code

app.py

@@ -622,7 +622,22 @@ class YouTubeDownloader:
             return info, "✅ Video information extracted successfully"
             
         except Exception as e:
-            return None, f"❌ Error: {str(e)}"
+            error_msg = str(e)
+            print(f"❌ yt_dlp extraction error: {error_msg}")
+        
+            if "Video unavailable" in error_msg or "This content isn’t available" in error_msg:
+                return None, (
+                    "❌ This video is unavailable or restricted. "
+                    "Please check if it's private, deleted, age-restricted, or try again with a valid cookies.txt file."
+                )
+            elif "cookies" in error_msg.lower():
+                return None, f"❌ Error: {str(e)}"
+            elif "resolve" in error_msg.lower():
+                return None, "❌ Network error: Could not reach YouTube (DNS/connection issue). Try again later."
+            
+            # 👇 catch-all fallback (prevents None unpacking crash)
+            return None, f"❌ Unexpected extraction error: {error_msg}"
+
 
     def download_video(self, url, quality="best", audio_only=False, progress=gr.Progress(), cookiefile=None):
         """Download video with progress tracking"""