Video download error #18304

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opened 2026-02-21 10:03:47 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 10:03:47 -05:00

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Originally created by @pzafar1974 on GitHub (Oct 24, 2019).

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I'm reporting a broken site support issue
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.10.22
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 bug reports including closed ones
I've read bugs section in FAQ

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debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-ci', '-o', '%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLmDS179YE']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18
[debug] Python version 3.7.4 (CPython) - Darwin-19.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.1, ffprobe 4.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 3hLmDS179YE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 3hLmDS179YE: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: 3hLmDS179YE: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1693, in _real_extract
    video_id=video_id)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 3hLmDS179YE: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; 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.

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Originally created by @pzafar1974 on GitHub (Oct 24, 2019).  ## Checklist  - [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2019.10.22** - [ ] 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 bug reports including closed ones - [ ] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log  ``` debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-ci', '-o', '%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLmDS179YE'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18 [debug] Python version 3.7.4 (CPython) - Darwin-19.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.1, ffprobe 4.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] 3hLmDS179YE: Downloading webpage [youtube] 3hLmDS179YE: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: 3hLmDS179YE: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; 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. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1693, in _real_extract video_id=video_id) youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 3hLmDS179YE: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; 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. ``` ## Description  WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE

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