I use free firewall and i dont open it .. i pretty sure i dont start it ...
but when i start my firewall today ,,, it ask me if i allow this ytdl or not ,, and then the ytdl can connect to internet
may be these firewall run in background even i dont start it ...
yt-dlp
[youtube] Extracting URL:
[youtube] MUykHs06-XA: Downloading webpage
[youtube] MUykHs06-XA: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] MUykHs06-XA: Downloading web creator player API JSON
[youtube] MUykHs06-XA: Downloading player 3c3d6e4f
[youtube] MUykHs06-XA: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] MUykHs06-XA: Downloading 1 format(s): 248+251
[download] Destination: The Metal Age (Remastered) [MUykHs06-XA].f248.webm
thank you