YouTube Music #24911

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opened 2026-02-21 13:33:55 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:33:55 -05:00

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Originally created by @Sskki-exe on GitHub (Jan 15, 2022).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCojn7glfsyciYDykEr5JHWbM8YfGLSnM']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.8.6 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.2.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:tab] OLAK5uy_kCojn7glfsyciYDykEr5JHWbM8YfGLSnM: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Album - Commodores
[youtube:tab] playlist Album - Commodores: Downloading 9 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 9
[youtube] E6n4pkqXdoo: Downloading webpage
WARNING: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
[youtube] E6n4pkqXdoo: Downloading API JSON
ERROR: No video formats found; 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 "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1733, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1374, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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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Up until recently, probably 1 or 2 days ago, yt-dl could download music from music.youtube.com (YouTube Music). Now it cannot. I'm guessing this is due to some new security measures from their end. I hope this issue is resolved.

Originally created by @Sskki-exe on GitHub (Jan 15, 2022).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [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  ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCojn7glfsyciYDykEr5JHWbM8YfGLSnM'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Python version 3.8.6 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.2.2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:tab] OLAK5uy_kCojn7glfsyciYDykEr5JHWbM8YfGLSnM: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Album - Commodores [youtube:tab] playlist Album - Commodores: Downloading 9 videos [download] Downloading video 1 of 9 [youtube] E6n4pkqXdoo: Downloading webpage WARNING: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests [youtube] E6n4pkqXdoo: Downloading API JSON ERROR: No video formats found; 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 "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper return func(self, *args, **kwargs) File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1733, in _real_extract self._sort_formats(formats) File "c:\users\hc\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1374, in _sort_formats raise ExtractorError('No video formats found') youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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  Up until recently, probably 1 or 2 days ago, yt-dl could download music from music.youtube.com (YouTube Music). Now it cannot. I'm guessing this is due to some new security measures from their end. I hope this issue is resolved.

deekerman

2026-02-21 13:33:55 -05:00

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deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:34:00 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2022):

WFM, but then I haven't made HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests.

And see #23638.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2022): WFM, but then I haven't made `HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests`. And see #23638.

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