fix: yt-dlp reports SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED when using ani-cli

[candrapersada]

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Type of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Documentation update

Description

[generic] Extracting URL: https://www083.anicdnstream.info/videos/hls/frDyoc9zWBkHzNV7K6Rqeg/1729950029/49323/f5db347daf6fb...p.14.1703900366.m3u8
[generic] ep.14.1703900366: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [generic] Unable to download webpage: Failed to perform, ErrCode: 60, Reason: 'SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired'. This may be a libcurl error, See https://curl.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html first for more details. (caused by CertificateVerifyError("Failed to perform, ErrCode: 60, Reason: 'SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired'. This may be a libcurl error, See https://curl.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html first for more details.")); 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

Checklist

• any anime playing
• bumped version

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• next, prev and replay work
• -c history and continue work
• -d downloads work
• -s syncplay works
• -q quality works
• -v vlc works
• -e select episode works
• -S select index works
• -r range selection works
• --skip ani-skip works
• --skip-title ani-skip title argument works
• --no-detach no detach works
• --dub and regular (sub) mode both work
• all providers return links (not necessarily on a single anime, use debug mode to confirm)

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• -h help info is up to date
• Readme is up to date
• Man page is up to date

Additional Testcases

• The safe bet: One Piece
• Episode 0: Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭
• Unicode: Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭
• Non-whole episodes: Tensei shitara slime datta ken (ep. 24.5, ep. 24.9)

[port19x]

No.
This does not fix the issue, but rather disables HTTPS security guarantees.
As per your error output: SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired
This means the media host has made a classic administration mistake.
I'm willing to bet the host has already fixed their cert on their side.