ERROR: content too short (expected 294953957 bytes and served 6292356) #1465

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Originally created by @sirinath on GitHub (Dec 5, 2013).

When downloading http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA

I get the following error: ERROR: content too short (expected 294953957 bytes and served 6292356)

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -i -o "%(uploader)s%(playlist)s%(playlist_index)s-%(ti
tle)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA
[youtube:playlist] PL23DE0292227250FA: Downloading page #1
[download] Downloading playlist: A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikk
hu Bodhi
[youtube:playlist] playlist 'A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu B
odhi': Collected 156 video ids (downloading 156 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 156
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay
a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00001-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 67 - 2012.2.4) Bhikkhu Bodhi
.MPG-RFAu0-E5hvs.flv
[download] 100% of 281.29MiB in 00:30.45KiB/s ETA 23:1908
ERROR: content too short (expected 294953957 bytes and served 6292356)
[download] Downloading video #2 of 156
[youtube] v5gvFE2n2xo: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] v5gvFE2n2xo: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] v5gvFE2n2xo: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay
a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00002-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 66 - 2012.1.28) Bhikkhu Bodh
i.MPG-v5gvFE2n2xo.mp4

Originally created by @sirinath on GitHub (Dec 5, 2013). When downloading http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA I get the following error: ERROR: content too short (expected 294953957 bytes and served 6292356) C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -i -o "%(uploader)s\%(playlist)s\%(playlist_index)s-%(ti tle)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA [youtube:playlist] PL23DE0292227250FA: Downloading page #1 [download] Downloading playlist: A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikk hu Bodhi [youtube:playlist] playlist 'A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu B odhi': Collected 156 video ids (downloading 156 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 156 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video webpage [youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Extracting video information [download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00001-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 67 - 2012.2.4) Bhikkhu Bodhi .MPG-RFAu0-E5hvs.flv [download] 100% of 281.29MiB in 00:30.45KiB/s ETA 23:1908 ERROR: content too short (expected 294953957 bytes and served 6292356) [download] Downloading video #2 of 156 [youtube] v5gvFE2n2xo: Downloading video webpage [youtube] v5gvFE2n2xo: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] v5gvFE2n2xo: Extracting video information [download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00002-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 66 - 2012.1.28) Bhikkhu Bodh i.MPG-v5gvFE2n2xo.mp4
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@sirinath commented on GitHub (Dec 5, 2013):

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -i -f mp4 -v -o "%(uploader)s%(playlist)s%(playlist_in
dex)s-%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE02922
27250FA
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-i', '-f', 'mp4', '-v', '-o', '%(uploader)s%(play
list)s%(playlist_index)s-%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s', 'http://www.youtube.com/pl
aylist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PL23DE0292227250FA: Downloading page #1
[download] Downloading playlist: A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikk
hu Bodhi
[youtube:playlist] playlist 'A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu B
odhi': Collected 156 video ids (downloading 156 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 156
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay
a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00001-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 67 - 2012.2.4) Bhikkhu Bodhi
.MPG-RFAu0-E5hvs.mp4
[download] 100% of 197.79MiB in 14:4620KiB/s ETA 56:44:22
ERROR: content too short (expected 207401218 bytes and served 42834209)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 776, in process_info
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 647, in _do_download
ContentTooShortError

.....

[download] Resuming download at byte 4117
[download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay
a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00035-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 44 - part 4, section 2, 2011
.2.26) Bhikkhu Bodhi.MPG-niTju2YWALs.mp4
[download] 100% of 69.53MiB in 09:4276KiB/s ETA 21:422n ETA
ERROR: content too short (expected 72902832 bytes and served 22529497)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 776, in process_info
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 647, in _do_download
ContentTooShortError

@sirinath commented on GitHub (Dec 5, 2013): C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -i -f mp4 -v -o "%(uploader)s\%(playlist)s\%(playlist_in dex)s-%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE02922 27250FA [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-i', '-f', 'mp4', '-v', '-o', '%(uploader)s\%(play list)s\%(playlist_index)s-%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s', 'http://www.youtube.com/pl aylist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.29 [debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Windows-8-6.2.9200 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] PL23DE0292227250FA: Downloading page #1 [download] Downloading playlist: A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikk hu Bodhi [youtube:playlist] playlist 'A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu B odhi': Collected 156 video ids (downloading 156 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 156 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video webpage [youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] RFAu0-E5hvs: Extracting video information [download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00001-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 67 - 2012.2.4) Bhikkhu Bodhi .MPG-RFAu0-E5hvs.mp4 [download] 100% of 197.79MiB in 14:4620KiB/s ETA 56:44:22 ERROR: content too short (expected 207401218 bytes and served 42834209) Traceback (most recent call last): File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 776, in process_info File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 647, in _do_download ContentTooShortError ..... [download] Resuming download at byte 4117 [download] Destination: BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery\A Course in the Majjhima Nikay a with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi\00035-Majjhima Nikaya (MN 44 - part 4, section 2, 2011 .2.26) Bhikkhu Bodhi.MPG-niTju2YWALs.mp4 [download] 100% of 69.53MiB in 09:4276KiB/s ETA 21:422n ETA ERROR: content too short (expected 72902832 bytes and served 22529497) Traceback (most recent call last): File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 776, in process_info File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 647, in _do_download ContentTooShortError
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@phihag commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2013):

This is an error on Youtube's side, or your ISPs, and most likely not youtube-dl. What would you want youtube-dl to do other than to report it?

@phihag commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2013): This is an error on Youtube's side, or your ISPs, and most likely not youtube-dl. What would you want youtube-dl to do other than to report it?
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@sirinath commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2013):

Just thought this might be a bug since I get this on the same files in the play list.

@sirinath commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2013): Just thought this might be a bug since I get this on the same files in the play list.
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