_obj(comment_renderer, ('authorEndpoint', (
+                ('browseEndpoint', 'canonicalBaseUrl'), ('commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url'))),
+                expected_type=str, get_all=False))
 
-        author_is_uploader = try_get(comment_renderer, lambda x: x['authorIsChannelOwner'], bool)
-        is_favorited = 'creatorHeart' in (try_get(
-            comment_renderer, lambda x: x['actionButtons']['commentActionButtonsRenderer'], dict) or {})
-        return {
-            'id': comment_id,
-            'text': text,
-            'timestamp': timestamp,
-            'time_text': time_text,
-            'like_count': votes,
-            'is_favorited': is_favorited,
-            'author': author,
-            'author_id': author_id,
-            'author_thumbnail': author_thumbnail,
-            'author_is_uploader': author_is_uploader,
-            'parent': parent or 'root'
-        }
+        author_is_uploader = traverse_obj(comment_renderer, 'authorIsChannelOwner')
+        if author_is_uploader is not None:
+            info['author_is_uploader'] = author_is_uploader
+
+        comment_abr = traverse_obj(
+            comment_renderer, ('actionButtons', 'commentActionButtonsRenderer'), expected_type=dict)
+        if comment_abr is not None:
+            info['is_favorited'] = 'creatorHeart' in comment_abr
+
+        badges = self._extract_badges([traverse_obj(comment_renderer, 'authorCommentBadge')])
+        if self._has_badge(badges, BadgeType.VERIFIED):
+            info['author_is_verified'] = True
+
+        is_pinned = traverse_obj(comment_renderer, 'pinnedCommentBadge')
+        if is_pinned:
+            info['is_pinned'] = True
+
+        return info
 
     def _comment_entries(self, root_continuation_data, ytcfg, video_id, parent=None, tracker=None):
 
@@ -3262,7 +3407,7 @@ def extract_header(contents):
                 expected_comment_count = self._get_count(
                     comments_header_renderer, 'countText', 'commentsCount')
 
-                if expected_comment_count:
+                if expected_comment_count is not None:
                     tracker['est_total'] = expected_comment_count
                     self.to_screen(f'Downloading ~{expected_comment_count} comments')
                 comment_sort_index = int(get_single_config_arg('comment_sort') != 'top')  # 1 = new, 0 = top
@@ -3283,20 +3428,54 @@ def extract_header(contents):
                 break
             return _continuation
 
-        def extract_thread(contents):
+        def extract_thread(contents, entity_payloads):
             if not parent:
                 tracker['current_page_thread'] = 0
             for content in contents:
                 if not parent and tracker['total_parent_comments'] >= max_parents:
                     yield
                 comment_thread_renderer = try_get(content, lambda x: x['commentThreadRenderer'])
-                comment_renderer = get_first(
-                    (comment_thread_renderer, content), [['commentRenderer', ('comment', 'commentRenderer')]],
-                    expected_type=dict, default={})
 
-                comment = self._extract_comment(comment_renderer, parent)
+                # old comment format
+                if not entity_payloads:
+                    comment_renderer = get_first(
+                        (comment_thread_renderer, content), [['commentRenderer', ('comment', 'commentRenderer')]],
+                        expected_type=dict, default={})
+
+                    comment = self._extract_comment_old(comment_renderer, parent)
+
+                # new comment format
+                else:
+                    view_model = (
+                        traverse_obj(comment_thread_renderer, ('commentViewModel', 'commentViewModel', {dict}))
+                        or traverse_obj(content, ('commentViewModel', {dict})))
+                    comment_keys = traverse_obj(view_model, (('commentKey', 'toolbarStateKey'), {str}))
+                    if not comment_keys:
+                        continue
+                    entities = traverse_obj(entity_payloads, lambda _, v: v['entityKey'] in comment_keys)
+                    comment = self._extract_comment(entities, parent)
+                    if comment:
+                        comment['is_pinned'] = traverse_obj(view_model, ('pinnedText', {str})) is not None
+
                 if not comment:
                     continue
+                comment_id = comment['id']
+
+                if comment.get('is_pinned'):
+                    tracker['pinned_comment_ids'].add(comment_id)
+                # Sometimes YouTube may break and give us infinite looping comments.
+                # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6290
+                if comment_id in tracker['seen_comment_ids']:
+                    if comment_id in tracker['pinned_comment_ids'] and not comment.get('is_pinned'):
+                        # Pinned comments may appear a second time in newest first sort
+                        # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6712
+                        continue
+                    self.report_warning(
+                        'Detected YouTube comments looping. Stopping comment extraction '
+                        f'{"for this thread" if parent else ""} as we probably cannot get any more.')
+                    yield
+                else:
+                    tracker['seen_comment_ids'].add(comment['id'])
 
                 tracker['running_total'] += 1
                 tracker['total_reply_comments' if parent else 'total_parent_comments'] += 1
@@ -3318,10 +3497,13 @@ def extract_thread(contents):
         if not tracker:
             tracker = dict(
                 running_total=0,
-                est_total=0,
+                est_total=None,
                 current_page_thread=0,
                 total_parent_comments=0,
-                total_reply_comments=0)
+                total_reply_comments=0,
+                seen_comment_ids=set(),
+                pinned_comment_ids=set()
+            )
 
         # TODO: Deprecated
         # YouTube comments have a max depth of 2
@@ -3348,11 +3530,13 @@ def extract_thread(contents):
             continuation = self._build_api_continuation_query(self._generate_comment_continuation(video_id))
             is_forced_continuation = True
 
+        continuation_items_path = (
+            'onResponseReceivedEndpoints', ..., ('reloadContinuationItemsCommand', 'appendContinuationItemsAction'), 'continuationItems')
         for page_num in itertools.count(0):
             if not continuation:
                 break
             headers = self.generate_api_headers(ytcfg=ytcfg, visitor_data=self._extract_visitor_data(response))
-            comment_prog_str = f"({tracker['running_total']}/{tracker['est_total']})"
+            comment_prog_str = f"({tracker['running_total']}/~{tracker['est_total']})"
             if page_num == 0:
                 if is_first_continuation:
                     note_prefix = 'Downloading comment section API JSON'
@@ -3363,31 +3547,38 @@ def extract_thread(contents):
                 note_prefix = '%sDownloading comment%s API JSON page %d %s' % (
                     '       ' if parent else '', ' replies' if parent else '',
                     page_num, comment_prog_str)
+
+            # Do a deep check for incomplete data as sometimes YouTube may return no comments for a continuation
+            # Ignore check if YouTube says the comment count is 0.
+            check_get_keys = None
+            if not is_forced_continuation and not (tracker['est_total'] == 0 and tracker['running_total'] == 0):
+                check_get_keys = [[*continuation_items_path, ..., (
+                    'commentsHeaderRenderer' if is_first_continuation else ('commentThreadRenderer', 'commentViewModel', 'commentRenderer'))]]
             try:
                 response = self._extract_response(
                     item_id=None, query=continuation,
                     ep='next', ytcfg=ytcfg, headers=headers, note=note_prefix,
-                    check_get_keys='onResponseReceivedEndpoints' if not is_forced_continuation else None)
+                    check_get_keys=check_get_keys)
             except ExtractorError as e:
                 # Ignore incomplete data error for replies if retries didn't work.
                 # This is to allow any other parent comments and comment threads to be downloaded.
                 # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4669
-                if 'incomplete data' in str(e).lower() and parent and self.get_param('ignoreerrors') is True:
-                    self.report_warning(
-                        'Received incomplete data for a comment reply thread and retrying did not help. '
-                        'Ignoring to let other comments be downloaded.')
-                else:
-                    raise
+                if 'incomplete data' in str(e).lower() and parent:
+                    if self.get_param('ignoreerrors') in (True, 'only_download'):
+                        self.report_warning(
+                            'Received incomplete data for a comment reply thread and retrying did not help. '
+                            'Ignoring to let other comments be downloaded. Pass --no-ignore-errors to not ignore.')
+                        return
+                    else:
+                        raise ExtractorError(
+                            'Incomplete data received for comment reply thread. '
+                            'Pass --ignore-errors to ignore and allow rest of comments to download.',
+                            expected=True)
+                raise
             is_forced_continuation = False
-            continuation_contents = traverse_obj(
-                response, 'onResponseReceivedEndpoints', expected_type=list, default=[])
-
             continuation = None
-            for continuation_section in continuation_contents:
-                continuation_items = traverse_obj(
-                    continuation_section,
-                    (('reloadContinuationItemsCommand', 'appendContinuationItemsAction'), 'continuationItems'),
-                    get_all=False, expected_type=list) or []
+            mutations = traverse_obj(response, ('frameworkUpdates', 'entityBatchUpdate', 'mutations', ..., {dict}))
+            for continuation_items in traverse_obj(response, continuation_items_path, expected_type=list, default=[]):
                 if is_first_continuation:
                     continuation = extract_header(continuation_items)
                     is_first_continuation = False
@@ -3395,7 +3586,7 @@ def extract_thread(contents):
                         break
                     continue
 
-                for entry in extract_thread(continuation_items):
+                for entry in extract_thread(continuation_items, mutations):
                     if not entry:
                         return
                     yield entry
@@ -3450,7 +3641,7 @@ def _is_agegated(player_response):
         if traverse_obj(player_response, ('playabilityStatus', 'desktopLegacyAgeGateReason')):
             return True
 
-        reasons = traverse_obj(player_response, ('playabilityStatus', ('status', 'reason')), default=[])
+        reasons = traverse_obj(player_response, ('playabilityStatus', ('status', 'reason')))
         AGE_GATE_REASONS = (
             'confirm your age', 'age-restricted', 'inappropriate',  # reason
             'age_verification_required', 'age_check_required',  # status
@@ -3461,8 +3652,6 @@ def _is_agegated(player_response):
     def _is_unplayable(player_response):
         return traverse_obj(player_response, ('playabilityStatus', 'status')) == 'UNPLAYABLE'
 
-    _STORY_PLAYER_PARAMS = '8AEB'
-
     def _extract_player_response(self, client, video_id, master_ytcfg, player_ytcfg, player_url, initial_pr, smuggled_data):
 
         session_index = self._extract_session_index(player_ytcfg, master_ytcfg)
@@ -3474,8 +3663,10 @@ def _extract_player_response(self, client, video_id, master_ytcfg, player_ytcfg,
         yt_query = {
             'videoId': video_id,
         }
-        if smuggled_data.get('is_story') or _split_innertube_client(client)[0] == 'android':
-            yt_query['params'] = self._STORY_PLAYER_PARAMS
+
+        pp_arg = self._configuration_arg('player_params', [None], casesense=True)[0]
+        if pp_arg:
+            yt_query['params'] = pp_arg
 
         yt_query.update(self._generate_player_context(sts))
         return self._extract_response(
@@ -3487,19 +3678,24 @@ def _extract_player_response(self, client, video_id, master_ytcfg, player_ytcfg,
 
     def _get_requested_clients(self, url, smuggled_data):
         requested_clients = []
-        default = ['android', 'web']
+        android_clients = []
+        default = ['ios', 'web']
         allowed_clients = sorted(
             (client for client in INNERTUBE_CLIENTS.keys() if client[:1] != '_'),
             key=lambda client: INNERTUBE_CLIENTS[client]['priority'], reverse=True)
         for client in self._configuration_arg('player_client'):
-            if client in allowed_clients:
-                requested_clients.append(client)
-            elif client == 'default':
+            if client == 'default':
                 requested_clients.extend(default)
             elif client == 'all':
                 requested_clients.extend(allowed_clients)
-            else:
+            elif client not in allowed_clients:
                 self.report_warning(f'Skipping unsupported client {client}')
+            elif client.startswith('android'):
+                android_clients.append(client)
+            else:
+                requested_clients.append(client)
+        # Force deprioritization of broken Android clients for format de-duplication
+        requested_clients.extend(android_clients)
         if not requested_clients:
             requested_clients = default
 
