diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 10f5c194a..2cb60e2b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ jobs:
       PGHOST: localhost
       NODE_PENDING_JOB_WAIT: 250
       ENABLE_OBJECT_STORAGE_TESTS: true
+      # Github runner IPs are blocked by youtube
+      DISABLE_HTTP_YOUTUBE_IMPORT_TESTS: true
       ENABLE_FFMPEG_THUMBNAIL_PIXEL_COMPARISON_TESTS: true
       OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_KEY_ID }}
       OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index 5fcb03613..acc17ee84 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -788,16 +788,24 @@ import:
       youtube_dl_release:
         # Direct download URL to youtube-dl binary
         # Github releases API is also supported
-        # Examples:
+        #
+        # Platform-independent examples:
         #   * https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases
         #   * https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases
         #   * https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl
+        #
+        # You can also use a youtube-dl standalone binary (requires python_path: null)
+        # GNU/Linux binaries with support for impersonating browser requests (required by some platforms such as Vimeo) examples:
+        #   * https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux (x64)
+        #   * https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l (ARMv7)
+        #   * https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l (ARMv8/AArch64/ARM64)
         url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases'
 
         # Release binary name: 'yt-dlp' or 'youtube-dl'
         name: 'yt-dlp'
 
         # Path to the python binary to execute for youtube-dl or yt-dlp
+        # Set to null if you use a youtube-dl executable
         python_path: '/usr/bin/python3'
 
       # IPv6 is very strongly rate-limited on most sites supported by youtube-dl
diff --git a/config/production.yaml.example b/config/production.yaml.example
index 0b186ab65..736f26cda 100644
--- a/config/production.yaml.example
+++ b/config/production.yaml.example
@@ -798,16 +798,24 @@ import:
       youtube_dl_release:
         # Direct download URL to youtube-dl binary
         # Github releases API is also supported
-        # Examples:
+        #
+        # Platform-independent examples:
         #   * https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases
         #   * https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases
         #   * https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl
+        #
+        # You can also use a youtube-dl standalone binary (requires python_path: null)
+        # GNU/Linux binaries with support for impersonating browser requests (required by some platforms such as Vimeo) examples:
+        #   * https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux (x64)
+        #   * https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l (ARMv7)
+        #   * https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l (ARMv8/AArch64/ARM64)
         url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases'
 
         # Release binary name: 'yt-dlp' or 'youtube-dl'
         name: 'yt-dlp'
 
         # Path to the python binary to execute for youtube-dl or yt-dlp
+        # Set to null if you use a youtube-dl executable
         python_path: '/usr/bin/python3'
 
       # IPv6 is very strongly rate-limited on most sites supported by youtube-dl
diff --git a/packages/node-utils/src/env.ts b/packages/node-utils/src/env.ts
index 1c6a956b9..dfbb50833 100644
--- a/packages/node-utils/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/node-utils/src/env.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ export function areHttpImportTestsDisabled () {
   return disabled
 }
 
+export function areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled () {
+  const disabled = process.env.DISABLE_HTTP_YOUTUBE_IMPORT_TESTS === 'true'
+
+  if (disabled) console.log('DISABLE_HTTP_YOUTUBE_IMPORT_TESTS env set to "true" so youtube import tests are disabled')
+
+  return disabled
+}
+
 export function areMockObjectStorageTestsDisabled () {
   const disabled = process.env.ENABLE_OBJECT_STORAGE_TESTS !== 'true'
 
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/server/proxy.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/server/proxy.ts
index 8e1b50e76..6c9d5db69 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/server/proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/server/proxy.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe('Test proxy', function () {
           name: 'video import',
           channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.peertube_long
+          targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.peertubeLong
         },
         expectedStatus
       })
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/channel-import-videos.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/channel-import-videos.ts
index 8827f0782..d89ce3448 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/channel-import-videos.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/channel-import-videos.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { FIXTURE_URLS } from '@tests/shared/fixture-urls.js'
-import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
+import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled, areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
 import {
   createSingleServer,
   getServerImportConfig,
@@ -11,9 +9,12 @@ import {
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   waitJobs
 } from '@peertube/peertube-server-commands'
+import { FIXTURE_URLS } from '@tests/shared/fixture-urls.js'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
 
 describe('Test videos import in a channel', function () {
   if (areHttpImportTestsDisabled()) return
+  if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
 
