Always getting error like this, Please Help :( #16354

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opened 2026-02-21 08:47:52 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @ndraden on GitHub (Apr 7, 2019).

i have error when download videos, how to solve this?
👍🏻 CONTENT.md created.

[lynda] 737619: Downloading video JSON
[lynda] 737619: Checking 0-720 video format URL
[lynda] 737619: Checking 0-540 video format URL
[lynda] 737619: Checking 0-360 video format URL
[lynda] 737619: Checking 1-720 video format URL
[lynda] 737619: Checking 1-540 video format URL
[lynda] 737619: Checking 1-360 video format URL

ERROR: None: Failed to parse JSON (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2)')); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Originally created by @ndraden on GitHub (Apr 7, 2019). i have error when download videos, how to solve this? 👍🏻 CONTENT.md created. [lynda] 737619: Downloading video JSON [lynda] 737619: Checking 0-720 video format URL [lynda] 737619: Checking 0-540 video format URL [lynda] 737619: Checking 0-360 video format URL [lynda] 737619: Checking 1-720 video format URL [lynda] 737619: Checking 1-540 video format URL [lynda] 737619: Checking 1-360 video format URL ERROR: None: Failed to parse JSON (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2)')); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.