@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
(username, password) = self._get_login_info()
# No authentication to be performed
if username is None:
if self._LOGIN_REQUIRED:
if self._LOGIN_REQUIRED and self._downloader.params.get('cookiefile') is None:
raise ExtractorError('No login info available, needed for using %s.' % self.IE_NAME, expected=True)
return True