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YouTube Error - Content too short error #1745

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opened 2026-02-21 00:05:09 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:05:09 -05:00

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Originally created by @shakeyourbunny on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014).

I get on some videos consistently "content too short errors" ... dunno why.

$ youtube-dl --verbose --format 35/18/34/22/83 "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-l2dr1lgU"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--format', '35/18/34/22/83', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-l2dr1lgU']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23.4
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-4-686-pae-i686-with-debian-7.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] rA-l2dr1lgU: Downloading webpage
[youtube] rA-l2dr1lgU: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] rA-l2dr1lgU: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: Geblockt! #2 - Post E3 Event _ Spieleverfilmungen (24.06.13)-rA-l2dr1lgU.mp4
[download] 100% of 96.03MiB in 00:02
ERROR: content too short (expected 100695487 bytes and served 4195013)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 953, in process_info
success = dl(filename, info_dict)
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 929, in dl
return fd.download(name, info)
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 290, in download
return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 172, in real_download
raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len))
ContentTooShortError

Other video is:
$ youtube-dl --verbose --format 35/18/34/22/83 "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wg3vlNv1s4"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--format', '35/18/34/22/83', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wg3vlNv1s4']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23.4
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-4-686-pae-i686-with-debian-7.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] _wg3vlNv1s4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] _wg3vlNv1s4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] _wg3vlNv1s4: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: DonCrimes Rückblick - Folge 16 Castlevania The New Generation-_wg3vlNv1s4.mp4
[download] 100% of 49.90MiB in 00:00
ERROR: content too short (expected 52325788 bytes and served 14547)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 953, in process_info
success = dl(filename, info_dict)
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 929, in dl
return fd.download(name, info)
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 290, in download
return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 172, in real_download
raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len))
ContentTooShortError

I tried downloading both videos of the course of the several days, tried to change IP address in order to avoid into running throttling due to Youtube .. sigh

Originally created by @shakeyourbunny on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014). I get on some videos consistently "content too short errors" ... dunno why. $ youtube-dl --verbose --format 35/18/34/22/83 "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-l2dr1lgU" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--format', '35/18/34/22/83', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-l2dr1lgU'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23.4 [debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-4-686-pae-i686-with-debian-7.3 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] rA-l2dr1lgU: Downloading webpage [youtube] rA-l2dr1lgU: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] rA-l2dr1lgU: Extracting video information [download] Destination: Geblockt! #2 - Post E3 Event _ Spieleverfilmungen (24.06.13)-rA-l2dr1lgU.mp4 [download] 100% of 96.03MiB in 00:02 ERROR: content too short (expected 100695487 bytes and served 4195013) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 953, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 929, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 290, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 172, in real_download raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len)) ContentTooShortError Other video is: $ youtube-dl --verbose --format 35/18/34/22/83 "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wg3vlNv1s4" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--format', '35/18/34/22/83', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wg3vlNv1s4'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23.4 [debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-4-686-pae-i686-with-debian-7.3 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] _wg3vlNv1s4: Downloading webpage [youtube] _wg3vlNv1s4: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] _wg3vlNv1s4: Extracting video information [download] Destination: DonCrimes Rückblick - Folge 16 Castlevania The New Generation-_wg3vlNv1s4.mp4 [download] 100% of 49.90MiB in 00:00 ERROR: content too short (expected 52325788 bytes and served 14547) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 953, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 929, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 290, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/home/shakeyourbunny/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 172, in real_download raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len)) ContentTooShortError I tried downloading both videos of the course of the several days, tried to change IP address in order to avoid into running throttling due to Youtube .. _sigh_

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 00:05:11 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:05:12 -05:00

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@archaeologistdev commented on GitHub (May 26, 2014):

This seems to be a known intermittent server-side problem with YouTube which they usually resolve after a period of time, as discussed here.

@phihag flagging to close

@archaeologistdev commented on GitHub (May 26, 2014): This seems to be a known intermittent server-side problem with YouTube which they usually resolve after a period of time, as [discussed here](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/2198#issuecomment-33040570). @phihag flagging to close

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:05:12 -05:00

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@way2stars commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2015):

youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio --merge-output-format mkv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ake4zMrEU
[youtube] R2ake4zMrEU: Downloading webpage
[youtube] R2ake4zMrEU: Extracting video information
[youtube] R2ake4zMrEU: Downloading DASH manifest
[download] Destination: Nightcore - Angel-R2ake4zMrEU.f137.mp4
[download] 48.8% of 77.85MiB at 14.16MiB/s ETA 00:02 ERROR: content too short (expected 81635917 bytes and served 39845584)

@way2stars commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2015): youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio --merge-output-format mkv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ake4zMrEU [youtube] R2ake4zMrEU: Downloading webpage [youtube] R2ake4zMrEU: Extracting video information [youtube] R2ake4zMrEU: Downloading DASH manifest [download] Destination: Nightcore - Angel-R2ake4zMrEU.f137.mp4 [download] 48.8% of 77.85MiB at 14.16MiB/s ETA 00:02 ERROR: content too short (expected 81635917 bytes and served 39845584)

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:05:12 -05:00

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@FredericJacobs commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2015):

Same issue here.

@FredericJacobs commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2015): Same issue here.

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