Cannot download Youtube Playlist (Version 2013.12.11.2) #2094

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opened 2026-02-21 00:13:51 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 00:13:51 -05:00

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Originally created by @matschmann on GitHub (Apr 1, 2014).

Downloading a public Playlist from youtube fails. Error message below.

[standke@delphinus apps]$ ~/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl --max-quality 18 --verbose http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0AVI3Zz3hL9-PspM6YK_mzKk4HltPOG
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--max-quality', '18', '--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0AVI3Zz3hL9-PspM6YK_mzKk4HltPOG']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.12.11.2
[debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Linux-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-6.5-Final
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PLH0AVI3Zz3hL9-PspM6YK_mzKk4HltPOG: Downloading page #1
ERROR: 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 "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 471, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 134, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1594, in _real_extract
playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page)
File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 378, in _og_search_title
return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs)
File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _og_search_property
escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, *_kargs)
File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 306, 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.

Originally created by @matschmann on GitHub (Apr 1, 2014). Downloading a public Playlist from youtube fails. Error message below. [standke@delphinus apps]$ ~/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl --max-quality 18 --verbose http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0AVI3Zz3hL9-PspM6YK_mzKk4HltPOG [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--max-quality', '18', '--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0AVI3Zz3hL9-PspM6YK_mzKk4HltPOG'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.12.11.2 [debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Linux-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-6.5-Final [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] PLH0AVI3Zz3hL9-PspM6YK_mzKk4HltPOG: Downloading page #1 ERROR: 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 "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 471, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 134, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1594, in _real_extract playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page) File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 378, in _og_search_title return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs) File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _og_search_property escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, *_kargs) File "/home/standke/apps/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 306, 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.

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2026-02-21 00:13:53 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:13:54 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2014):

This error should be fixed in the latest version. Type youtube-dl -U to update. If the problem prevails, please post the output you get with youtube-dl 2014.04.01 or newer and we'll reopen this issue. Thanks!

@phihag commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2014): This error should be fixed in the latest version. Type `youtube-dl -U` to update. If the problem prevails, please post the output you get with youtube-dl 2014.04.01 or newer and we'll reopen this issue. Thanks!

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