Some YouTube downloads failing with ERROR: Did not get any data blocks #17940

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opened 2026-02-21 09:44:04 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 09:44:04 -05:00

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Originally created by @jellybaby on GitHub (Sep 15, 2019).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.09.12.1
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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melanie:youtube-dl david$ ./youtube-dl -v laTOEfGsLi8
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'laTOEfGsLi8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.09.12.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] laTOEfGsLi8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] laTOEfGsLi8: Downloading video info webpage
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r7---sn-cu-auol.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1568557218&ei=QfR9XdnMNZrqVJ3GsPAE&ip=146.199.185.236&id=o-AJmhlOOrjB32ryLKU_utgHrBmBsAeNFo7pDKKWndA0sO&itag=22&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-cu-auol%2Csn-5hnekn76&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=6&pl=25&initcwndbps=1202500&mime=video%2Fmp4&ratebypass=yes&dur=433.818&lmt=1568491439642082&mt=1568535462&fvip=1&c=WEB&txp=3516222&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=ALgxI2wwRAIgbuopTHfnGdQOtK_njDrD00f3-DrS99oHO3Zpaby2oN0CIHqbi7uu43sYOIS1RY8RIAIaxxedZNx8F6IJ1ceZOxo4&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRQIhAJQEOqNImpSubWKZcP3-MALN8PAgBiU_6A5fu_e-3emkAiA_3LR-4PHXJkZtFNHQH_v_GKFDJ9QY-XspLBIIouULnw%3D%3D'
[download] Resuming download at byte 148340


ERROR: Did not get any data blocks
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "./youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 474, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 464, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2010, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 807, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 861, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1642, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1917, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1856, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 342, in real_download
    return download()
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 312, in download
    self.report_error('Did not get any data blocks')
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 165, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 624, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 586, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

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Some videos are failing to download, resulting in 'ERROR: Did not get any data blocks'. Problem is affecting me on multiple OSs in multiple regions across several videos (eg jIQmdKmtxC4 also).

Originally created by @jellybaby on GitHub (Sep 15, 2019).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2019.09.12.1** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  ``` melanie:youtube-dl david$ ./youtube-dl -v laTOEfGsLi8 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'laTOEfGsLi8'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.09.12.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] laTOEfGsLi8: Downloading webpage [youtube] laTOEfGsLi8: Downloading video info webpage [debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r7---sn-cu-auol.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1568557218&ei=QfR9XdnMNZrqVJ3GsPAE&ip=146.199.185.236&id=o-AJmhlOOrjB32ryLKU_utgHrBmBsAeNFo7pDKKWndA0sO&itag=22&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-cu-auol%2Csn-5hnekn76&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=6&pl=25&initcwndbps=1202500&mime=video%2Fmp4&ratebypass=yes&dur=433.818&lmt=1568491439642082&mt=1568535462&fvip=1&c=WEB&txp=3516222&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=ALgxI2wwRAIgbuopTHfnGdQOtK_njDrD00f3-DrS99oHO3Zpaby2oN0CIHqbi7uu43sYOIS1RY8RIAIaxxedZNx8F6IJ1ceZOxo4&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRQIhAJQEOqNImpSubWKZcP3-MALN8PAgBiU_6A5fu_e-3emkAiA_3LR-4PHXJkZtFNHQH_v_GKFDJ9QY-XspLBIIouULnw%3D%3D' [download] Resuming download at byte 148340 ERROR: Did not get any data blocks File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "./youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module> youtube_dl.main() File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 474, in main _real_main(argv) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 464, in _real_main retcode = ydl.download(all_urls) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2010, in download url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False)) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 807, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 861, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1642, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1917, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1856, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 342, in real_download return download() File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 312, in download self.report_error('Did not get any data blocks') File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 165, in report_error self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 624, in report_error self.trouble(error_message, tb) File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 586, in trouble tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack()) ``` ## Description  Some videos are failing to download, resulting in 'ERROR: Did not get any data blocks'. Problem is affecting me on multiple OSs in multiple regions across several videos (eg jIQmdKmtxC4 also).

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