"rental" videos not supported? #2841

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opened 2026-02-21 00:31:52 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:31:52 -05:00

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Originally created by @EvilSupahFly on GitHub (Aug 19, 2014).

This is the first time I have ever encountered an error with youtube-dl:

evilsupahfly@the-black-beast:~/Videos$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=7vLTxK1m8f0
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=7vLTxK1m8f0']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.15.7-031507-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-17-qiana
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] 7vLTxK1m8f0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 7vLTxK1m8f0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] Confirming age
ERROR: "rental" videos not supported; 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 516, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 170, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 658, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError(u'"rental" videos not supported')
ExtractorError: "rental" videos not supported; 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.

Of course, I tried to watch it on YouTube and it said "not available in your country". I was unaware you could rent vids on YouTube in the first place. So, I guess there's no real way around that unless I use a chain of proxies? Not too worried though. I'm sure it's on somebody else's channel. If not, I'll find a torrent for it. 👅

Originally created by @EvilSupahFly on GitHub (Aug 19, 2014). This is the first time I have ever encountered an error with youtube-dl: ``` evilsupahfly@the-black-beast:~/Videos$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=7vLTxK1m8f0 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=7vLTxK1m8f0'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.10 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.15.7-031507-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-17-qiana [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] 7vLTxK1m8f0: Downloading webpage [youtube] 7vLTxK1m8f0: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] Confirming age ERROR: "rental" videos not supported; 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 516, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 170, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 658, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError(u'"rental" videos not supported') ExtractorError: "rental" videos not supported; 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. ``` Of course, I tried to watch it on YouTube and it said "not available in your country". I was unaware you could rent vids on YouTube in the first place. So, I guess there's no real way around that unless I use a chain of proxies? Not too worried though. I'm sure it's on somebody else's channel. If not, I'll find a torrent for it. :tongue:

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 00:31:55 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:31:56 -05:00

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@EvilSupahFly commented on GitHub (Aug 19, 2014):

Correction: there's nothing to be done LEGALLY to youtube-dl. lol

@EvilSupahFly commented on GitHub (Aug 19, 2014): Correction: there's nothing to be done LEGALLY to youtube-dl. _lol_

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:31:56 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2014):

Duplicate of #359. Patches welcome.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2014): Duplicate of #359. Patches welcome.

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