Falling back to youtube and downloading a youtube video in addition to the required one #2332

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opened 2026-02-21 00:19:36 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Buzut on GitHub (May 17, 2014).

When downloading a video youtube-dl says "WARNING: Falling back to youtube search for url" and downloads "[download] Destination: Ghost caught on CCTV in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia-ftwJb_ZHowI.mp4"

Latest version
python youtube-pl.py --version
2014.05.16.1

OUPUT for a youtube video:
python youtube-pl.py url 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7R8Rl4Fko8'
WARNING: Falling back to youtube search for url . Set --default-search to "auto" to suppress this warning.
[youtube:search] query "url": Downloading page 1
[download] Downloading playlist: url
[youtube:search] playlist url: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 1
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: Ghost caught on CCTV in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia-ftwJb_ZHowI.mp4
[download] 100% of 2.47MiB in 00:00
[youtube] f7R8Rl4Fko8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] f7R8Rl4Fko8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] f7R8Rl4Fko8: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: Shy Girls - When I Say I Love U (Saux Remix)-f7R8Rl4Fko8.mp4
[download] 100% of 35.21MiB in 00:02

Same behaviour for dailymotion or http://www.arte.tv or http://pluzz.francetv.fr

For instance, OUTPUT for dailymotion:
python youtube-pl.py url 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vaasy_les-derniers-pas-de-liberte-de-jerome-kerviel-avant-la-prison_news'
WARNING: Falling back to youtube search for url . Set --default-search to "auto" to suppress this warning.
[youtube:search] query "url": Downloading page 1
[download] Downloading playlist: url
[youtube:search] playlist url: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 1
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Extracting video information
[download] Ghost caught on CCTV in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia-ftwJb_ZHowI.mp4 has already been downloaded
[dailymotion] x1vaasy: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion] x1vaasy: Extracting information
[dailymotion] x1vaasy: Downloading embed page
[download] Destination: Les derniers pas de liberté de Jérôme Kerviel avant la prison-x1vaasy.mp4
[download] 100% of 23.46MiB in 01:05

Originally created by @Buzut on GitHub (May 17, 2014). When downloading a video youtube-dl says "WARNING: Falling back to youtube search for url" and downloads "[download] Destination: Ghost caught on CCTV in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia-ftwJb_ZHowI.mp4" Latest version python youtube-pl.py --version 2014.05.16.1 OUPUT for a youtube video: python youtube-pl.py url 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7R8Rl4Fko8' WARNING: Falling back to youtube search for url . Set --default-search to "auto" to suppress this warning. [youtube:search] query "url": Downloading page 1 [download] Downloading playlist: url [youtube:search] playlist url: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 1 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading webpage [youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Extracting video information [download] Destination: Ghost caught on CCTV in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia-ftwJb_ZHowI.mp4 [download] 100% of 2.47MiB in 00:00 [youtube] f7R8Rl4Fko8: Downloading webpage [youtube] f7R8Rl4Fko8: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] f7R8Rl4Fko8: Extracting video information [download] Destination: Shy Girls - When I Say I Love U (Saux Remix)-f7R8Rl4Fko8.mp4 [download] 100% of 35.21MiB in 00:02 Same behaviour for dailymotion or http://www.arte.tv or http://pluzz.francetv.fr… For instance, OUTPUT for dailymotion: python youtube-pl.py url 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vaasy_les-derniers-pas-de-liberte-de-jerome-kerviel-avant-la-prison_news' WARNING: Falling back to youtube search for url . Set --default-search to "auto" to suppress this warning. [youtube:search] query "url": Downloading page 1 [download] Downloading playlist: url [youtube:search] playlist url: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 1 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading webpage [youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] ftwJb_ZHowI: Extracting video information [download] Ghost caught on CCTV in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia-ftwJb_ZHowI.mp4 has already been downloaded [dailymotion] x1vaasy: Downloading webpage [dailymotion] x1vaasy: Extracting information [dailymotion] x1vaasy: Downloading embed page [download] Destination: Les derniers pas de liberté de Jérôme Kerviel avant la prison-x1vaasy.mp4 [download] 100% of 23.46MiB in 01:05
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@dstftw commented on GitHub (May 18, 2014):

You are misusing it similarly to #2870. There is no need to pass "url" string before the actual URL:
youtube-dl 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7R8Rl4Fko8'
youtube-dl 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vaasy_les-derniers-pas-de-liberte-de-jerome-kerviel-avant-la-prison_news'

@dstftw commented on GitHub (May 18, 2014): You are misusing it similarly to #2870. There is no need to pass "url" string before the actual URL: `youtube-dl 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7R8Rl4Fko8'` `youtube-dl 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vaasy_les-derniers-pas-de-liberte-de-jerome-kerviel-avant-la-prison_news'`
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