@@ -3509,15 +3705,28 @@ def _get_requested_clients(self, url, smuggled_data):
 
         return orderedSet(requested_clients)
 
+    def _invalid_player_response(self, pr, video_id):
+        # YouTube may return a different video player response than expected.
+        # See: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/8713
+        if (pr_id := traverse_obj(pr, ('videoDetails', 'videoId'))) != video_id:
+            return pr_id
+
     def _extract_player_responses(self, clients, video_id, webpage, master_ytcfg, smuggled_data):
         initial_pr = None
         if webpage:
             initial_pr = self._search_json(
                 self._YT_INITIAL_PLAYER_RESPONSE_RE, webpage, 'initial player response', video_id, fatal=False)
 
+        prs = []
+        if initial_pr and not self._invalid_player_response(initial_pr, video_id):
+            # Android player_response does not have microFormats which are needed for
+            # extraction of some data. So we return the initial_pr with formats
+            # stripped out even if not requested by the user
+            # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/501
+            prs.append({**initial_pr, 'streamingData': None})
+
         all_clients = set(clients)
         clients = clients[::-1]
-        prs = []
 
         def append_client(*client_names):
             """ Append the first client name that exists but not already used """
@@ -3529,18 +3738,9 @@ def append_client(*client_names):
                         all_clients.add(actual_client)
                         return
 
-        # Android player_response does not have microFormats which are needed for
-        # extraction of some data. So we return the initial_pr with formats
-        # stripped out even if not requested by the user
-        # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/501
-        if initial_pr:
-            pr = dict(initial_pr)
-            pr['streamingData'] = None
-            prs.append(pr)
-
-        last_error = None
         tried_iframe_fallback = False
         player_url = None
+        skipped_clients = {}
         while clients:
             client, base_client, variant = _split_innertube_client(clients.pop())
             player_ytcfg = master_ytcfg if client == 'web' else {}
@@ -3561,20 +3761,19 @@ def append_client(*client_names):
                 pr = initial_pr if client == 'web' and initial_pr else self._extract_player_response(
                     client, video_id, player_ytcfg or master_ytcfg, player_ytcfg, player_url if require_js_player else None, initial_pr, smuggled_data)
             except ExtractorError as e:
-                if last_error:
-                    self.report_warning(last_error)
-                last_error = e
+                self.report_warning(e)
                 continue
 
-            if pr:
-                # YouTube may return a different video player response than expected.
-                # See: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/8713
-                pr_video_id = traverse_obj(pr, ('videoDetails', 'videoId'))
-                if pr_video_id and pr_video_id != video_id:
-                    self.report_warning(
-                        f'Skipping player response from {client} client (got player response for video "{pr_video_id}" instead of "{video_id}")' + bug_reports_message())
-                else:
-                    prs.append(pr)
+            if pr_id := self._invalid_player_response(pr, video_id):
+                skipped_clients[client] = pr_id
+            elif pr:
+                # Save client name for introspection later
+                name = short_client_name(client)
+                sd = traverse_obj(pr, ('streamingData', {dict})) or {}
+                sd[STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME] = name
+                for f in traverse_obj(sd, (('formats', 'adaptiveFormats'), ..., {dict})):
+                    f[STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME] = name
+                prs.append(pr)
 
             # creator clients can bypass AGE_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED if logged in
             if variant == 'embedded' and self._is_unplayable(pr) and self.is_authenticated:
@@ -3585,18 +3784,24 @@ def append_client(*client_names):
                 elif not variant:
                     append_client(f'tv_embedded.{base_client}', f'{base_client}_embedded')
 
-        if last_error:
-            if not len(prs):
-                raise last_error
-            self.report_warning(last_error)
+        if skipped_clients:
+            self.report_warning(
+                f'Skipping player responses from {"/".join(skipped_clients)} clients '
+                f'(got player responses for video "{"/".join(set(skipped_clients.values()))}" instead of "{video_id}")')
+            if not prs:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'All player responses are invalid. Your IP is likely being blocked by Youtube', expected=True)
+        elif not prs:
+            raise ExtractorError('Failed to extract any player response')
         return prs, player_url
 
     def _needs_live_processing(self, live_status, duration):
         if (live_status == 'is_live' and self.get_param('live_from_start')
-                or live_status == 'post_live' and (duration or 0) > 4 * 3600):
+                or live_status == 'post_live' and (duration or 0) > 2 * 3600):
             return live_status
 
     def _extract_formats_and_subtitles(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, live_status, duration):
+        CHUNK_SIZE = 10 << 20
         itags, stream_ids = collections.defaultdict(set), []
         itag_qualities, res_qualities = {}, {0: None}
         q = qualities([
@@ -3606,7 +3811,20 @@ def _extract_formats_and_subtitles(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, l
             'audio_quality_ultralow', 'audio_quality_low', 'audio_quality_medium', 'audio_quality_high',  # Audio only formats
             'small', 'medium', 'large', 'hd720', 'hd1080', 'hd1440', 'hd2160', 'hd2880', 'highres'
         ])
-        streaming_formats = traverse_obj(streaming_data, (..., ('formats', 'adaptiveFormats'), ...), default=[])
+        streaming_formats = traverse_obj(streaming_data, (..., ('formats', 'adaptiveFormats'), ...))
+        format_types = self._configuration_arg('formats')
+        all_formats = 'duplicate' in format_types
+        if self._configuration_arg('include_duplicate_formats'):
+            all_formats = True
+            self._downloader.deprecated_feature('[youtube] include_duplicate_formats extractor argument is deprecated. '
+                                                'Use formats=duplicate extractor argument instead')
+
+        def build_fragments(f):
+            return LazyList({
+                'url': update_url_query(f['url'], {
+                    'range': f'{range_start}-{min(range_start + CHUNK_SIZE - 1, f["filesize"])}'
+                })
+            } for range_start in range(0, f['filesize'], CHUNK_SIZE))
 
         for fmt in streaming_formats:
             if fmt.get('targetDurationSec'):
@@ -3615,8 +3833,9 @@ def _extract_formats_and_subtitles(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, l
             itag = str_or_none(fmt.get('itag'))
             audio_track = fmt.get('audioTrack') or {}
             stream_id = (itag, audio_track.get('id'), fmt.get('isDrc'))
-            if stream_id in stream_ids:
-                continue
+            if not all_formats:
+                if stream_id in stream_ids:
+                    continue
 
             quality = fmt.get('quality')
             height = int_or_none(fmt.get('height'))
@@ -3684,68 +3903,87 @@ def _extract_formats_and_subtitles(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, l
                 10 if audio_track.get('audioIsDefault') and 10
                 else -10 if 'descriptive' in (audio_track.get('displayName') or '').lower() and -10
                 else -1)
+            format_duration = traverse_obj(fmt, ('approxDurationMs', {lambda x: float_or_none(x, 1000)}))
             # Some formats may have much smaller duration than others (possibly damaged during encoding)
             # E.g. 2-nOtRESiUc Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/2823
             # Make sure to avoid false positives with small duration differences.
             # E.g. __2ABJjxzNo, ySuUZEjARPY
-            is_damaged = try_get(fmt, lambda x: float(x['approxDurationMs']) / duration < 500)
+            is_damaged = try_call(lambda: format_duration < duration // 2)
             if is_damaged:
                 self.report_warning(
                     f'{video_id}: Some formats are possibly damaged. They will be deprioritized', only_once=True)
+
+            client_name = fmt.get(STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME)
+            # Android client formats are broken due to integrity check enforcement
+            # Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9554
+            is_broken = client_name and client_name.startswith(short_client_name('android'))
+            if is_broken:
+                self.report_warning(
+                    f'{video_id}: Android client formats are broken and may yield HTTP Error 403. '
+                    'They will be deprioritized', only_once=True)
+
+            name = fmt.get('qualityLabel') or quality.replace('audio_quality_', '') or ''
+            fps = int_or_none(fmt.get('fps')) or 0
             dct = {
                 'asr': int_or_none(fmt.get('audioSampleRate')),
                 'filesize': int_or_none(fmt.get('contentLength')),
                 'format_id': f'{itag}{"-drc" if fmt.get("isDrc") else ""}',
                 'format_note': join_nonempty(
-                    '%s%s' % (audio_track.get('displayName') or '',
-                              ' (default)' if language_preference > 0 else ''),
-                    fmt.get('qualityLabel') or quality.replace('audio_quality_', ''),
-                    'DRC' if fmt.get('isDrc') else None,
+                    join_nonempty(audio_track.get('displayName'),
+                                  language_preference > 0 and ' (default)', delim=''),
+                    name, fmt.get('isDrc') and 'DRC',
                     try_get(fmt, lambda x: x['projectionType'].replace('RECTANGULAR', '').lower()),
                     try_get(fmt, lambda x: x['spatialAudioType'].replace('SPATIAL_AUDIO_TYPE_', '').lower()),
-                    throttled and 'THROTTLED', is_damaged and 'DAMAGED', delim=', '),
+                    throttled and 'THROTTLED', is_damaged and 'DAMAGED', is_broken and 'BROKEN',
+                    (self.get_param('verbose') or all_formats) and client_name,
+                    delim=', '),
                 # Format 22 is likely to be damaged. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3372
-                'source_preference': -10 if throttled else -5 if itag == '22' else -1,
-                'fps': int_or_none(fmt.get('fps')) or None,
+                'source_preference': ((-10 if throttled else -5 if itag == '22' else -1)
+                                      + (100 if 'Premium' in name else 0)),
+                'fps': fps if fps > 1 else None,  # For some formats, fps is wrongly returned as 1
                 'audio_channels': fmt.get('audioChannels'),
                 'height': height,
                 'quality': q(quality) - bool(fmt.get('isDrc')) / 2,
                 'has_drm': bool(fmt.get('drmFamilies')),
                 'tbr': tbr,
+                'filesize_approx': filesize_from_tbr(tbr, format_duration),
                 'url': fmt_url,
                 'width': int_or_none(fmt.get('width')),
                 'language': join_nonempty(audio_track.get('id', '').split('.')[0],
                                           'desc' if language_preference < -1 else '') or None,
                 'language_preference': language_preference,
-                # Strictly de-prioritize damaged and 3gp formats
-                'preference': -10 if is_damaged else -2 if itag == '17' else None,
+                # Strictly de-prioritize broken, damaged and 3gp formats
+                'preference': -20 if is_broken else -10 if is_damaged else -2 if itag == '17' else None,
             }
             mime_mobj = re.match(
                 r'((?:[^/]+)/(?:[^;]+))(?:;\s*codecs="([^"]+)")?', fmt.get('mimeType') or '')
             if mime_mobj:
                 dct['ext'] = mimetype2ext(mime_mobj.group(1))
                 dct.update(parse_codecs(mime_mobj.group(2)))
-            no_audio = dct.get('acodec') == 'none'
-            no_video = dct.get('vcodec') == 'none'
-            if no_audio:
-                dct['vbr'] = tbr
-            if no_video:
-                dct['abr'] = tbr
-            if no_audio or no_video:
-                dct['downloader_options'] = {
-                    # Youtube throttles chunks >~10M
-                    'http_chunk_size': 10485760,
-                }
-                if dct.get('ext'):
-                    dct['container'] = dct['ext'] + '_dash'
-
             if itag:
                 itags[itag].add(('https', dct.get('language')))
                 stream_ids.append(stream_id)
-            yield dct
+            single_stream = 'none' in (dct.get('acodec'), dct.get('vcodec'))
+            if single_stream and dct.get('ext'):
+                dct['container'] = dct['ext'] + '_dash'
+
+            if (all_formats or 'dashy' in format_types) and dct['filesize']:
+                yield {
+                    **dct,
+                    'format_id': f'{dct["format_id"]}-dashy' if all_formats else dct['format_id'],
+                    'protocol': 'http_dash_segments',
+                    'fragments': build_fragments(dct),
+                }
+            if all_formats or 'dashy' not in format_types:
+                dct['downloader_options'] = {'http_chunk_size': CHUNK_SIZE}
+                yield dct
 
         needs_live_processing = self._needs_live_processing(live_status, duration)
-        skip_bad_formats = not self._configuration_arg('include_incomplete_formats')
+        skip_bad_formats = 'incomplete' not in format_types
+        if self._configuration_arg('include_incomplete_formats'):
+            skip_bad_formats = False
+            self._downloader.deprecated_feature('[youtube] include_incomplete_formats extractor argument is deprecated. '
+                                                'Use formats=incomplete extractor argument instead')
 
         skip_manifests = set(self._configuration_arg('skip'))
         if (not self.get_param('youtube_include_hls_manifest', True)
@@ -3757,35 +3995,54 @@ def _extract_formats_and_subtitles(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, l
             skip_manifests.add('dash')
         if self._configuration_arg('include_live_dash'):
             self._downloader.deprecated_feature('[youtube] include_live_dash extractor argument is deprecated. '
-                                                'Use include_incomplete_formats extractor argument instead')
+                                                'Use formats=incomplete extractor argument instead')
         elif skip_bad_formats and live_status == 'is_live' and needs_live_processing != 'is_live':
             skip_manifests.add('dash')
 