   function runSuite (mode: 'youtube-dl' | 'yt-dlp') {
 
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts
index 098d33c02..b3cd82eae 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
 import { VideoChannelSyncState, VideoInclude, VideoPrivacy } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
+import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled, areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
   createMultipleServers,
@@ -14,11 +13,13 @@ import {
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   waitJobs
 } from '@peertube/peertube-server-commands'
-import { SQLCommand } from '@tests/shared/sql-command.js'
 import { FIXTURE_URLS } from '@tests/shared/fixture-urls.js'
+import { SQLCommand } from '@tests/shared/sql-command.js'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
 
 describe('Test channel synchronizations', function () {
   if (areHttpImportTestsDisabled()) return
+  if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
 
   function runSuite (mode: 'youtube-dl' | 'yt-dlp') {
 
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-chapters.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-chapters.ts
index 5be0e33d6..848f30b85 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-chapters.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-chapters.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import { VideoChapter, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
-import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
+import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled, areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
   createMultipleServers,
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ describe('Test video chapters', function () {
     if (areHttpImportTestsDisabled()) return
 
     it('Should detect chapters from youtube URL import', async function () {
+      if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
       this.timeout(120000)
 
       const attributes = {
@@ -266,6 +268,8 @@ describe('Test video chapters', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should have overriden description priority from youtube URL import', async function () {
+      if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
       this.timeout(120000)
 
       const attributes = {
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-imports.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-imports.ts
index e25095edd..1e3d89942 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-imports.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/videos/video-imports.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import { CustomConfig, HttpStatusCode, Video, VideoImportState, VideoPrivacy, VideoResolution, VideoState } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
-import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
+import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled, areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
 import {
   PeerTubeServer,
   cleanupTests, createMultipleServers,
@@ -21,22 +21,27 @@ import { pathExists, remove } from 'fs-extra/esm'
 import { readdir } from 'fs/promises'
 import { join } from 'path'
 
-async function checkVideosServer1 (server: PeerTubeServer, idHttp: string, idMagnet: string, idTorrent: string) {
-  const videoHttp = await server.videos.get({ id: idHttp })
+async function checkVideosServer1 (server: PeerTubeServer, idHttp: string | undefined, idMagnet: string, idTorrent: string) {
+  if (idHttp) {
+    const videoHttp = await server.videos.get({ id: idHttp })
 
-  expect(videoHttp.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
-  expect(videoHttp.category.label).to.equal('News & Politics')
-  expect(videoHttp.licence.label).to.equal('Attribution')
-  expect(videoHttp.language.label).to.equal('Unknown')
-  expect(videoHttp.nsfw).to.be.false
-  expect(videoHttp.description).to.equal('this is a super description')
-  expect(videoHttp.tags).to.deep.equal([ 'tag1', 'tag2' ])
-  expect(videoHttp.files).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(videoHttp.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+    expect(videoHttp.category.label).to.equal('News & Politics')
+    expect(videoHttp.licence.label).to.equal('Attribution')
+    expect(videoHttp.language.label).to.equal('Unknown')
+    expect(videoHttp.nsfw).to.be.false
+    expect(videoHttp.description).to.equal('this is a super description')
+    expect(videoHttp.tags).to.deep.equal([ 'tag1', 'tag2' ])
+    expect(videoHttp.files).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-  const originallyPublishedAt = new Date(videoHttp.originallyPublishedAt)
-  expect(originallyPublishedAt.getDate()).to.equal(14)
-  expect(originallyPublishedAt.getMonth()).to.equal(0)
-  expect(originallyPublishedAt.getFullYear()).to.equal(2019)
+    const originallyPublishedAt = new Date(videoHttp.originallyPublishedAt)
+    expect(originallyPublishedAt.getDate()).to.equal(14)
+    expect(originallyPublishedAt.getMonth()).to.equal(0)
+    expect(originallyPublishedAt.getFullYear()).to.equal(2019)
+
+    const bodyCaptions = await server.captions.list({ videoId: idHttp })
+    expect(bodyCaptions.total).to.equal(2)
+  }
 
   const videoMagnet = await server.videos.get({ id: idMagnet })
   const videoTorrent = await server.videos.get({ id: idTorrent })
@@ -53,9 +58,6 @@ async function checkVideosServer1 (server: PeerTubeServer, idHttp: string, idMag
 
   expect(videoTorrent.name).to.contain('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
   expect(videoMagnet.name).to.contain('super peertube2 video')
-
-  const bodyCaptions = await server.captions.list({ videoId: idHttp })
-  expect(bodyCaptions.total).to.equal(2)
 }
 
 async function checkVideoServer2 (server: PeerTubeServer, id: number | string) {
@@ -107,122 +109,142 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
         await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
       })
 
