diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts
index 873d7e8..b83897a 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async function processCompletedSegments(
 }
 
 async function runCapture(job: Job<StreamIngestJob>): Promise<void> {
-  const { sessionId, youtubeUrl, segmentTimeSec } = job.data;
+  const { sessionId, youtubeUrl, segmentTimeSec, channelDbId } = job.data;
   const outDir = path.join(env.sharedMediaRoot, "raw", sessionId);
   await mkdir(outDir, { recursive: true });
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ async function runCapture(job: Job<StreamIngestJob>): Promise<void> {
     "yt-dlp",
     [
       "--js-runtimes", "node",
-      ...(await ytdlpAntiBotArgs()),
+      ...(await ytdlpAntiBotArgs(channelDbId)),
       "-f", "bestvideo+bestaudio/best", "-o", "-", youtubeUrl,
     ],
     { stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"] },
diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
index c59bc65..73ecc94 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async function findLiveVideoId(channelId: string, channelName: string, channelDb
         "--no-warnings",
         "--js-runtimes",
         "node",
-        ...(await ytdlpAntiBotArgs()),
+        ...(await ytdlpAntiBotArgs(channelDbId)),
         "--print",
         "%(id)s",
         liveUrl,
diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/ytdlpCookies.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/ytdlpCookies.ts
index fe469a5..0eb3380 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/ytdlpCookies.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/ytdlpCookies.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ import { env } from "./env";
 const COOKIES_PATH = "/tmp/yt-cookies.txt";
 const COOKIES_SETTING_KEY = "ytdlp_cookies";
 
+// Oxylabs' static ISP pool: one dedicated (non-rotating) IP per port,
+// confirmed against the dashboard's Proxy list (isp.oxylabs.io:8001..8010 ->
+// 10 distinct IPs). PROXY_URL's own port is the base; funneling every
+// channel through that single port meant 7-8 simultaneous channels' worth
+// of YouTube-facing traffic all looked like it came from one IP.
+const PROXY_PORT_POOL_SIZE = 10;
+
+function simpleHash(input: string): number {
+  let hash = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+    hash = (hash * 31 + input.charCodeAt(i)) >>> 0;
+  }
+  return hash;
+}
+
+/** Deterministically pins a channel to one of the pool's ports — same channel always gets the same IP (so it isn't mid-session IP-mismatched against a live URL signed for a different one), different channels spread across the pool. */
+function proxyUrlForChannel(baseProxyUrl: string, channelKey: string): string {
+  const match = baseProxyUrl.match(/^(.*:)(\d+)$/);
+  if (!match) return baseProxyUrl;
+  const [, prefix, basePortStr] = match;
+  const basePort = Number(basePortStr);
+  const offset = simpleHash(channelKey) % PROXY_PORT_POOL_SIZE;
+  return `${prefix}${basePort + offset}`;
+}
+
 /**
  * YouTube's anti-bot layer against yt-dlp has three parts, all needed
  * together: a "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" wall (avoided with an
@@ -21,7 +46,7 @@ const COOKIES_SETTING_KEY = "ytdlp_cookies";
  * current value and rewrites the temp file, so a panel update takes effect
  * on the very next yt-dlp invocation without a redeploy.
  */
-export async function ytdlpAntiBotArgs(): Promise<string[]> {
+export async function ytdlpAntiBotArgs(channelKey: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const args: string[] = [];
 
   const setting = await prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: COOKIES_SETTING_KEY } });
@@ -42,7 +67,7 @@ export async function ytdlpAntiBotArgs(): Promise<string[]> {
   args.push("--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=web,mweb,android");
 
   if (env.proxyUrl) {
-    args.push("--proxy", env.proxyUrl);
+    args.push("--proxy", proxyUrlForChannel(env.proxyUrl, channelKey));
   }
 
   return args;