-        def process_manifest_format(f, proto, itag):
+        def process_manifest_format(f, proto, client_name, itag):
             key = (proto, f.get('language'))
-            if key in itags[itag]:
+            if not all_formats and key in itags[itag]:
                 return False
             itags[itag].add(key)
 
-            if any(p != proto for p, _ in itags[itag]):
+            if itag and all_formats:
+                f['format_id'] = f'{itag}-{proto}'
+            elif any(p != proto for p, _ in itags[itag]):
                 f['format_id'] = f'{itag}-{proto}'
             elif itag:
                 f['format_id'] = itag
 
+            if f.get('source_preference') is None:
+                f['source_preference'] = -1
+
+            if itag in ('616', '235'):
+                f['format_note'] = join_nonempty(f.get('format_note'), 'Premium', delim=' ')
+                f['source_preference'] += 100
+
             f['quality'] = q(itag_qualities.get(try_get(f, lambda f: f['format_id'].split('-')[0]), -1))
             if f['quality'] == -1 and f.get('height'):
                 f['quality'] = q(res_qualities[min(res_qualities, key=lambda x: abs(x - f['height']))])
+            if self.get_param('verbose') or all_formats:
+                f['format_note'] = join_nonempty(f.get('format_note'), client_name, delim=', ')
+            if f.get('fps') and f['fps'] <= 1:
+                del f['fps']
+
+            if proto == 'hls' and f.get('has_drm'):
+                f['has_drm'] = 'maybe'
+                f['source_preference'] -= 5
             return True
 
         subtitles = {}
         for sd in streaming_data:
+            client_name = sd.get(STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME)
+
             hls_manifest_url = 'hls' not in skip_manifests and sd.get('hlsManifestUrl')
             if hls_manifest_url:
                 fmts, subs = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
                     hls_manifest_url, video_id, 'mp4', fatal=False, live=live_status == 'is_live')
                 subtitles = self._merge_subtitles(subs, subtitles)
                 for f in fmts:
-                    if process_manifest_format(f, 'hls', self._search_regex(
+                    if process_manifest_format(f, 'hls', client_name, self._search_regex(
                             r'/itag/(\d+)', f['url'], 'itag', default=None)):
                         yield f
 
@@ -3794,7 +4051,7 @@ def process_manifest_format(f, proto, itag):
                 formats, subs = self._extract_mpd_formats_and_subtitles(dash_manifest_url, video_id, fatal=False)
                 subtitles = self._merge_subtitles(subs, subtitles)  # Prioritize HLS subs over DASH
                 for f in formats:
-                    if process_manifest_format(f, 'dash', f['format_id']):
+                    if process_manifest_format(f, 'dash', client_name, f['format_id']):
                         f['filesize'] = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
                             r'/clen/(\d+)', f.get('fragment_base_url') or f['url'], 'file size', default=None))
                         if needs_live_processing:
@@ -3845,8 +4102,9 @@ def _download_player_responses(self, url, smuggled_data, video_id, webpage_url):
         webpage = None
         if 'webpage' not in self._configuration_arg('player_skip'):
             query = {'bpctr': '9999999999', 'has_verified': '1'}
-            if smuggled_data.get('is_story'):
-                query['pp'] = self._STORY_PLAYER_PARAMS
+            pp = self._configuration_arg('player_params', [None], casesense=True)[0]
+            if pp:
+                query['pp'] = pp
             webpage = self._download_webpage(
                 webpage_url, video_id, fatal=False, query=query)
 
@@ -3872,8 +4130,12 @@ def _list_formats(self, video_id, microformats, video_details, player_responses,
                        else 'was_live' if live_content
                        else 'not_live' if False in (is_live, live_content)
                        else None)
-        streaming_data = traverse_obj(player_responses, (..., 'streamingData'), default=[])
+        streaming_data = traverse_obj(player_responses, (..., 'streamingData'))
         *formats, subtitles = self._extract_formats_and_subtitles(streaming_data, video_id, player_url, live_status, duration)
+        if all(f.get('has_drm') for f in formats):
+            # If there are no formats that definitely don't have DRM, all have DRM
+            for f in formats:
+                f['has_drm'] = True
 
         return live_broadcast_details, live_status, streaming_data, formats, subtitles
 
@@ -3887,7 +4149,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         webpage, master_ytcfg, player_responses, player_url = self._download_player_responses(url, smuggled_data, video_id, webpage_url)
 
         playability_statuses = traverse_obj(
-            player_responses, (..., 'playabilityStatus'), expected_type=dict, default=[])
+            player_responses, (..., 'playabilityStatus'), expected_type=dict)
 
         trailer_video_id = get_first(
             playability_statuses,
@@ -3900,11 +4162,10 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         search_meta = ((lambda x: self._html_search_meta(x, webpage, default=None))
                        if webpage else (lambda x: None))
 
-        video_details = traverse_obj(
-            player_responses, (..., 'videoDetails'), expected_type=dict, default=[])
+        video_details = traverse_obj(player_responses, (..., 'videoDetails'), expected_type=dict)
         microformats = traverse_obj(
             player_responses, (..., 'microformat', 'playerMicroformatRenderer'),
-            expected_type=dict, default=[])
+            expected_type=dict)
 
         translated_title = self._get_text(microformats, (..., 'title'))
         video_title = (self._preferred_lang and translated_title
@@ -4037,10 +4298,10 @@ def feed_entry(name):
         self._downloader._sort_thumbnails(original_thumbnails)
 
         category = get_first(microformats, 'category') or search_meta('genre')
-        channel_id = str_or_none(
+        channel_id = self.ucid_or_none(str_or_none(
             get_first(video_details, 'channelId')
             or get_first(microformats, 'externalChannelId')
-            or search_meta('channelId'))
+            or search_meta('channelId')))
         owner_profile_url = get_first(microformats, 'ownerProfileUrl')
 
         live_start_time = parse_iso8601(get_first(live_broadcast_details, 'startTimestamp'))
@@ -4059,7 +4320,7 @@ def is_bad_format(fmt):
 
         for fmt in filter(is_bad_format, formats):
             fmt['preference'] = (fmt.get('preference') or -1) - 10
-            fmt['format_note'] = join_nonempty(fmt.get('format_note'), '(Last 4 hours)', delim=' ')
+            fmt['format_note'] = join_nonempty(fmt.get('format_note'), '(Last 2 hours)', delim=' ')
 
         if needs_live_processing:
             self._prepare_live_from_start_formats(
@@ -4067,6 +4328,8 @@ def is_bad_format(fmt):
 
         formats.extend(self._extract_storyboard(player_responses, duration))
 
+        channel_handle = self.handle_from_url(owner_profile_url)
+
         info = {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': video_title,
@@ -4076,11 +4339,8 @@ def is_bad_format(fmt):
             # URL checking if user don't care about getting the best possible thumbnail
             'thumbnail': traverse_obj(original_thumbnails, (-1, 'url')),
             'description': video_description,
-            'uploader': get_first(video_details, 'author'),
-            'uploader_id': self._search_regex(r'/(?:channel|user)/([^/?&#]+)', owner_profile_url, 'uploader id') if owner_profile_url else None,
-            'uploader_url': owner_profile_url,
             'channel_id': channel_id,
-            'channel_url': format_field(channel_id, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s'),
+            'channel_url': format_field(channel_id, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s', default=None),
             'duration': duration,
             'view_count': int_or_none(
                 get_first((video_details, microformats), (..., 'viewCount'))
@@ -4110,10 +4370,10 @@ def get_lang_code(track):
             # Converted into dicts to remove duplicates
             captions = {
                 get_lang_code(sub): sub
-                for sub in traverse_obj(pctr, (..., 'captionTracks', ...), default=[])}
+                for sub in traverse_obj(pctr, (..., 'captionTracks', ...))}
             translation_languages = {
                 lang.get('languageCode'): self._get_text(lang.get('languageName'), max_runs=1)
-                for lang in traverse_obj(pctr, (..., 'translationLanguages', ...), default=[])}
+                for lang in traverse_obj(pctr, (..., 'translationLanguages', ...))}
 
             def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                 lang_subs = container.setdefault(lang_code, [])
@@ -4152,9 +4412,13 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                             continue
                         trans_code += f'-{lang_code}'
                         trans_name += format_field(lang_name, None, ' from %s')
-                    # Add an "-orig" label to the original language so that it can be distinguished.
-                    # The subs are returned without "-orig" as well for compatibility
                     if lang_code == f'a-{orig_trans_code}':
+                        # Set audio language based on original subtitles
+                        for f in formats:
+                            if f.get('acodec') != 'none' and not f.get('language'):
+                                f['language'] = orig_trans_code
+                        # Add an "-orig" label to the original language so that it can be distinguished.
+                        # The subs are returned without "-orig" as well for compatibility
                         process_language(
                             automatic_captions, base_url, f'{trans_code}-orig', f'{trans_name} (Original)', {})
                     # Setting tlang=lang returns damaged subtitles.
@@ -4174,15 +4438,21 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                         info[d_k] = parse_duration(query[k][0])
 
