Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: Unable to download VIP content from Youku.com
Labels: account-needed,geo-blocked,site-bug,triage,can-share-account

### DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE

- [X] I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field

### Checklist

- [X] I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
- [ ] 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)
- [X] I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
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### Region

Mainland China

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

I successfully logged into my account on the website, and everything functions as expected; videos are playing without issues. However, I am unable to download VIP content on Youku.com. An error message keeps popping up in Chinese, indicating I'm not logged in. (观看此节目，请先登录！- Please log in to watch this program!)

I'm using Microsoft Edge, and I have tried manually exporting cookies and automatically extracting them from the browser. I can download non-paid content without any problems.

### 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', '-F', '--cookies', 'C:\\Users\\Username\\Downloads\\v.youku.com_cookies.txt', 'https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAxNjE3NTQ4.html?s=fd5c21fc61ad11e0bea1&spm=a2hje.13141534.1_4.d_2_3&scm=20140719.apircmd.239064.video_XMzAxNjE3NTQ4']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2024.12.23 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [65cf46cdd] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.26100-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2024-12-04-git-2f95bc3cb3-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev (setts), ffprobe 2024-12-04-git-2f95bc3cb3-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.12.14, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.3.0, websockets-14.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Loaded 1837 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
ERROR: Unable to obtain version info (('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))); Please try again later or visit  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
[youku] Extracting URL: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAxNjE3NTQ4.html?s=fd5c21fc61ad11e0bea1&spm=a2hje.13141534.1_4.d_2_3&scm=20140719.apircmd.239064.video_XMzAxNjE3NTQ4
[youku] XMzAxNjE3NTQ4: Retrieving cna info
[youku] XMzAxNjE3NTQ4: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [youku] XMzAxNjE3NTQ4: Youku server reported error -3007: 观看此节目，请先登录！; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 742, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\youku.py", line 171, in _real_extract
```