-      it('Should import videos on server 1', async function () {
+      it('Should import a youtube-dl video on server 1', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         this.timeout(60_000)
 
-        const baseAttributes = {
-          channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+        const attributes = { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC, targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.youtube }
+        const { video } = await servers[0].videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
+        expect(video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+
+        {
+          expect(video.thumbnailPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/thumbnails/.+.jpg$`))
+          expect(video.previewPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/previews/.+.jpg$`))
+
+          const suffix = mode === 'yt-dlp'
+            ? '_yt_dlp'
+            : ''
+
+          await testImageGeneratedByFFmpeg(servers[0].url, 'video_import_thumbnail' + suffix, video.thumbnailPath)
+          await testImageGeneratedByFFmpeg(servers[0].url, 'video_import_preview' + suffix, video.previewPath)
+        }
+
+        const bodyCaptions = await servers[0].captions.list({ videoId: video.id })
+        const videoCaptions = bodyCaptions.data
+        expect(videoCaptions).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+
+        {
+          const enCaption = videoCaptions.find(caption => caption.language.id === 'en')
+          expect(enCaption).to.exist
+          expect(enCaption.language.label).to.equal('English')
+          expect(enCaption.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/video-captions/.+-en.vtt$`))
+
+          const regex = `WEBVTT[ \n]+Kind: captions[ \n]+` +
+            `(Language: en[ \n]+)?` +
+            `00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:04.200( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+English \\(US\\)[ \n]+` +
+            `00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:07.999( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+This is a subtitle in American English[ \n]+` +
+            `00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.000( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+Adding subtitles is very easy to do`
+          await testCaptionFile(servers[0].url, enCaption.captionPath, new RegExp(regex))
         }
 
         {
-          const attributes = { ...baseAttributes, targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.youtube }
-          const { video } = await servers[0].videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
-          expect(video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+          const frCaption = videoCaptions.find(caption => caption.language.id === 'fr')
+          expect(frCaption).to.exist
+          expect(frCaption.language.label).to.equal('French')
+          expect(frCaption.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/video-captions/.+-fr.vtt`))
 
-          {
-            expect(video.thumbnailPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/thumbnails/.+.jpg$`))
-            expect(video.previewPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/previews/.+.jpg$`))
+          const regex = `WEBVTT[ \n]+Kind: captions[ \n]+` +
+            `(Language: fr[ \n]+)?` +
+            `00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:04.200( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+Français \\(FR\\)[ \n]+` +
+            `00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:07.999( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+C'est un sous-titre français[ \n]+` +
+            `00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.000( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`
 
-            const suffix = mode === 'yt-dlp'
-              ? '_yt_dlp'
-              : ''
-
-            await testImageGeneratedByFFmpeg(servers[0].url, 'video_import_thumbnail' + suffix, video.thumbnailPath)
-            await testImageGeneratedByFFmpeg(servers[0].url, 'video_import_preview' + suffix, video.previewPath)
-          }
-
-          const bodyCaptions = await servers[0].captions.list({ videoId: video.id })
-          const videoCaptions = bodyCaptions.data
-          expect(videoCaptions).to.have.lengthOf(2)
-
-          {
-            const enCaption = videoCaptions.find(caption => caption.language.id === 'en')
-            expect(enCaption).to.exist
-            expect(enCaption.language.label).to.equal('English')
-            expect(enCaption.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/video-captions/.+-en.vtt$`))
-
-            const regex = `WEBVTT[ \n]+Kind: captions[ \n]+` +
-              `(Language: en[ \n]+)?` +
-              `00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:04.200( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+English \\(US\\)[ \n]+` +
-              `00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:07.999( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+This is a subtitle in American English[ \n]+` +
-              `00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.000( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+Adding subtitles is very easy to do`
-            await testCaptionFile(servers[0].url, enCaption.captionPath, new RegExp(regex))
-          }
-
-          {
-            const frCaption = videoCaptions.find(caption => caption.language.id === 'fr')
-            expect(frCaption).to.exist
-            expect(frCaption.language.label).to.equal('French')
-            expect(frCaption.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/video-captions/.+-fr.vtt`))
-
-            const regex = `WEBVTT[ \n]+Kind: captions[ \n]+` +
-              `(Language: fr[ \n]+)?` +
-              `00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:04.200( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+Français \\(FR\\)[ \n]+` +
-              `00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:07.999( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+C'est un sous-titre français[ \n]+` +
-              `00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.000( position:\\d+% line:\\d+%)?[ \n]+Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`
-
-            await testCaptionFile(servers[0].url, frCaption.captionPath, new RegExp(regex))
-          }
+          await testCaptionFile(servers[0].url, frCaption.captionPath, new RegExp(regex))
         }
+      })
 