         # Youtube Music Auto-generated description
-        if video_description:
+        if (video_description or '').strip().endswith('\nAuto-generated by YouTube.'):
+            # XXX: Causes catastrophic backtracking if description has "·"
+            # E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPaAxMQoiI
+            # Simulating atomic groups:  (?P<a>[^xy]+)x  =>  (?=(?P<a>[^xy]+))(?P=a)x
+            # reduces it, but does not fully fix it. https://regex101.com/r/8Ssf2h/2
             mobj = re.search(
                 r'''(?xs)
-                    (?P<track>[^·\n]+)·(?P<artist>[^\n]+)\n+
-                    (?P<album>[^\n]+)
+                    (?=(?P<track>[^\n·]+))(?P=track)·
+                    (?=(?P<artist>[^\n]+))(?P=artist)\n+
+                    (?=(?P<album>[^\n]+))(?P=album)\n
                     (?:.+?℗\s*(?P<release_year>\d{4})(?!\d))?
                     (?:.+?Released on\s*:\s*(?P<release_date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}))?
-                    (.+?\nArtist\s*:\s*(?P<clean_artist>[^\n]+))?
-                    .+\nAuto-generated\ by\ YouTube\.\s*$
+                    (.+?\nArtist\s*:\s*
+                        (?=(?P<clean_artist>[^\n]+))(?P=clean_artist)\n
+                    )?.+\nAuto-generated\ by\ YouTube\.\s*$
                 ''', video_description)
             if mobj:
                 release_year = mobj.group('release_year')
@@ -4193,7 +4463,8 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                         release_year = release_date[:4]
                 info.update({
                     'album': mobj.group('album'.strip()),
-                    'artist': mobj.group('clean_artist') or ', '.join(a.strip() for a in mobj.group('artist').split('·')),
+                    'artists': ([a] if (a := mobj.group('clean_artist'))
+                                else [a.strip() for a in mobj.group('artist').split('·')]),
                     'track': mobj.group('track').strip(),
                     'release_date': release_date,
                     'release_year': int_or_none(release_year),
@@ -4202,22 +4473,25 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
         initial_data = None
         if webpage:
             initial_data = self.extract_yt_initial_data(video_id, webpage, fatal=False)
+            if not traverse_obj(initial_data, 'contents'):
+                self.report_warning('Incomplete data received in embedded initial data; re-fetching using API.')
+                initial_data = None
         if not initial_data:
             query = {'videoId': video_id}
             query.update(self._get_checkok_params())
             initial_data = self._extract_response(
                 item_id=video_id, ep='next', fatal=False,
-                ytcfg=master_ytcfg, query=query,
+                ytcfg=master_ytcfg, query=query, check_get_keys='contents',
                 headers=self.generate_api_headers(ytcfg=master_ytcfg),
                 note='Downloading initial data API JSON')
 
         info['comment_count'] = traverse_obj(initial_data, (
             'contents', 'twoColumnWatchNextResults', 'results', 'results', 'contents', ..., 'itemSectionRenderer',
-            'contents', ..., 'commentsEntryPointHeaderRenderer', 'commentCount', 'simpleText'
+            'contents', ..., 'commentsEntryPointHeaderRenderer', 'commentCount'
         ), (
             'engagementPanels', lambda _, v: v['engagementPanelSectionListRenderer']['panelIdentifier'] == 'comment-item-section',
-            'engagementPanelSectionListRenderer', 'header', 'engagementPanelTitleHeaderRenderer', 'contextualInfo', 'runs', ..., 'text'
-        ), expected_type=int_or_none, get_all=False)
+            'engagementPanelSectionListRenderer', 'header', 'engagementPanelTitleHeaderRenderer', 'contextualInfo'
+        ), expected_type=self._get_count, get_all=False)
 
         try:  # This will error if there is no livechat
             initial_data['contents']['twoColumnWatchNextResults']['conversationBar']['liveChatRenderer']['continuations'][0]['reloadContinuationData']['continuation']
@@ -4240,6 +4514,8 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                 or self._extract_chapters_from_description(video_description, duration)
                 or None)
 
+            info['heatmap'] = self._extract_heatmap(initial_data)
+
         contents = traverse_obj(
             initial_data, ('contents', 'twoColumnWatchNextResults', 'results', 'results', 'contents'),
             expected_type=list, default=[])
@@ -4267,9 +4543,8 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                     list) or []):
                 tbrs = variadic(
                     traverse_obj(
-                        tlb, 'toggleButtonRenderer',
-                        ('segmentedLikeDislikeButtonRenderer', ..., 'toggleButtonRenderer'),
-                        default=[]))
+                        tlb, ('toggleButtonRenderer', ...),
+                        ('segmentedLikeDislikeButtonRenderer', ..., 'toggleButtonRenderer')))
                 for tbr in tbrs:
                     for getter, regex in [(
                             lambda x: x['defaultText']['accessibility']['accessibilityData'],
@@ -4283,14 +4558,13 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                             if mobj:
                                 info[mobj.group('type') + '_count'] = str_to_int(mobj.group('count'))
                                 break
-            sbr_tooltip = try_get(
-                vpir, lambda x: x['sentimentBar']['sentimentBarRenderer']['tooltip'])
-            if sbr_tooltip:
-                like_count, dislike_count = sbr_tooltip.split(' / ')
-                info.update({
-                    'like_count': str_to_int(like_count),
-                    'dislike_count': str_to_int(dislike_count),
-                })
+
+            info['like_count'] = traverse_obj(vpir, (
+                'videoActions', 'menuRenderer', 'topLevelButtons', ...,
+                'segmentedLikeDislikeButtonViewModel', 'likeButtonViewModel', 'likeButtonViewModel',
+                'toggleButtonViewModel', 'toggleButtonViewModel', 'defaultButtonViewModel',
+                'buttonViewModel', 'accessibilityText', {parse_count}), get_all=False)
+
             vcr = traverse_obj(vpir, ('viewCount', 'videoViewCountRenderer'))
             if vcr:
                 vc = self._get_count(vcr, 'viewCount')
@@ -4307,6 +4581,13 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                 'channel': self._get_text(vor, 'title'),
                 'channel_follower_count': self._get_count(vor, 'subscriberCountText')})
 
+            if not channel_handle:
+                channel_handle = self.handle_from_url(
+                    traverse_obj(vor, (
+                        ('navigationEndpoint', ('title', 'runs', ..., 'navigationEndpoint')),
+                        (('commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url'), ('browseEndpoint', 'canonicalBaseUrl')),
+                        {str}), get_all=False))
+
             rows = try_get(
                 vsir,
                 lambda x: x['metadataRowContainer']['metadataRowContainerRenderer']['rows'],
@@ -4329,16 +4610,18 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                     if mrr_title == 'Album':
                         info['album'] = mrr_contents_text
                     elif mrr_title == 'Artist':
-                        info['artist'] = mrr_contents_text
+                        info['artists'] = [mrr_contents_text] if mrr_contents_text else None
                     elif mrr_title == 'Song':
                         info['track'] = mrr_contents_text
+            owner_badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(vsir, ('owner', 'videoOwnerRenderer', 'badges')))
+            if self._has_badge(owner_badges, BadgeType.VERIFIED):
+                info['channel_is_verified'] = True
 
-        fallbacks = {
-            'channel': 'uploader',
-            'channel_id': 'uploader_id',
-            'channel_url': 'uploader_url',
-        }
-
+        info.update({
+            'uploader': info.get('channel'),
+            'uploader_id': channel_handle,
+            'uploader_url': format_field(channel_handle, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/%s', default=None),
+        })
         # The upload date for scheduled, live and past live streams / premieres in microformats
         # may be different from the stream date. Although not in UTC, we will prefer it in this case.
         # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/2223#issuecomment-1008485139
@@ -4350,19 +4633,23 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
             and 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date' not in self.get_param('compat_opts', [])
         ):
             upload_date = strftime_or_none(
-                self._parse_time_text(self._get_text(vpir, 'dateText')), '%Y%m%d') or upload_date
+                self._parse_time_text(self._get_text(vpir, 'dateText'))) or upload_date
         info['upload_date'] = upload_date
 
-        for to, frm in fallbacks.items():
-            if not info.get(to):
-                info[to] = info.get(frm)
+        if upload_date and live_status not in ('is_live', 'post_live', 'is_upcoming'):
+            # Newly uploaded videos' HLS formats are potentially problematic and need to be checked
+            upload_datetime = datetime_from_str(upload_date).replace(tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc)
+            if upload_datetime >= datetime_from_str('today-2days'):
+                for fmt in info['formats']:
+                    if fmt.get('protocol') == 'm3u8_native':
+                        fmt['__needs_testing'] = True
 
-        for s_k, d_k in [('artist', 'creator'), ('track', 'alt_title')]:
+        for s_k, d_k in [('artists', 'creators'), ('track', 'alt_title')]:
             v = info.get(s_k)
             if v:
                 info[d_k] = v
 
-        badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(contents, (..., 'videoPrimaryInfoRenderer'), get_all=False))
+        badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(vpir, 'badges'))
 
         is_private = (self._has_badge(badges, BadgeType.AVAILABILITY_PRIVATE)
                       or get_first(video_details, 'isPrivate', expected_type=bool))
@@ -4417,19 +4704,6 @@ def wrapper(self, url):
             return info_dict
         return wrapper
 
-    def _extract_channel_id(self, webpage):
-        channel_id = self._html_search_meta(
-            'channelId', webpage, 'channel id', default=None)
-        if channel_id:
-            return channel_id
-        channel_url = self._html_search_meta(
-            ('og:url', 'al:ios:url', 'al:android:url', 'al:web:url',
-             'twitter:url', 'twitter:app:url:iphone', 'twitter:app:url:ipad',
-             'twitter:app:url:googleplay'), webpage, 'channel url')
-        return self._search_regex(
-            r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/([^/?#&])+',
-            channel_url, 'channel id')
-
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_basic_item_renderer(item):
         # Modified from _extract_grid_item_renderer
@@ -4445,22 +4719,41 @@ def _extract_basic_item_renderer(item):
                 return renderer
 
     def _extract_channel_renderer(self, renderer):
-        channel_id = renderer['channelId']
+        channel_id = self.ucid_or_none(renderer['channelId'])
         title = self._get_text(renderer, 'title')
-        channel_url = f'https://www.youtube.com/channel/{channel_id}'
+        channel_url = format_field(channel_id, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s', default=None)
+        channel_handle = self.handle_from_url(
+            traverse_obj(renderer, (
+                'navigationEndpoint', (('commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url'),
+                                       ('browseEndpoint', 'canonicalBaseUrl')),
+                {str}), get_all=False))
+        if not channel_handle:
+            # As of 2023-06-01, YouTube sets subscriberCountText to the handle in search
+            channel_handle = self.handle_or_none(self._get_text(renderer, 'subscriberCountText'))
         return {
             '_type': 'url',
             'url': channel_url,
             'id': channel_id,
             'ie_key': YoutubeTabIE.ie_key(),
             'channel': title,
+            'uploader': title,
             'channel_id': channel_id,
             'channel_url': channel_url,
             'title': title,
-            'channel_follower_count': self._get_count(renderer, 'subscriberCountText'),
+            'uploader_id': channel_handle,
+            'uploader_url': format_field(channel_handle, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/%s', default=None),
+            # See above. YouTube sets videoCountText to the subscriber text in search channel renderers.
+            # However, in feed/channels this is set correctly to the subscriber count
+            'channel_follower_count': traverse_obj(
+                renderer, 'subscriberCountText', 'videoCountText', expected_type=self._get_count),
             'thumbnails': self._extract_thumbnails(renderer, 'thumbnail'),
-            'playlist_count': self._get_count(renderer, 'videoCountText'),
+            'playlist_count': (
+                # videoCountText may be the subscriber count
+                self._get_count(renderer, 'videoCountText')
+                if self._get_count(renderer, 'subscriberCountText') is not None else None),
             'description': self._get_text(renderer, 'descriptionSnippet'),
+            'channel_is_verified': True if self._has_badge(
+                self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(renderer, 'ownerBadges')), BadgeType.VERIFIED) else None,
         }
 
     def _grid_entries(self, grid_renderer):
@@ -4504,8 +4797,11 @@ def _grid_entries(self, grid_renderer):
     def _music_reponsive_list_entry(self, renderer):
         video_id = traverse_obj(renderer, ('playlistItemData', 'videoId'))
         if video_id:
+            title = traverse_obj(renderer, (
+                'flexColumns', 0, 'musicResponsiveListItemFlexColumnRenderer',
+                'text', 'runs', 0, 'text'))
             return self.url_result(f'https://music.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}',
-                                   ie=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), video_id=video_id)
+                                   ie=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), video_id=video_id, title=title)
         playlist_id = traverse_obj(renderer, ('navigationEndpoint', 'watchEndpoint', 'playlistId'))
         if playlist_id:
             video_id = traverse_obj(renderer, ('navigationEndpoint', 'watchEndpoint', 'videoId'))
@@ -4564,11 +4860,19 @@ def _playlist_entries(self, video_list_renderer):
 
