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-m is not working anymore #25

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opened 2026-02-20 22:23:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 7 comments

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Originally created by @screenman on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010).

since today the -m function is not working anymore for youtube video's
ERROR: unable to download video (format may not be available)

Originally created by @screenman on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010). since today the -m function is not working anymore for youtube video's ERROR: unable to download video (format may not be available)

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@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010):

Thanks for noticing. This is unsolvable at this moment because YouTube is rejecting to serve formats other than the ones declared to be available, and format 17 is usually not declared to be available. If you find out a way to download mobile 3GP version of any video, just let me know.

@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010): Thanks for noticing. This is unsolvable at this moment because YouTube is rejecting to serve formats other than the ones declared to be available, and format 17 is usually not declared to be available. If you find out a way to download mobile 3GP version of any video, just let me know.

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@rifter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010):

This is now happening for all videos though with the default option (you know how it now does -b on its own). It started last night, but now any video you try to download just gives that same error. (I mean when you do not use -m at all)

@rifter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010): This is now happening for all videos though with the default option (you know how it now does -b on its own). It started last night, but now any video you try to download just gives that same error. (I mean when you do not use -m at all)

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@rifter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010):

Okay just to check i tried some videos that had HD and some that did not. The stepping behaviour did not work, so I tried using -f manually, and went through every format except 17, and all of them come back with the above error

@rifter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010): Okay just to check i tried some videos that had HD and some that did not. The stepping behaviour did not work, so I tried using -f manually, and went through every format except 17, and all of them come back with the above error

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@rifter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010):

nevermind. the version you just committed today (12/9) fixed the problem! thank you! :D

@rifter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2010): nevermind. the version you just committed today (12/9) fixed the problem! thank you! :D

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@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2010):

Actually, this is a bit confusing. The error people were getting yesterday was also that one, and the reason was a change in YouTube. However, after the fix, -m continues not to work normally and we can't easily fix it, as I explained. However, I don't know if the user reporting this issue was suffering from the first or the second problem. I took it for the second, being specifically about -m, but you'll also get the same error if you try to use -m with the older version of youtube-dl.

@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2010): Actually, this is a bit confusing. The error people were getting yesterday was also that one, and the reason was a change in YouTube. However, after the fix, -m continues not to work normally and we can't easily fix it, as I explained. However, I don't know if the user reporting this issue was suffering from the first or the second problem. I took it for the second, being specifically about -m, but you'll also get the same error if you try to use -m with the older version of youtube-dl.

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@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2010):

Remove deprecated -b option and nonworking -m option (closed by ef4f4544a2)

@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2010): Remove deprecated -b option and nonworking -m option (closed by ef4f4544a24633655a9347176ed475322e6dacf0)

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@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2010):

As per the commit above, I removed the nonworking -m option. If retrieving a mobile version of the video becomes an easy possibility again, it will be re-added.

@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2010): As per the commit above, I removed the nonworking -m option. If retrieving a mobile version of the video becomes an easy possibility again, it will be re-added.

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