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no). It's disabled ("no") by default for performance reasons.
``ytdl_path=youtube-dl``
- Configure path to youtube-dl executable or a compatible fork's.
- The default "youtube-dl" looks for the executable in PATH. In a Windows
- environment the suffix extension ".exe" is always appended.
+ Configure paths to youtube-dl's executable or a compatible fork's. The
+ paths should be separated by : on Unix and ; on Windows. mpv looks in
+ order for the configured paths in PATH and in mpv's config directory.
+ The defaults are "yt-dlp", "yt-dlp_x86" and "youtube-dl". On Windows
+ the suffix extension ".exe" is always appended.
.. admonition:: Why do the option names mix ``_`` and ``-``?