ERROR: Unable to extract title; #1935

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opened 2026-02-21 00:09:55 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:09:55 -05:00

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Originally created by @ichiao on GitHub (Feb 28, 2014).

I am using Debian Jessie and installed youtube-dl via packages:

youtube-dl:
Installed: 2014.02.17-1
Candidate: 2014.02.17-1
Version table:
*** 2014.02.17-1 0
500 http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ youtube-dl -civ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-civ', 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.17
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.12-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc: Downloading page #1
WARNING: [youtube:playlist] PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc: Playlist page is missing OpenGraph title, falling back ...
ERROR: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1511, in _real_extract
playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 428, in _og_search_title
return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _og_search_property
escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, _kargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract OpenGraph title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1517, in _real_extract
r'

(.?)

', page, u'title')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

Originally created by @ichiao on GitHub (Feb 28, 2014). I am using Debian Jessie and installed youtube-dl via packages: youtube-dl: Installed: 2014.02.17-1 Candidate: 2014.02.17-1 Version table: **\* 2014.02.17-1 0 500 http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ youtube-dl -civ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-civ', 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.17 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.12-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc: Downloading page #1 WARNING: [youtube:playlist] PLt5AfwLFPxWIUYlCb5ip9f_s4qm1zi8kc: Playlist page is missing OpenGraph title, falling back ... ERROR: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1511, in _real_extract playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 428, in _og_search_title return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _og_search_property escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, *_kargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract OpenGraph title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1517, in _real_extract r'<h1 class="pl-header-title">(.*?)</h1>', page, u'title') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _html_search_regex res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 00:09:57 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:09:59 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2014):

Update to a newest version with sudo youtube-dl -U, or wait until you pakcage manager updates de version.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2014): Update to a newest version with `sudo youtube-dl -U`, or wait until you pakcage manager updates de version.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:09:59 -05:00

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@ichiao commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2014):

Should have mentioned that, sudo youtube-dl -U, returns this message:

$ sudo youtube-dl -U
It looks like you installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball. Please use that to update.

Will wait for the package to be updated. Thanks.

@ichiao commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2014): Should have mentioned that, sudo youtube-dl -U, returns this message: $ sudo youtube-dl -U It looks like you installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball. Please use that to update. Will wait for the package to be updated. Thanks.

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