Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: Hoichoi does not work anymore, not even for the free content
Labels: site-bug,triage

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### Checklist

- [X] I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
- [X] I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
- [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
- [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
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### Region

United States

### Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

I have checked the past reported issues. It used to work, but it does not anymore. I have tried the cookies procedure with different browsers and by placing them in the same directory, and using the plugins. 

The output I receive is:

`C:\Tools\yt-dlp>yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox  https://www.hoichoi.tv/movies/dracula-sir-2020
[viewlift] Extracting URL: https://www.hoichoi.tv/movies/dracula-sir-2020
Extracting cookies from firefox
Extracted 1264 cookies from firefox
ERROR: [viewlift] movies/dracula-sir-2020: Cookies (not necessarily logged in) are needed to download from this website. Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp  for how to manually pass cookies`

I was able to download this movie with a different tool. 

### Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

- [X] Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
- [ ] If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead
- [X] Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below

### Complete Verbose Output

```shell
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', '--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox', 'https://www.hoichoi.tv/movies/dracula-sir-2020']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2024.11.18 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [7ea278792] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-115832-g6225ad5c19-20240614 (setts)
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Extracting cookies from firefox
[debug] Extracting cookies from: "C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\5d34vvzy.default-release\cookies.sqlite"
Extracted 1264 cookies from firefox
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Plugin directories: ['C:\\Tools\\yt-dlp\\yt-dlp-plugins\\yt-dlp-ChromeCookieUnlock\\yt_dlp_plugins']
[debug] Loaded 1837 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Latest version: stable@2024.11.18 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2024.11.18 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
[viewlift] Extracting URL: https://www.hoichoi.tv/movies/dracula-sir-2020
ERROR: [viewlift] movies/dracula-sir-2020: Cookies (not necessarily logged in) are needed to download from this website. Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp  for how to manually pass cookies
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 742, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\viewlift.py", line 344, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\viewlift.py", line 46, in _call_api
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\viewlift.py", line 43, in _fetch_token
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 1258, in raise_login_required
```