[ie/youtube] Add extractor arg to skip "initial_data" request #12865
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…sts by setting the player_skip parameter, for advanced options that only need to obtain the downloadable format (will result in loss of metadata such as uploader, description, view_count, comment_count, etc.)
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Support skipping "initial_data" request to reduce the number of requests by setting the player_skip parameter, for advanced options that only need to obtain the downloadable format (will result in loss of metadata such as uploader, description, view_count, comment_count, etc.)
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Fixes #12826
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