-        {
-          const attributes = {
-            ...baseAttributes,
-            magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet,
-            description: 'this is a super torrent description',
-            tags: [ 'tag_torrent1', 'tag_torrent2' ]
-          }
-          const { video } = await servers[0].videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
-          expect(video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
-        }
+      it('Should import a magnet video on server 1', async function () {
+        this.timeout(60_000)
 
-        {
-          const attributes = {
-            ...baseAttributes,
-            torrentfile: 'video-720p.torrent' as any,
-            description: 'this is a super torrent description',
-            tags: [ 'tag_torrent1', 'tag_torrent2' ]
-          }
-          const { video } = await servers[0].videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
-          expect(video.name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
+        const attributes = {
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+          magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet,
+          description: 'this is a super torrent description',
+          tags: [ 'tag_torrent1', 'tag_torrent2' ]
         }
+        const { video } = await servers[0].videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
+        expect(video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
+      })
+
+      it('Should import a torrent video on server 1', async function () {
+        const attributes = {
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+          torrentfile: 'video-720p.torrent' as any,
+          description: 'this is a super torrent description',
+          tags: [ 'tag_torrent1', 'tag_torrent2' ]
+        }
+        const { video } = await servers[0].videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
+        expect(video.name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
       })
 
       it('Should list the videos to import in my videos on server 1', async function () {
         const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos({ sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-        expect(total).to.equal(3)
+        const expected = [ 'super peertube2 video', '你好 世界 720p.mp4' ]
 
-        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
-        expect(data[0].name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
-        expect(data[1].name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
-        expect(data[2].name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
+        if (!areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) {
+          expected.unshift('small video - youtube')
+        }
+
+        expect(total).to.equal(expected.length)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(expected.length)
+        expect(data.map(d => d.name)).to.have.deep.equal(expected)
       })
 
       it('Should list the videos to import in my imports on server 1', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         const { total, data: videoImports } = await servers[0].videoImports.getMyVideoImports({ sort: '-createdAt' })
-        expect(total).to.equal(3)
 
-        expect(videoImports).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+        const totalExpected = areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()
+          ? 2
+          : 3
 
-        expect(videoImports[2].targetUrl).to.equal(FIXTURE_URLS.youtube)
-        expect(videoImports[2].magnetUri).to.be.null
-        expect(videoImports[2].torrentName).to.be.null
-        expect(videoImports[2].video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+        expect(total).to.equal(totalExpected)
+        expect(videoImports).to.have.lengthOf(totalExpected)
 
-        expect(videoImports[1].targetUrl).to.be.null
-        expect(videoImports[1].magnetUri).to.equal(FIXTURE_URLS.magnet)
-        expect(videoImports[1].torrentName).to.be.null
-        expect(videoImports[1].video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
+        if (!areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) {
+          const videoImport = videoImports.pop()
 
-        expect(videoImports[0].targetUrl).to.be.null
-        expect(videoImports[0].magnetUri).to.be.null
-        expect(videoImports[0].torrentName).to.equal('video-720p.torrent')
-        expect(videoImports[0].video.name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
+          expect(videoImport.targetUrl).to.equal(FIXTURE_URLS.youtube)
+          expect(videoImport.magnetUri).to.be.null
+          expect(videoImport.torrentName).to.be.null
+          expect(videoImport.video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+        }
+
+        {
+          const videoImport = videoImports.pop()
+
+          expect(videoImport.targetUrl).to.be.null
+          expect(videoImport.magnetUri).to.equal(FIXTURE_URLS.magnet)
+          expect(videoImport.torrentName).to.be.null
+          expect(videoImport.video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
+        }
+
+        {
+          const videoImport = videoImports.pop()
+
+          expect(videoImport.magnetUri).to.be.null
+          expect(videoImport.targetUrl).to.be.null
+          expect(videoImport.torrentName).to.equal('video-720p.torrent')
+          expect(videoImport.video.name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
+        }
       })
 
       it('Should filter my imports on target URL', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         const { total, data: videoImports } = await servers[0].videoImports.getMyVideoImports({ targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.youtube })
         expect(total).to.equal(1)
         expect(videoImports).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -255,17 +277,26 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
+        const totalExpected = areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()
+          ? 2
+          : 3
+
         for (const server of servers) {
           const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
-          expect(total).to.equal(3)
-          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+          expect(total).to.equal(totalExpected)
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(totalExpected)
 