     def _rich_entries(self, rich_grid_renderer):
         renderer = traverse_obj(
-            rich_grid_renderer, ('content', ('videoRenderer', 'reelItemRenderer')), get_all=False) or {}
+            rich_grid_renderer,
+            ('content', ('videoRenderer', 'reelItemRenderer', 'playlistRenderer')), get_all=False) or {}
         video_id = renderer.get('videoId')
-        if not video_id:
+        if video_id:
+            yield self._extract_video(renderer)
+            return
+        playlist_id = renderer.get('playlistId')
+        if playlist_id:
+            yield self.url_result(
+                f'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={playlist_id}',
+                ie=YoutubeTabIE.ie_key(), video_id=playlist_id,
+                video_title=self._get_text(renderer, 'title'))
             return
-        yield self._extract_video(renderer)
 
     def _video_entry(self, video_renderer):
         video_id = video_renderer.get('videoId')
@@ -4684,7 +4988,8 @@ def _extract_entries(self, parent_renderer, continuation_list):
                     'videoRenderer': lambda x: [self._video_entry(x)],
                     'playlistRenderer': lambda x: self._grid_entries({'items': [{'playlistRenderer': x}]}),
                     'channelRenderer': lambda x: self._grid_entries({'items': [{'channelRenderer': x}]}),
-                    'hashtagTileRenderer': lambda x: [self._hashtag_tile_entry(x)]
+                    'hashtagTileRenderer': lambda x: [self._hashtag_tile_entry(x)],
+                    'richGridRenderer': lambda x: self._extract_entries(x, continuation_list),
                 }
                 for key, renderer in isr_content.items():
                     if key not in known_renderers:
@@ -4712,10 +5017,15 @@ def _entries(self, tab, item_id, ytcfg, account_syncid, visitor_data):
             or try_get(tab_content, lambda x: x['richGridRenderer'], dict) or {})
         yield from extract_entries(parent_renderer)
         continuation = continuation_list[0]
-
+        seen_continuations = set()
         for page_num in itertools.count(1):
             if not continuation:
                 break
+            continuation_token = continuation.get('continuation')
+            if continuation_token is not None and continuation_token in seen_continuations:
+                self.write_debug('Detected YouTube feed looping - assuming end of feed.')
+                break
+            seen_continuations.add(continuation_token)
             headers = self.generate_api_headers(
                 ytcfg=ytcfg, account_syncid=account_syncid, visitor_data=visitor_data)
             response = self._extract_response(
@@ -4796,13 +5106,14 @@ def _extract_metadata_from_tabs(self, item_id, data):
 
         metadata_renderer = traverse_obj(data, ('metadata', 'channelMetadataRenderer'), expected_type=dict)
         if metadata_renderer:
+            channel_id = traverse_obj(metadata_renderer, ('externalId', {self.ucid_or_none}),
+                                      ('channelUrl', {self.ucid_from_url}))
             info.update({
-                'uploader': metadata_renderer.get('title'),
-                'uploader_id': metadata_renderer.get('externalId'),
-                'uploader_url': metadata_renderer.get('channelUrl'),
+                'channel': metadata_renderer.get('title'),
+                'channel_id': channel_id,
             })
-            if info['uploader_id']:
-                info['id'] = info['uploader_id']
+            if info['channel_id']:
+                info['id'] = info['channel_id']
         else:
             metadata_renderer = traverse_obj(data, ('metadata', 'playlistMetadataRenderer'), expected_type=dict)
 
@@ -4851,10 +5162,24 @@ def _get_uncropped(url):
             'availability': self._extract_availability(data),
             'channel_follower_count': self._get_count(data, ('header', ..., 'subscriberCountText')),
             'description': try_get(metadata_renderer, lambda x: x.get('description', '')),
-            'tags': try_get(metadata_renderer or {}, lambda x: x.get('keywords', '').split()),
+            'tags': (traverse_obj(data, ('microformat', 'microformatDataRenderer', 'tags', ..., {str}))
+                     or traverse_obj(metadata_renderer, ('keywords', {lambda x: x and shlex.split(x)}, ...))),
             'thumbnails': (primary_thumbnails or playlist_thumbnails) + avatar_thumbnails + channel_banners,
         })
 
+        channel_handle = (
+            traverse_obj(metadata_renderer, (('vanityChannelUrl', ('ownerUrls', ...)), {self.handle_from_url}), get_all=False)
+            or traverse_obj(data, ('header', ..., 'channelHandleText', {self.handle_or_none}), get_all=False))
+
+        if channel_handle:
+            info.update({
+                'uploader_id': channel_handle,
+                'uploader_url': format_field(channel_handle, None, 'https://www.youtube.com/%s', default=None),
+            })
+
+        channel_badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(data, ('header', ..., 'badges'), get_all=False))
+        if self._has_badge(channel_badges, BadgeType.VERIFIED):
+            info['channel_is_verified'] = True
         # Playlist stats is a text runs array containing [video count, view count, last updated].
         # last updated or (view count and last updated) may be missing.
         playlist_stats = get_first(
@@ -4863,17 +5188,21 @@ def _get_uncropped(url):
         last_updated_unix = self._parse_time_text(
             self._get_text(playlist_stats, 2)  # deprecated, remove when old layout discontinued
             or self._get_text(playlist_header_renderer, ('byline', 1, 'playlistBylineRenderer', 'text')))
-        info['modified_date'] = strftime_or_none(last_updated_unix, '%Y%m%d')
+        info['modified_date'] = strftime_or_none(last_updated_unix)
 
         info['view_count'] = self._get_count(playlist_stats, 1)
         if info['view_count'] is None:  # 0 is allowed
             info['view_count'] = self._get_count(playlist_header_renderer, 'viewCountText')
+        if info['view_count'] is None:
+            info['view_count'] = self._get_count(data, (
+                'contents', 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer', 'tabs', ..., 'tabRenderer', 'content', 'sectionListRenderer',
+                'contents', ..., 'itemSectionRenderer', 'contents', ..., 'channelAboutFullMetadataRenderer', 'viewCountText'))
 
         info['playlist_count'] = self._get_count(playlist_stats, 0)
         if info['playlist_count'] is None:  # 0 is allowed
             info['playlist_count'] = self._get_count(playlist_header_renderer, ('byline', 0, 'playlistBylineRenderer', 'text'))
 
-        if not info.get('uploader_id'):
+        if not info.get('channel_id'):
             owner = traverse_obj(playlist_header_renderer, 'ownerText')
             if not owner:  # Deprecated
                 owner = traverse_obj(
@@ -4882,16 +5211,17 @@ def _get_uncropped(url):
             owner_text = self._get_text(owner)
             browse_ep = traverse_obj(owner, ('runs', 0, 'navigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint')) or {}
             info.update({
-                'uploader': self._search_regex(r'^by (.+) and \d+ others?$', owner_text, 'uploader', default=owner_text),
-                'uploader_id': browse_ep.get('browseId'),
-                'uploader_url': urljoin('https://www.youtube.com', browse_ep.get('canonicalBaseUrl'))
+                'channel': self._search_regex(r'^by (.+) and \d+ others?$', owner_text, 'uploader', default=owner_text),
+                'channel_id': self.ucid_or_none(browse_ep.get('browseId')),
+                'uploader_id': self.handle_from_url(urljoin('https://www.youtube.com', browse_ep.get('canonicalBaseUrl')))
             })
 
         info.update({
-            'channel': info['uploader'],
-            'channel_id': info['uploader_id'],
-            'channel_url': info['uploader_url']
+            'uploader': info['channel'],
+            'channel_url': format_field(info.get('channel_id'), None, 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s', default=None),
+            'uploader_url': format_field(info.get('uploader_id'), None, 'https://www.youtube.com/%s', default=None),
         })
+
         return info
 
     def _extract_inline_playlist(self, playlist, playlist_id, data, ytcfg):
@@ -4958,7 +5288,7 @@ def _extract_availability(self, data):
         playlist_header_renderer = traverse_obj(data, ('header', 'playlistHeaderRenderer')) or {}
         player_header_privacy = playlist_header_renderer.get('privacy')
 
-        badges = self._extract_badges(sidebar_renderer)
+        badges = self._extract_badges(traverse_obj(sidebar_renderer, 'badges'))
 
         # Personal playlists, when authenticated, have a dropdown visibility selector instead of a badge
         privacy_setting_icon = get_first(
@@ -5030,7 +5360,7 @@ def _extract_webpage(self, url, item_id, fatal=True):
                 data = self.extract_yt_initial_data(item_id, webpage or '', fatal=fatal) or {}
             except ExtractorError as e:
                 if isinstance(e.cause, network_exceptions):
-                    if not isinstance(e.cause, urllib.error.HTTPError) or e.cause.code not in (403, 429):
+                    if not isinstance(e.cause, HTTPError) or e.cause.status not in (403, 429):
                         retry.error = e
                         continue
                 self._error_or_warning(e, fatal=fatal)
@@ -5046,6 +5376,7 @@ def _extract_webpage(self, url, item_id, fatal=True):
             # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/116
             if not traverse_obj(data, 'contents', 'currentVideoEndpoint', 'onResponseReceivedActions'):
                 retry.error = ExtractorError('Incomplete yt initial data received')
+                data = None
                 continue
 
