youtube_dl/extractor/common.py

@@ -2899,10 +2899,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         """ Return a compat_cookies.SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
         req = sanitized_Request(url)
         self._downloader.cookiejar.add_cookie_header(req)
-        cookie = req.get_header('Cookie')
-        if cookie and sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-            cookie = str(cookie)
-        return compat_cookies.SimpleCookie(cookie)
+        return compat_cookies.SimpleCookie(req.get_header('Cookie'))
 
     def _apply_first_set_cookie_header(self, url_handle, cookie):
         """

youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             (lambda x: x['ownerText']['runs'][0]['text'],
              lambda x: x['shortBylineText']['runs'][0]['text']), compat_str)
         return {
-            '_type': 'url',
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
             'ie_key': YoutubeIE.ie_key(),
             'id': video_id,
             'url': video_id,