[youtube] rtmpdump 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 #1371

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opened 2026-02-20 23:27:11 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:27:11 -05:00

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Originally created by @canamcy on GitHub (Nov 20, 2013).

Python version is 3.2.2.
Also tried \test\ directory with same result.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-f', '5', '-i', '--verbose', '-o', '..\yo0\M\fil
ms fran\xe7ais\1-5bzCOLMb8.flv', '--', '1-5bzCOLMb8']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
ERROR: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 292: ordinal not in rang
e(128)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 423, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 504, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 448, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 537, in process_video_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 750, in process_info
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 424, in _do_download
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 281, in _download_with_rtmpdump
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 161, in report_error
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 295, in report_error
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 260, in trouble
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 292: ordina
l not in range(128)

Originally created by @canamcy on GitHub (Nov 20, 2013). Python version is 3.2.2. Also tried \test\ directory with same result. [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-f', '5', '-i', '--verbose', '-o', '..\yo0\M\fil ms fran\xe7ais\1-5bzCOLMb8.flv', '--', '1-5bzCOLMb8'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.20 [debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run ERROR: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 292: ordinal not in rang e(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 423, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 504, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 448, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 537, in process_video_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 750, in process_info File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 424, in _do_download File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 281, in _download_with_rtmpdump File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 161, in report_error File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 295, in report_error File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 260, in trouble UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 292: ordina l not in range(128)

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@canamcy commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2014):

I've installed rtmpdump and successfully downloaded other videos, but this one is still a problem.
I'm now getting a rtmpdump ascii error. With this video in a playlist, youtube-dl stops downloading the playlist.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['youtube-dl.exe', '-f', 'worst', '-i', '--verbose',
'-o', '..\yo0\M\yo2b\ACER.yt%(id)s.%(ext)s', '--', 'http://www.youtube.com
/playlist?list=PLAGvOYt0XoUhn7mAYnJeHFovErKO7igPr']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.24.6
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: u'youtube-dl.exe' is not a valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or
run youtube-dl "ytsearch:youtube-dl.exe" ) to search YouTube
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 520, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 176, in extract
File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 445, in _real_extract
ExtractorError: u'youtube-dl.exe' is not a valid URL. Set --default-search "ytse
arch" (or run youtube-dl "ytsearch:youtube-dl.exe" ) to search YouTube

[youtube:playlist] PLAGvOYt0XoUhn7mAYnJeHFovErKO7igPr: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: ACER.yt
[youtube:playlist] playlist ACER.yt: Collected 3 video ids (downloading 3 of the
m)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 3
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] 1-5bzCOLMb8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 1-5bzCOLMb8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 1-5bzCOLMb8: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'rtmpe://v20.nonxt6.c.youtube.com/videoplayback'

[download] Destination: ..\yo0\M\yo2b\ACER.yt\1-5bzCOLMb8.unknown_video
[debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v20.nonxt6.c.youtub
e.com/videoplayback -o '..\yo0\M\yo2b\ACER.yt\1-5bzCOLMb8.unknown_video.part' --
resume --skip 1
[rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4
rtmpdump 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing...
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host : v20.nonxt6.c.youtube.com
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed app : videoplayback
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1
[rtmpdump] ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://ho
st[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath
ERROR: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 23: ordinal not in range
(128)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 531, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 654, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 580, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 541, in extract_info
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 23: ordinal
not in range(128)

@canamcy commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2014): I've installed rtmpdump and successfully downloaded other videos, but this one is still a problem. I'm now getting a rtmpdump ascii error. With this video in a playlist, youtube-dl stops downloading the playlist. [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['youtube-dl.exe', '-f', 'worst', '-i', '--verbose', '-o', '..\yo0\M\yo2b\ACER.yt\%(id)s.%(ext)s', '--', 'http://www.youtube.com /playlist?list=PLAGvOYt0XoUhn7mAYnJeHFovErKO7igPr'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.24.6 [debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} ERROR: u'youtube-dl.exe' is not a valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl "ytsearch:youtube-dl.exe" ) to search YouTube Traceback (most recent call last): File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 520, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 176, in extract File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 445, in _real_extract ExtractorError: u'youtube-dl.exe' is not a valid URL. Set --default-search "ytse arch" (or run youtube-dl "ytsearch:youtube-dl.exe" ) to search YouTube [youtube:playlist] PLAGvOYt0XoUhn7mAYnJeHFovErKO7igPr: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: ACER.yt [youtube:playlist] playlist ACER.yt: Collected 3 video ids (downloading 3 of the m) [download] Downloading video #1 of 3 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] Confirming age [youtube] 1-5bzCOLMb8: Downloading webpage [youtube] 1-5bzCOLMb8: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] 1-5bzCOLMb8: Extracting video information [youtube] RTMP download detected [debug] Invoking downloader on u'rtmpe://v20.nonxt6.c.youtube.com/videoplayback' [download] Destination: ..\yo0\M\yo2b\ACER.yt\1-5bzCOLMb8.unknown_video [debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v20.nonxt6.c.youtub e.com/videoplayback -o '..\yo0\M\yo2b\ACER.yt\1-5bzCOLMb8.unknown_video.part' -- resume --skip 1 [rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4 [rtmpdump](c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license : GPL [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing... [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2 [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host : v20.nonxt6.c.youtube.com [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed app : videoplayback [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1 [rtmpdump] ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://ho st[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath ERROR: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 23: ordinal not in range (128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 531, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 654, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 580, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 541, in extract_info UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 23: ordinal not in range(128)

deekerman commented

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2014):

Duplicate of #1797.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2014): Duplicate of #1797.

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