         return webpage, data
@@ -5165,15 +5496,15 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'playlist_mincount': 94,
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'title': 'Igor Kleiner - Playlists',
-            'description': 'md5:be97ee0f14ee314f1f002cf187166ee2',
-            'uploader': 'Igor Kleiner',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'channel': 'Igor Kleiner',
+            'title': 'Igor Kleiner Ph.D. - Playlists',
+            'description': 'md5:15d7dd9e333cb987907fcb0d604b233a',
+            'uploader': 'Igor Kleiner Ph.D.',
+            'uploader_id': '@IgorDataScience',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@IgorDataScience',
+            'channel': 'Igor Kleiner Ph.D.',
             'channel_id': 'UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'tags': ['"критическое', 'мышление"', '"наука', 'просто"', 'математика', '"анализ', 'данных"'],
+            'tags': ['критическое мышление', 'наука просто', 'математика', 'анализ данных'],
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
             'channel_follower_count': int
         },
     }, {
@@ -5182,14 +5513,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'playlist_mincount': 94,
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'title': 'Igor Kleiner - Playlists',
-            'description': 'md5:be97ee0f14ee314f1f002cf187166ee2',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'uploader': 'Igor Kleiner',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'tags': ['"критическое', 'мышление"', '"наука', 'просто"', 'математика', '"анализ', 'данных"'],
+            'title': 'Igor Kleiner Ph.D. - Playlists',
+            'description': 'md5:15d7dd9e333cb987907fcb0d604b233a',
+            'uploader': 'Igor Kleiner Ph.D.',
+            'uploader_id': '@IgorDataScience',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@IgorDataScience',
+            'tags': ['критическое мышление', 'наука просто', 'математика', 'анализ данных'],
             'channel_id': 'UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
-            'channel': 'Igor Kleiner',
+            'channel': 'Igor Kleiner Ph.D.',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqj7Cz7revf5maW9g5pgNcg',
             'channel_follower_count': int
         },
@@ -5200,15 +5531,16 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
             'title': '3Blue1Brown - Playlists',
-            'description': 'md5:e1384e8a133307dd10edee76e875d62f',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
-            'uploader': '3Blue1Brown',
+            'description': 'md5:4d1da95432004b7ba840ebc895b6b4c9',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
             'channel': '3Blue1Brown',
             'channel_id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
+            'uploader_id': '@3blue1brown',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown',
+            'uploader': '3Blue1Brown',
             'tags': ['Mathematics'],
-            'channel_follower_count': int
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
         },
     }, {
         'note': 'playlists, singlepage',
@@ -5219,11 +5551,11 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'title': 'ThirstForScience - Playlists',
             'description': 'md5:609399d937ea957b0f53cbffb747a14c',
             'uploader': 'ThirstForScience',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCAEtajcuhQ6an9WEzY9LEMQ',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEtajcuhQ6an9WEzY9LEMQ',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEtajcuhQ6an9WEzY9LEMQ',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ThirstForScience',
+            'uploader_id': '@ThirstForScience',
             'channel_id': 'UCAEtajcuhQ6an9WEzY9LEMQ',
-            'tags': 'count:13',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEtajcuhQ6an9WEzY9LEMQ',
+            'tags': 'count:12',
             'channel': 'ThirstForScience',
             'channel_follower_count': int
         }
@@ -5234,8 +5566,6 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'note': 'basic, single video playlist',
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc',
         'info_dict': {
-            'uploader_id': 'UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
-            'uploader': 'Sergey M.',
             'id': 'PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc',
             'title': 'youtube-dl public playlist',
             'description': '',
@@ -5244,27 +5574,29 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'modified_date': '20201130',
             'channel': 'Sergey M.',
             'channel_id': 'UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader': 'Sergey M.',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@sergeym.6173',
+            'uploader_id': '@sergeym.6173',
         },
         'playlist_count': 1,
     }, {
         'note': 'empty playlist',
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFodcLWhDpGCYnngnHtQ-Xf',
         'info_dict': {
-            'uploader_id': 'UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
-            'uploader': 'Sergey M.',
             'id': 'PL4lCao7KL_QFodcLWhDpGCYnngnHtQ-Xf',
             'title': 'youtube-dl empty playlist',
             'tags': [],
             'channel': 'Sergey M.',
             'description': '',
-            'modified_date': '20160902',
+            'modified_date': '20230921',
             'channel_id': 'UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
-            'availability': 'public',
+            'availability': 'unlisted',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@sergeym.6173',
+            'uploader_id': '@sergeym.6173',
+            'uploader': 'Sergey M.',
         },
         'playlist_count': 0,
     }, {
@@ -5275,10 +5607,10 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'title': 'lex will - Home',
             'description': 'md5:2163c5d0ff54ed5f598d6a7e6211e488',
             'uploader': 'lex will',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_id': '@lexwill718',
             'channel': 'lex will',
             'tags': ['bible', 'history', 'prophesy'],
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lexwill718',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel_follower_count': int
@@ -5292,11 +5624,11 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'title': 'lex will - Videos',
             'description': 'md5:2163c5d0ff54ed5f598d6a7e6211e488',
             'uploader': 'lex will',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_id': '@lexwill718',
             'tags': ['bible', 'history', 'prophesy'],
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lexwill718',
             'channel': 'lex will',
             'channel_follower_count': int
         },
@@ -5309,9 +5641,9 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'title': 'lex will - Videos',
             'description': 'md5:2163c5d0ff54ed5f598d6a7e6211e488',
             'uploader': 'lex will',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_id': '@lexwill718',
             'channel_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lexwill718',
             'channel': 'lex will',
             'tags': ['bible', 'history', 'prophesy'],
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
@@ -5326,8 +5658,8 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'title': 'lex will - Playlists',
             'description': 'md5:2163c5d0ff54ed5f598d6a7e6211e488',
             'uploader': 'lex will',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'uploader_id': '@lexwill718',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lexwill718',
             'channel': 'lex will',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
@@ -5342,14 +5674,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'title': 'lex will - Community',
             'description': 'md5:2163c5d0ff54ed5f598d6a7e6211e488',
-            'uploader': 'lex will',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel': 'lex will',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'tags': ['bible', 'history', 'prophesy'],
-            'channel_follower_count': int
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lexwill718',
+            'uploader_id': '@lexwill718',
+            'uploader': 'lex will',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 18,
     }, {
@@ -5359,14 +5691,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'title': 'lex will - Channels',
             'description': 'md5:2163c5d0ff54ed5f598d6a7e6211e488',
-            'uploader': 'lex will',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel': 'lex will',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'channel_id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
             'tags': ['bible', 'history', 'prophesy'],
-            'channel_follower_count': int
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@lexwill718',
+            'uploader_id': '@lexwill718',
+            'uploader': 'lex will',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 12,
     }, {
@@ -5376,15 +5708,16 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
             'title': '3Blue1Brown - Search - linear algebra',
-            'description': 'md5:e1384e8a133307dd10edee76e875d62f',
-            'uploader': '3Blue1Brown',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
+            'description': 'md5:4d1da95432004b7ba840ebc895b6b4c9',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
             'tags': ['Mathematics'],
             'channel': '3Blue1Brown',
             'channel_id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
-            'channel_follower_count': int
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown',
+            'uploader_id': '@3blue1brown',
+            'uploader': '3Blue1Brown',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
         },
     }, {
         'url': 'https://invidio.us/channel/UCmlqkdCBesrv2Lak1mF_MxA',
@@ -5401,17 +5734,17 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'title': '29C3: Not my department',
             'id': 'PLwP_SiAcdui0KVebT0mU9Apz359a4ubsC',
-            'uploader': 'Christiaan008',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCEPzS1rYsrkqzSLNp76nrcg',
             'description': 'md5:a14dc1a8ef8307a9807fe136a0660268',
             'tags': [],
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/ChRiStIaAn008',
             'view_count': int,
             'modified_date': '20150605',
             'channel_id': 'UCEPzS1rYsrkqzSLNp76nrcg',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/ChRiStIaAn008',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPzS1rYsrkqzSLNp76nrcg',
             'channel': 'Christiaan008',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_id': '@ChRiStIaAn008',
+            'uploader': 'Christiaan008',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ChRiStIaAn008',
         },
         'playlist_count': 96,
     }, {
@@ -5420,17 +5753,17 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Uploads from Cauchemar',
             'id': 'UUBABnxM4Ar9ten8Mdjj1j0Q',
-            'uploader': 'Cauchemar',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCBABnxM4Ar9ten8Mdjj1j0Q',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/Cauchemar89',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBABnxM4Ar9ten8Mdjj1j0Q',
             'tags': [],
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'channel': 'Cauchemar',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/Cauchemar89',
             'view_count': int,
             'description': '',
             'channel_id': 'UCBABnxM4Ar9ten8Mdjj1j0Q',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_id': '@Cauchemar89',
+            'uploader': 'Cauchemar',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Cauchemar89',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 1123,
         'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
@@ -5444,17 +5777,17 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Uploads from Interstellar Movie',
             'id': 'UUXw-G3eDE9trcvY2sBMM_aA',
-            'uploader': 'Interstellar Movie',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCXw-G3eDE9trcvY2sBMM_aA',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/InterstellarMovie',
             'tags': [],
             'view_count': int,
             'channel_id': 'UCXw-G3eDE9trcvY2sBMM_aA',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/InterstellarMovie',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXw-G3eDE9trcvY2sBMM_aA',
             'channel': 'Interstellar Movie',
             'description': '',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_id': '@InterstellarMovie',
+            'uploader': 'Interstellar Movie',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@InterstellarMovie',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 21,
     }, {
@@ -5463,17 +5796,17 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Uploads from Phim Siêu Nhân Nhật Bản',
             'id': 'UUTYLiWFZy8xtPwxFwX9rV7Q',
-            'uploader': 'Phim Siêu Nhân Nhật Bản',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCTYLiWFZy8xtPwxFwX9rV7Q',
             'view_count': int,
             'channel': 'Phim Siêu Nhân Nhật Bản',
             'tags': [],
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTYLiWFZy8xtPwxFwX9rV7Q',
             'description': '',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTYLiWFZy8xtPwxFwX9rV7Q',
             'channel_id': 'UCTYLiWFZy8xtPwxFwX9rV7Q',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@phimsieunhannhatban',
+            'uploader_id': '@phimsieunhannhatban',
+            'uploader': 'Phim Siêu Nhân Nhật Bản',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 200,
         'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
@@ -5483,17 +5816,17 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Uploads from BlankTV',
             'id': 'UU8l9frL61Yl5KFOl87nIm2w',
-            'uploader': 'BlankTV',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC8l9frL61Yl5KFOl87nIm2w',
             'channel': 'BlankTV',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/blanktv',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8l9frL61Yl5KFOl87nIm2w',
             'channel_id': 'UC8l9frL61Yl5KFOl87nIm2w',
             'view_count': int,
             'tags': [],
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/blanktv',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'description': '',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_id': '@blanktv',
+            'uploader': 'BlankTV',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@blanktv',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 1000,
         'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
@@ -5503,17 +5836,17 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Data Analysis with Dr Mike Pound',
             'id': 'PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA',
-            'uploader': 'Computerphile',
             'description': 'md5:7f567c574d13d3f8c0954d9ffee4e487',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile',
             'tags': [],
             'view_count': int,
             'channel_id': 'UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA',
             'channel': 'Computerphile',
             'availability': 'public',
             'modified_date': '20190712',
+            'uploader_id': '@Computerphile',
+            'uploader': 'Computerphile',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Computerphile',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 11,
     }, {
@@ -5526,9 +5859,6 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'FqZTN594JQw',
             'ext': 'webm',
             'title': "Smiley's People 01 detective, Adventure Series, Action",
-            'uploader': 'STREEM',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCyPhqAZgwYWZfxElWVbVJng',
-            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCyPhqAZgwYWZfxElWVbVJng',
             'upload_date': '20150526',
             'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
             'description': 'md5:507cdcb5a49ac0da37a920ece610be80',
@@ -5551,12 +5881,9 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoMdktPbSTixAyNGwb-UYkQ/live',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'Wq15eF5vCbI',  # This will keep changing
+            'id': 'hGkQjiJLjWQ',  # This will keep changing
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': str,
-            'uploader': 'Sky News',
-            'uploader_id': 'skynews',
-            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/skynews',
             'upload_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'description': str,
             'categories': ['News & Politics'],
@@ -5575,6 +5902,10 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoMdktPbSTixAyNGwb-UYkQ',
             'channel_follower_count': int,
             'concurrent_view_count': int,
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@SkyNews',
+            'uploader_id': '@SkyNews',
+            'uploader': 'Sky News',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
         },
         'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
@@ -5586,9 +5917,6 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'a48o2S1cPoo',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': 'The Young Turks - Live Main Show',
-            'uploader': 'The Young Turks',
-            'uploader_id': 'TheYoungTurks',
-            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/TheYoungTurks',
             'upload_date': '20150715',
             'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
             'description': 'md5:438179573adcdff3c97ebb1ee632b891',
@@ -5649,7 +5977,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/cctv9',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'cctv9',
-            'title': '#cctv9',
+            'title': 'cctv9 - All',
             'tags': [],
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 300,  # not consistent but should be over 300
@@ -5669,41 +5997,40 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'url': 'https://music.youtube.com/browse/VLPLRBp0Fe2GpgmgoscNFLxNyBVSFVdYmFkq',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'PLRBp0Fe2GpgmgoscNFLxNyBVSFVdYmFkq',
-            'uploader': 'NoCopyrightSounds',
             'description': 'Providing you with copyright free / safe music for gaming, live streaming, studying and more!',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg',