-          const [ videoHttp, videoMagnet, videoTorrent ] = data
-          await checkVideosServer1(server, videoHttp.uuid, videoMagnet.uuid, videoTorrent.uuid)
+          const [ videoHttp, videoMagnet, videoTorrent ] = areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()
+            ? [ undefined, ...data ]
+            : data
+
+          await checkVideosServer1(server, videoHttp?.uuid, videoMagnet.uuid, videoTorrent.uuid)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should import a video on server 2 with some fields', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         this.timeout(60_000)
 
         const { video } = await servers[1].videoImports.importVideo({
@@ -286,6 +317,8 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should have the videos listed on the two instances', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         this.timeout(120_000)
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -325,6 +358,8 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should import no HDR version on a HDR video', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         this.timeout(300_000)
 
         const config: DeepPartial<CustomConfig> = {
@@ -366,6 +401,8 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should not import resolution higher than enabled transcoding resolution', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         this.timeout(300_000)
 
         const config: DeepPartial<CustomConfig> = {
@@ -406,6 +443,8 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should import resolution higher than enabled transcoding resolution', async function () {
+        if (areYoutubeImportTestsDisabled()) return
+
         this.timeout(300_000)
 
         const config: DeepPartial<CustomConfig> = {
@@ -438,11 +477,11 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       it('Should import a peertube video', async function () {
         this.timeout(120_000)
 
-        const toTest = [ FIXTURE_URLS.peertube_long ]
+        const toTest = [ FIXTURE_URLS.peertubeLong ]
 
         // TODO: include peertube_short when https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/29475 is merged
         if (mode === 'yt-dlp') {
-          toTest.push(FIXTURE_URLS.peertube_short)
+          toTest.push(FIXTURE_URLS.peertubeShort)
         }
 
         for (const targetUrl of toTest) {
@@ -575,7 +614,7 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
 
     function quickPeerTubeImport () {
       const attributes = {
-        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.peertube_long,
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.peertubeLong,
         channelId: server.store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
       }
@@ -583,7 +622,7 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       return server.videoImports.importVideo({ attributes })
     }
 
-    async function testBinaryUpdate (releaseUrl: string, releaseName: string) {
+    async function testBinaryUpdate (releaseUrl: string, releaseName: string, pythonPath = '/usr/bin/python3') {
       await remove(join(server.servers.buildDirectory('bin'), releaseName))
 
       await server.kill()
@@ -593,7 +632,8 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
             http: {
               youtube_dl_release: {
                 url: releaseUrl,
-                name: releaseName
+                name: releaseName,
+                python_path: pythonPath
               }
             }
           }
@@ -638,6 +678,12 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
       await testBinaryUpdate('https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases', 'yt-dlp')
     })
 
+    it('Should update and import youtube-dl linux executable', async function () {
+      this.timeout(120_000)
+
+      await testBinaryUpdate('https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux', 'yt-dlp', null)
+    })
+
     after(async function () {
       await cleanupTests([ server ])
     })
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/shared/fixture-urls.ts b/packages/tests/src/shared/fixture-urls.ts
index daade2d83..3b26f6eef 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/shared/fixture-urls.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/shared/fixture-urls.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export const FIXTURE_URLS = {
-  peertube_long: 'https://peertube2.cpy.re/videos/watch/122d093a-1ede-43bd-bd34-59d2931ffc5e',
-  peertube_short: 'https://peertube2.cpy.re/w/3fbif9S3WmtTP8gGsC5HBd',
+  peertubeLong: 'https://peertube2.cpy.re/videos/watch/122d093a-1ede-43bd-bd34-59d2931ffc5e',
+  peertubeShort: 'https://peertube2.cpy.re/w/3fbif9S3WmtTP8gGsC5HBd',
 
