repeatedly cannot download specific video #2865

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opened 2026-02-21 00:32:25 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 00:32:25 -05:00

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Originally created by @make-github-pseudonymous-again on GitHub (Aug 23, 2014).

test with two different videos

stdout and stderr for youtube-dl ui6pJ-Sqg9k --restrict-filenames -v

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['ui6pJ-Sqg9k', '--restrict-filenames', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out None, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.24.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-34-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] ui6pJ-Sqg9k: Downloading webpage
[youtube] ui6pJ-Sqg9k: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] ui6pJ-Sqg9k: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'rtmpe://v12.nonxt2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback'
[download] Destination: Moscow_Doesn_t_Believe_in_Tears-ui6pJ-Sqg9k.unknown_video
[debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v12.nonxt2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o Moscow_Doesn_t_Believe_in_Tears-ui6pJ-Sqg9k.unknown_video.part --resume --skip 1
[rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4
[rtmpdump] (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing...
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host    : v12.nonxt2.c.youtube.com
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed app     : videoplayback
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1
[rtmpdump] ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://host[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath
ERROR: unable to download video
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1061, in download
    self.extract_info(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 531, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 573, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 839, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1036, in process_info
    raise UnavailableVideoError(err)
UnavailableVideoError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Moscow_Doesn_t_Believe_in_Tears-ui6pJ-Sqg9k.unknown_video.part'

Originally created by @make-github-pseudonymous-again on GitHub (Aug 23, 2014). test with two different videos ![capture du 2014-08-24 04 07 23](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5165674/4022443/b4fe84a2-2b37-11e4-9ea0-4c3ff14c1678.png) stdout and stderr for `youtube-dl ui6pJ-Sqg9k --restrict-filenames -v` ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['ui6pJ-Sqg9k', '--restrict-filenames', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out None, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.24.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-34-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] ui6pJ-Sqg9k: Downloading webpage [youtube] ui6pJ-Sqg9k: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] ui6pJ-Sqg9k: Extracting video information [youtube] RTMP download detected [debug] Invoking downloader on u'rtmpe://v12.nonxt2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback' [download] Destination: Moscow_Doesn_t_Believe_in_Tears-ui6pJ-Sqg9k.unknown_video [debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v12.nonxt2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o Moscow_Doesn_t_Believe_in_Tears-ui6pJ-Sqg9k.unknown_video.part --resume --skip 1 [rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4 [rtmpdump] (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing... [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2 [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host : v12.nonxt2.c.youtube.com [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed app : videoplayback [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1 [rtmpdump] ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://host[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath ERROR: unable to download video Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1061, in download self.extract_info(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 531, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 573, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 839, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1036, in process_info raise UnavailableVideoError(err) UnavailableVideoError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Moscow_Doesn_t_Believe_in_Tears-ui6pJ-Sqg9k.unknown_video.part' ```