             'title': 'NCS : All Releases 💿',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/NoCopyrightSounds',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/NoCopyrightSounds',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'view_count': int,
             'channel_id': 'UC_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg',
             'tags': [],
             'channel': 'NoCopyrightSounds',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@NoCopyrightSounds',
+            'uploader': 'NoCopyrightSounds',
+            'uploader_id': '@NoCopyrightSounds',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 166,
-        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
+        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden', 'YouTube Music is not directly supported'],
     }, {
+        # TODO: fix 'unviewable' issue with this playlist when reloading with unavailable videos
         'note': 'Topic, should redirect to playlist?list=UU...',
         'url': 'https://music.youtube.com/browse/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UU9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'title': 'Uploads from Royalty Free Music - Topic',
-            'uploader': 'Royalty Free Music - Topic',
             'tags': [],
             'channel_id': 'UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'channel': 'Royalty Free Music - Topic',
             'view_count': int,
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'description': '',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader': 'Royalty Free Music - Topic',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 101,
+        'expected_warnings': ['YouTube Music is not directly supported', r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
     }, {
         # Destination channel with only a hidden self tab (tab id is UCtFRv9O2AHqOZjjynzrv-xg)
         # Treat as a general feed
@@ -5727,12 +6054,11 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
         },
         'playlist_count': 50,
+        'expected_warnings': ['YouTube Music is not directly supported'],
     }, {
         'note': 'unlisted single video playlist',
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwL24UFy54GrB3s2KMMfjZscDi1x5Dajf',
         'info_dict': {
-            'uploader_id': 'UC9zHu_mHU96r19o-wV5Qs1Q',
-            'uploader': 'colethedj',
             'id': 'PLwL24UFy54GrB3s2KMMfjZscDi1x5Dajf',
             'title': 'yt-dlp unlisted playlist test',
             'availability': 'unlisted',
@@ -5741,11 +6067,31 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'channel': 'colethedj',
             'view_count': int,
             'description': '',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zHu_mHU96r19o-wV5Qs1Q',
             'channel_id': 'UC9zHu_mHU96r19o-wV5Qs1Q',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zHu_mHU96r19o-wV5Qs1Q',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@colethedj1894',
+            'uploader_id': '@colethedj1894',
+            'uploader': 'colethedj',
         },
+        'playlist': [{
+            'info_dict': {
+                'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
+                'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
+                '_type': 'url',
+                'ie_key': 'Youtube',
+                'duration': 10,
+                'channel_id': 'UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
+                'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
+                'view_count': int,
+                'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc',
+                'channel': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+                'uploader_id': '@PhilippHagemeister',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@PhilippHagemeister',
+                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+            }
+        }],
         'playlist_count': 1,
+        'params': {'extract_flat': True},
     }, {
         'note': 'API Fallback: Recommended - redirects to home page. Requires visitorData',
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/feed/recommended',
@@ -5766,13 +6112,10 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw',
             'title': 'Cody\'sLab - Videos',
             'description': 'md5:d083b7c2f0c67ee7a6c74c3e9b4243fa',
-            'uploader': 'Cody\'sLab',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw',
             'channel': 'Cody\'sLab',
             'channel_id': 'UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw',
             'tags': [],
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw',
             'channel_follower_count': int
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 650,
@@ -5786,9 +6129,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'url': 'https://music.youtube.com/browse/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UU9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'title': 'Uploads from Royalty Free Music - Topic',
-            'uploader': 'Royalty Free Music - Topic',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'channel_id': 'UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'description': '',
@@ -5796,14 +6137,15 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'tags': [],
             'channel': 'Royalty Free Music - Topic',
             'view_count': int,
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader': 'Royalty Free Music - Topic',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 101,
         'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
             'extractor_args': {'youtubetab': {'skip': ['webpage']}}
         },
+        'expected_warnings': ['YouTube Music is not directly supported', r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
     }, {
         'note': 'non-standard redirect to regional channel',
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVVpHQ2Cs9iGJfpdFngePQ',
@@ -5816,15 +6158,15 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'modified_date': '20220407',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcqXmCcyqnhgpA5P0oHH_Q',
             'tags': [],
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKcqXmCcyqnhgpA5P0oHH_Q',
-            'uploader': 'pukkandan',
             'availability': 'unlisted',
             'channel_id': 'UCKcqXmCcyqnhgpA5P0oHH_Q',
             'channel': 'pukkandan',
             'description': 'Test for collaborative playlist',
             'title': 'yt-dlp test - collaborative playlist',
             'view_count': int,
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcqXmCcyqnhgpA5P0oHH_Q',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@pukkandan',
+            'uploader_id': '@pukkandan',
+            'uploader': 'pukkandan',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 2
     }, {
@@ -5833,14 +6175,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'tags': [],
-            'uploader_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'description': 'test description',
             'title': 'cole-dlp-test-acc - 再生リスト',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
-            'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
             'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@coletdjnz',
+            'uploader_id': '@coletdjnz',
+            'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 1,
         'params': {'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'lang': ['ja']}}},
@@ -5854,14 +6196,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'tags': [],
             'view_count': int,
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
-            'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
             'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'description': 'test',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'title': 'dlp test playlist',
             'availability': 'public',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@coletdjnz',
+            'uploader_id': '@coletdjnz',
+            'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 1,
         'params': {'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'lang': ['ja']}}},
@@ -5913,29 +6255,32 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'channel_follower_count': int,
             'channel_id': 'UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA',
-            'uploader': 'Polka Ch. 尾丸ポルカ',
-            'description': 'md5:3b8df1ac5af337aa206e37ee3d181ec9',
+            'description': 'md5:49809d8bf9da539bc48ed5d1f83c33f2',
             'channel': 'Polka Ch. 尾丸ポルカ',
             'tags': 'count:35',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@OmaruPolka',
+            'uploader': 'Polka Ch. 尾丸ポルカ',
+            'uploader_id': '@OmaruPolka',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
         },
         'playlist_count': 3,
     }, {
         # Shorts tab with channel with handle
+        # TODO: fix channel description
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes/shorts',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
             'title': 'Not Just Bikes - Shorts',
-            'tags': 'count:12',
-            'uploader': 'Not Just Bikes',
+            'tags': 'count:10',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
-            'description': 'md5:7513148b1f02b924783157d84c4ea555',
+            'description': 'md5:5e82545b3a041345927a92d0585df247',
             'channel_follower_count': int,
-            'uploader_id': 'UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
             'channel_id': 'UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
             'channel': 'Not Just Bikes',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes',
+            'uploader': 'Not Just Bikes',
+            'uploader_id': '@NotJustBikes',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 10,
     }, {
@@ -5947,12 +6292,12 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'tags': 'count:7',
             'channel_id': 'UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
             'channel': '中村悠一',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
             'channel_follower_count': int,
-            'uploader': '中村悠一',
             'description': 'md5:e744f6c93dafa7a03c0c6deecb157300',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Yuichi-Nakamura',
+            'uploader_id': '@Yuichi-Nakamura',
+            'uploader': '中村悠一',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 60,
     }, {
@@ -5971,15 +6316,15 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
             'title': 'Shorts Break - Shorts',
-            'tags': 'count:32',
+            'tags': 'count:48',
             'channel_id': 'UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
             'channel': 'Shorts Break',
-            'description': 'md5:a6c234cf3d50d878ef8721e34457cd11',
-            'uploader': 'Shorts Break',
+            'description': 'md5:6de33c5e7ba686e5f3efd4e19c7ef499',
             'channel_follower_count': int,
-            'uploader_id': 'UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ShortsBreak_Official',
+            'uploader': 'Shorts Break',
+            'uploader_id': '@ShortsBreak_Official',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 30,
     }, {
@@ -6002,30 +6347,28 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'playlist_mincount': 30,
     }, {
         # Shorts url result in shorts tab
+        # TODO: Fix channel id extraction
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA/shorts',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'title': 'cole-dlp-test-acc - Shorts',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
             'description': 'test description',
             'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'tags': [],
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@coletdjnz',
+            'uploader_id': '@coletdjnz',
             'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
-
         },
         'playlist': [{
             'info_dict': {
+                # Channel data is not currently available for short renderers (as of 2023-03-01)
                 '_type': 'url',
                 'ie_key': 'Youtube',
                 'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sSM9J5YH_60',
                 'id': 'sSM9J5YH_60',
-                'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
                 'title': 'SHORT short',
-                'channel': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
-                'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'thumbnails': list,
             }
@@ -6051,6 +6394,10 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_url': str,
                 'concurrent_view_count': int,
                 'channel': str,
+                'uploader': str,
+                'uploader_url': str,
+                'uploader_id': str,
+                'channel_is_verified': bool,  # this will keep changing
             }
         }],
         'params': {'extract_flat': True, 'playlist_items': '1'},
@@ -6061,15 +6408,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'title': 'cole-dlp-test-acc - Channels',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
             'description': 'test description',
             'channel_id': 'UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
             'tags': [],
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@coletdjnz',
+            'uploader_id': '@coletdjnz',
             'uploader': 'cole-dlp-test-acc',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiu-3thuViMebBjw_5nWYrA',
-
         },
         'playlist': [{
             'info_dict': {
@@ -6083,10 +6429,109 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw',
                 'thumbnails': list,
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
-                'playlist_count': int
+                'playlist_count': int,
+                'uploader': 'PewDiePie',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@PewDiePie',
+                'uploader_id': '@PewDiePie',
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
             }
         }],
         'params': {'extract_flat': True},
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown/about',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '@3blue1brown',
+            'tags': ['Mathematics'],
+            'title': '3Blue1Brown',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'channel_id': 'UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
+            'channel': '3Blue1Brown',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw',
+            'description': 'md5:4d1da95432004b7ba840ebc895b6b4c9',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown',
+            'uploader_id': '@3blue1brown',
+            'uploader': '3Blue1Brown',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 0,
+    }, {
+        # Podcasts tab, with rich entry playlistRenderers
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@99percentinvisiblepodcast/podcasts',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCVMF2HD4ZgC0QHpU9Yq5Xrw',
+            'channel_id': 'UCVMF2HD4ZgC0QHpU9Yq5Xrw',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@99percentinvisiblepodcast',
+            'description': 'md5:3a0ed38f1ad42a68ef0428c04a15695c',
+            'title': '99 Percent Invisible - Podcasts',
+            'uploader': '99 Percent Invisible',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVMF2HD4ZgC0QHpU9Yq5Xrw',
+            'tags': [],
+            'channel': '99 Percent Invisible',
+            'uploader_id': '@99percentinvisiblepodcast',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 0,
+    }, {
+        # Releases tab, with rich entry playlistRenderers (same as Podcasts tab)
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@AHimitsu/releases',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A',
+            'channel': 'A Himitsu',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@AHimitsu',
+            'title': 'A Himitsu - Releases',
+            'uploader_id': '@AHimitsu',
+            'uploader': 'A Himitsu',
+            'channel_id': 'UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A',
+            'tags': 'count:12',
+            'description': 'I make music',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 10,
+    }, {
+        # Playlist with only shorts, shown as reel renderers
+        # FIXME: future: YouTube currently doesn't give continuation for this,
+        # may do in future.
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUxqPAgubo4coVn9Lx1FuKcg',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UUxqPAgubo4coVn9Lx1FuKcg',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqPAgubo4coVn9Lx1FuKcg',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'uploader_id': '@BangyShorts',
+            'description': '',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@BangyShorts',
+            'channel_id': 'UCxqPAgubo4coVn9Lx1FuKcg',
+            'channel': 'Bangy Shorts',
+            'uploader': 'Bangy Shorts',
+            'tags': [],
+            'availability': 'public',
+            'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
+            'title': 'Uploads from Bangy Shorts',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 100,
+        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Tags containing spaces',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ',
+        'playlist_count': 3,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UC7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ',
+            'channel': 'Markiplier',
+            'channel_id': 'UC7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ',
+            'title': 'Markiplier',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'description': 'md5:0c010910558658824402809750dc5d97',
+            'uploader_id': '@markiplier',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@markiplier',
+            'uploader': 'Markiplier',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+            'tags': ['markiplier', 'comedy', 'gaming', 'funny videos', 'funny moments',
+                     'sketch comedy', 'laughing', 'lets play', 'challenge videos', 'hilarious',
+                     'challenges', 'sketches', 'scary games', 'funny games', 'rage games',
+                     'mark fischbach'],
+        },
     }]
 