   youtube: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msX3jv1XdvM',
   youtubeChapters: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL9P-Er7ils',
diff --git a/server/core/helpers/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-cli.ts b/server/core/helpers/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-cli.ts
index c07c7c011..6e465600d 100644
--- a/server/core/helpers/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-cli.ts
+++ b/server/core/helpers/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-cli.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { VideoResolution, VideoResolutionType } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config.js'
 import { execa, Options as ExecaNodeOptions } from 'execa'
 import { ensureDir, pathExists } from 'fs-extra/esm'
-import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
+import { chmod, writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import { OptionsOfBufferResponseBody } from 'got'
 import { dirname, join } from 'path'
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '../logger.js'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class YoutubeDLCLI {
     logger.info('Updating youtubeDL binary from %s.', url, lTags())
 
     const gotOptions: OptionsOfBufferResponseBody = {
-      context: { bodyKBLimit: 20_000 },
+      context: { bodyKBLimit: 100_000 },
       responseType: 'buffer' as 'buffer'
     }
 
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ export class YoutubeDLCLI {
 
       await writeFile(youtubeDLBinaryPath, gotResult.body)
 
+      if (!CONFIG.IMPORT.VIDEOS.HTTP.YOUTUBE_DL_RELEASE.PYTHON_PATH) {
+        await chmod(youtubeDLBinaryPath, '744')
+      }
+
       logger.info('youtube-dl updated %s.', youtubeDLBinaryPath, lTags())
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error('Cannot update youtube-dl from %s.', url, { err, ...lTags() })
@@ -215,8 +219,11 @@ export class YoutubeDLCLI {
     completeArgs = this.wrapWithIPOptions(completeArgs)
     completeArgs = this.wrapWithFFmpegOptions(completeArgs)
 
-    const { PYTHON_PATH } = CONFIG.IMPORT.VIDEOS.HTTP.YOUTUBE_DL_RELEASE
-    const subProcess = execa(PYTHON_PATH, [ youtubeDLBinaryPath, ...completeArgs, url ], processOptions)
+    const subProcessBinary = CONFIG.IMPORT.VIDEOS.HTTP.YOUTUBE_DL_RELEASE.PYTHON_PATH || youtubeDLBinaryPath
+    const subProcessArgs = [ ...completeArgs, url ]
+    if (subProcessBinary !== youtubeDLBinaryPath) subProcessArgs.unshift(youtubeDLBinaryPath)
+
+    const subProcess = execa(subProcessBinary, subProcessArgs, processOptions)
 
     if (timeout) {
       setTimeout(() => subProcess.kill(), timeout)
diff --git a/support/doc/development/tests.md b/support/doc/development/tests.md
index f3acbb01d..2419b31ba 100644
--- a/support/doc/development/tests.md
+++ b/support/doc/development/tests.md
@@ -68,15 +68,17 @@ npm run mocha -- --exit --bail packages/tests/src/api/videos/single-server.ts
 
 ### Configuration
 
+Some env variables can be defined to disable/enable some tests:
 Some env variables can be defined to disable/enable some tests:
 
  * `DISABLE_HTTP_IMPORT_TESTS=true`: disable import tests (because of youtube that could rate limit your IP)
+ * `DISABLE_HTTP_YOUTUBE_IMPORT_TESTS=true`: disable youtube import tests (because youtube blocks CI server IP)
  * `ENABLE_OBJECT_STORAGE_TESTS=true`: enable object storage tests (needs `chocobozzz/s3-ninja` container first)
  * `AKISMET_KEY`: specify an Akismet key to test akismet external PeerTube plugin
- * `OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_KEY_ID` and `OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_ACCESS_KEY`: specify Scaleway API keys to test object storage ACL (not supported by our `chocobozzz/s3-ninja` container)
  * `ENABLE_FFMPEG_THUMBNAIL_PIXEL_COMPARISON_TESTS=true`: enable pixel comparison on images generated by ffmpeg. Disabled by default because a custom ffmpeg version may fails the tests
- * `YOUTUBE_DL_DOWNLOAD_BEARER_TOKEN`: Bearer token to download youtube-dl binary
- * `YOUTUBE_DL_PROXY`: Custom proxy URL for youtube-dl HTTP video import
+ * `OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_KEY_ID` and `OBJECT_STORAGE_SCALEWAY_ACCESS_KEY`: specify Scaleway API keys to test object storage ACL (not supported by our `chocobozzz/s3-ninja` container)
+ * `YOUTUBE_DL_DOWNLOAD_BEARER_TOKEN`: bearer token to download youtube-dl binary
+ * `YOUTUBE_DL_PROXY`: custom proxy URL for youtube-dl HTTP video import
 
 
 ### Debug server logs