Remove deprecated pafy dependency, replace with yt-dlp #378
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The
pafylibrary is deprecated and fails to install on modern Python environments, causingModuleNotFoundErroron Windows builds. The project already usesyt-dlp(the modern youtube-dl fork) innode_youtube.py, but was still depending onpafyin one location.Changes
pafy.new()withyt_dlp.YoutubeDLfor video URL extractionimport pafystatementspafyfrom dependencies and build configurationImplementation
Before (node_webrtc.py):
After (node_webrtc.py):
This approach matches the existing pattern in
node_youtube.pyand provides better error handling with specific exception types.Original prompt
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