     @classmethod
@@ -6125,6 +6570,9 @@ def _extract_tab_id_and_name(self, tab, base_url='https://www.youtube.com'):
     def _has_tab(self, tabs, tab_id):
         return any(self._extract_tab_id_and_name(tab)[0] == tab_id for tab in tabs)
 
+    def _empty_playlist(self, item_id, data):
+        return self.playlist_result([], item_id, **self._extract_metadata_from_tabs(item_id, data))
+
     @YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor.passthrough_smuggled_data
     def _real_extract(self, url, smuggled_data):
         item_id = self._match_id(url)
@@ -6153,6 +6601,8 @@ def _real_extract(self, url, smuggled_data):
         original_tab_id, display_id = tab[1:], f'{item_id}{tab}'
         if is_channel and not tab and 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in compat_opts:
             url = f'{pre}/videos{post}'
+        if smuggled_data.get('is_music_url'):
+            self.report_warning(f'YouTube Music is not directly supported. Redirecting to {url}')
 
         # Handle both video/playlist URLs
         qs = parse_qs(url)
@@ -6188,6 +6638,10 @@ def _real_extract(self, url, smuggled_data):
             selected_tab_id, selected_tab_name = self._extract_tab_id_and_name(selected_tab, url)  # NB: Name may be translated
             self.write_debug(f'Selected tab: {selected_tab_id!r} ({selected_tab_name}), Requested tab: {original_tab_id!r}')
 
+            # /about is no longer a tab
+            if original_tab_id == 'about':
+                return self._empty_playlist(item_id, data)
+
             if not original_tab_id and selected_tab_name:
                 self.to_screen('Downloading all uploads of the channel. '
                                'To download only the videos in a specific tab, pass the tab\'s URL')
@@ -6200,7 +6654,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url, smuggled_data):
                 if not extra_tabs and selected_tab_id != 'videos':
                     # Channel does not have streams, shorts or videos tabs
                     if item_id[:2] != 'UC':
-                        raise ExtractorError('This channel has no uploads', expected=True)
+                        return self._empty_playlist(item_id, data)
 
                     # Topic channels don't have /videos. Use the equivalent playlist instead
                     pl_id = f'UU{item_id[2:]}'
@@ -6208,7 +6662,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url, smuggled_data):
                     try:
                         data, ytcfg = self._extract_data(pl_url, pl_id, ytcfg=ytcfg, fatal=True, webpage_fatal=True)
                     except ExtractorError:
-                        raise ExtractorError('This channel has no uploads', expected=True)
+                        return self._empty_playlist(item_id, data)
                     else:
                         item_id, url = pl_id, pl_url
                         self.to_screen(
@@ -6301,15 +6755,15 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': '[OLD]Team Fortress 2 (Class-based LP)',
             'id': 'PLBB231211A4F62143',
             'uploader': 'Wickman',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCKSpbfbl5kRQpTdL7kMc-1Q',
+            'uploader_id': '@WickmanVT',
             'description': 'md5:8fa6f52abb47a9552002fa3ddfc57fc2',
             'view_count': int,
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/WickmanVT',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@WickmanVT',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'channel_id': 'UCKSpbfbl5kRQpTdL7kMc-1Q',
             'channel': 'Wickman',
             'tags': [],
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/WickmanVT',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSpbfbl5kRQpTdL7kMc-1Q',
             'availability': 'public',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 29,
@@ -6329,7 +6783,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': 'JODA15',
             'id': 'PL6IaIsEjSbf96XFRuNccS_RuEXwNdsoEu',
             'uploader': 'milan',
-            'uploader_id': 'UCEI1-PVPcYXjB73Hfelbmaw',
+            'uploader_id': '@milan5503',
             'description': '',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEI1-PVPcYXjB73Hfelbmaw',
             'tags': [],
@@ -6337,10 +6791,10 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             'view_count': int,
             'channel': 'milan',
             'channel_id': 'UCEI1-PVPcYXjB73Hfelbmaw',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEI1-PVPcYXjB73Hfelbmaw',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@milan5503',
             'availability': 'public',
         },
-        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos? (is|are|will be) hidden'],
+        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos? (is|are|will be) hidden', 'Retrying', 'Giving up'],
     }, {
         'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/_xDOZElKyNU?list=PLsyOSbh5bs16vubvKePAQ1x3PhKavfBIl',
         'playlist_mincount': 455,
@@ -6348,13 +6802,13 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': '2018 Chinese New Singles (11/6 updated)',
             'id': 'PLsyOSbh5bs16vubvKePAQ1x3PhKavfBIl',
             'uploader': 'LBK',
-            'uploader_id': 'UC21nz3_MesPLqtDqwdvnoxA',
+            'uploader_id': '@music_king',
             'description': 'md5:da521864744d60a198e3a88af4db0d9d',
             'channel': 'LBK',
             'view_count': int,
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/愛低音的國王',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC21nz3_MesPLqtDqwdvnoxA',
             'tags': [],
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/愛低音的國王',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@music_king',
             'channel_id': 'UC21nz3_MesPLqtDqwdvnoxA',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'availability': 'public',
@@ -6400,8 +6854,8 @@ class YoutubeYtBeIE(InfoExtractor):
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': 'Small Scale Baler and Braiding Rugs',
             'uploader': 'Backus-Page House Museum',
-            'uploader_id': 'backuspagemuseum',
-            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/backuspagemuseum',
+            'uploader_id': '@backuspagemuseum',
+            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/@backuspagemuseum',
             'upload_date': '20161008',
             'description': 'md5:800c0c78d5eb128500bffd4f0b4f2e8a',
             'categories': ['Nonprofits & Activism'],
@@ -6409,7 +6863,7 @@ class YoutubeYtBeIE(InfoExtractor):
             'like_count': int,
             'age_limit': 0,
             'playable_in_embed': True,
-            'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/yeWKywCrFtk/maxresdefault.webp',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.webp',
             'channel': 'Backus-Page House Museum',
             'channel_id': 'UCEfMCQ9bs3tjvjy1s451zaw',
             'live_status': 'not_live',
@@ -6525,7 +6979,7 @@ def _extract_notification_renderer(self, notification):
         if not video_id:
             browse_ep = traverse_obj(
                 notification, ('navigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint'), expected_type=dict)
-            channel_id = traverse_obj(browse_ep, 'browseId', expected_type=str)
+            channel_id = self.ucid_or_none(traverse_obj(browse_ep, 'browseId', expected_type=str))
             post_id = self._search_regex(
                 r'/post/(.+)', traverse_obj(browse_ep, 'canonicalBaseUrl', expected_type=str),
                 'post id', default=None)
@@ -6555,6 +7009,7 @@ def _extract_notification_renderer(self, notification):
             'title': title,
             'channel_id': channel_id,
             'channel': channel,
+            'uploader': channel,
             'thumbnails': self._extract_thumbnails(notification, 'videoThumbnail'),
             'timestamp': timestamp,
         }
@@ -6584,7 +7039,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube search'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:search'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearch'
-    _SEARCH_PARAMS = 'EgIQAQ%3D%3D'  # Videos only
+    _SEARCH_PARAMS = 'EgIQAfABAQ=='  # Videos only
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'ytsearch5:youtube-dl test video',
         'playlist_count': 5,
@@ -6592,6 +7047,14 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'youtube-dl test video',
             'title': 'youtube-dl test video',
         }
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Suicide/self-harm search warning',
+        'url': 'ytsearch1:i hate myself and i wanna die',
+        'playlist_count': 1,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'i hate myself and i wanna die',
+            'title': 'i hate myself and i wanna die',
+        }
     }]
 
 
@@ -6599,7 +7062,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + ':date'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube search, newest videos first'
-    _SEARCH_PARAMS = 'CAISAhAB'  # Videos only, sorted by date
+    _SEARCH_PARAMS = 'CAISAhAB8AEB'  # Videos only, sorted by date
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'ytsearchdate5:youtube-dl test video',
         'playlist_count': 5,
@@ -6657,9 +7120,15 @@ class YoutubeSearchURLIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'description': 'md5:4ae48dfa9505ffc307dad26342d06bfc',
                 'title': 'Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell',
                 'channel_id': 'UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q',
-                'playlist_count': int,  # XXX: should have a way of saying > 1
+                # No longer available for search as it is set to the handle.
+                # 'playlist_count': int,
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q',
-                'thumbnails': list
+                'thumbnails': list,
+                'uploader_id': '@kurzgesagt',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt',
+                'uploader': 'Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell',
+                'channel_is_verified': True,
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
             }
         }],
         'params': {'extract_flat': True, 'playlist_items': '1'},
@@ -6802,22 +7271,6 @@ class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
     }]
 
 
-class YoutubeStoriesIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube channel stories; "ytstories:" prefix'
-    IE_NAME = 'youtube:stories'
-    _VALID_URL = r'ytstories:UC(?P<id>[A-Za-z0-9_-]{21}[AQgw])$'
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'ytstories:UCwFCb4jeqaKWnciAYM-ZVHg',
-        'only_matching': True,
-    }]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        playlist_id = f'RLTD{self._match_id(url)}'
-        return self.url_result(
-            smuggle_url(f'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={playlist_id}&playnext=1', {'is_story': True}),
-            ie=YoutubeTabIE, video_id=playlist_id)
-
-
 class YoutubeShortsAudioPivotIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube Shorts audio pivot (Shorts using audio of a given video)'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:shorts:pivot:audio'
@@ -6917,11 +7370,14 @@ class YoutubeClipIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'title': 'Mobile Games on Console - Scott The Woz',
             'upload_date': '20210920',
             'uploader': 'Scott The Woz',
-            'uploader_id': 'scottthewoz',
-            'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/scottthewoz',
+            'uploader_id': '@ScottTheWoz',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@ScottTheWoz',
             'view_count': int,
             'live_status': 'not_live',
-            'channel_follower_count': int
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'chapters': 'count:20',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'heatmap': 'count:100',
         }
     }]
 
@@ -6959,13 +7415,13 @@ class YoutubeConsentRedirectIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'id': 'qVv6vCqciTM',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'age_limit': 0,
-            'uploader_id': 'UCIdEIHpS0TdkqRkHL5OkLtA',
+            'uploader_id': '@sana_natori',
             'comment_count': int,
             'chapters': 'count:13',
             'upload_date': '20221223',
             'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qVv6vCqciTM/maxresdefault.jpg',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdEIHpS0TdkqRkHL5OkLtA',
-            'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdEIHpS0TdkqRkHL5OkLtA',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@sana_natori',
             'like_count': int,
             'release_date': '20221223',
             'tags': ['Vtuber', '月ノ美兎', '名取さな', 'にじさんじ', 'クリスマス', '3D配信'],
@@ -6982,6 +7438,8 @@ class YoutubeConsentRedirectIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'channel': 'さなちゃんねる',
             'description': 'md5:6aebf95cc4a1d731aebc01ad6cc9806d',
             'uploader': 'さなちゃんねる',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+            'heatmap': 'count:100',
         },
         'add_ie': ['Youtube'],
         'params': {'skip_download': 'Youtube'},