YouTube, Download of Playlist stops after one GEMA Error #1209

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opened 2026-02-20 23:23:10 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jpgreth on GitHub (Oct 8, 2013).

I found out that the download-YouTube-function stops downloading when a GEMA error (ERROR: YouTube said: Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights.) occurs. Normally I think it should ignore this error, skip the corresponding video and continue with the next.

Example:

pi@newpi ~ $ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F
[youtube:playlist] PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F: Downloading page #2
[youtube:playlist] PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F: Downloading page #3
[download] Downloading playlist: Musik
[youtube:playlist] playlist 'Musik': Collected 94 video ids (downloading 94 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 94
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] 1QkZE78hPX0: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] 1QkZE78hPX0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 1QkZE78hPX0: Extracting video information
[download] MESH - "Only Better" from the album "A Perfect Solution" has already been recorded in archive
[download] Downloading video #2 of 94
[youtube] fuwRxha8zSU: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] fuwRxha8zSU: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: YouTube said: Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights.
pi@newpi ~ $

Originally created by @jpgreth on GitHub (Oct 8, 2013). I found out that the download-YouTube-function stops downloading when a GEMA error (ERROR: YouTube said: Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights.) occurs. Normally I think it should ignore this error, skip the corresponding video and continue with the next. Example: pi@newpi ~ $ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F [youtube:playlist] PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F: Downloading page #1 [youtube:playlist] PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F: Downloading page #2 [youtube:playlist] PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F: Downloading page #3 [download] Downloading playlist: Musik [youtube:playlist] playlist 'Musik': Collected 94 video ids (downloading 94 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 94 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] 1QkZE78hPX0: Downloading video webpage [youtube] 1QkZE78hPX0: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] 1QkZE78hPX0: Extracting video information [download] MESH - "Only Better" from the album "A Perfect Solution" has already been recorded in archive [download] Downloading video #2 of 94 [youtube] fuwRxha8zSU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] fuwRxha8zSU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: YouTube said: Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights. pi@newpi ~ $
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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2013):

You can use the --ignore-errors option (or just -i), like: youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F -i it will continue to download the other videos if it finds an error if any of them.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2013): You can use the `--ignore-errors` option (or just `-i`), like: `youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01AD6BE3492B2C1F -i` it will continue to download the other videos if it finds an error if any of them.
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@jpgreth commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2013):

Sorry my fault... I looked in the documentation and didn't find - so I posted here...
Now I've found it... :)
Sorry - and thanks for that great tool!

@jpgreth commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2013): Sorry my fault... I looked in the documentation and didn't find - so I posted here... Now I've found it... :) Sorry - and thanks for that great tool!
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