UnavailableVideoError in youtube-dl after "RTMPDUMP error" with code you must specify a playpath #3158

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opened 2026-02-21 01:08:16 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:08:16 -05:00

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Originally created by @PNath on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014).

HI
I am getting this error while downloading a video from youtube-dl. Full error trail is shown as below. Kindly help.
I tried the following command
youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_w2jsT6Wc" -v

I am on ubuntu 12.04 and youtube-dl is updated to the latest version

[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] OG_w2jsT6Wc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] OG_w2jsT6Wc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OG_w2jsT6Wc: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[download] Destination: Bal Ganesh ►Kids Animation Movie in Bengali-OG_w2jsT6Wc.unknown_video
[debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v9.nonxt2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o 'Bal Ganesh ►Kids Animation Movie in Bengali-OG_w2jsT6Wc.unknown_video.part' --resume --skip 1
[rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4
rtmpdump 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing...
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host : v9.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 985, in download
self.extract_info(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 510, in extract_info
return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 539, in process_ie_result
return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 766, in process_video_result
self.process_info(new_info)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 961, in process_info
raise UnavailableVideoError(err)

UnavailableVideoError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Bal Ganesh \xe2\x96\xbaKids Animation Movie in Bengali-OG_w2jsT6Wc.unknown_video.part'

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P Nath

Originally created by @PNath on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014). HI I am getting this error while downloading a video from youtube-dl. Full error trail is shown as below. Kindly help. I tried the following command youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_w2jsT6Wc" -v ## I am on ubuntu 12.04 and youtube-dl is updated to the latest version [youtube] Setting language [youtube] OG_w2jsT6Wc: Downloading webpage [youtube] OG_w2jsT6Wc: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] OG_w2jsT6Wc: Extracting video information [youtube] RTMP download detected [download] Destination: Bal Ganesh ►Kids Animation Movie in Bengali-OG_w2jsT6Wc.unknown_video [debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v9.nonxt2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o 'Bal Ganesh ►Kids Animation Movie in Bengali-OG_w2jsT6Wc.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 : v9.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 985, in download self.extract_info(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 510, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 539, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 766, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 961, in process_info raise UnavailableVideoError(err) ## UnavailableVideoError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Bal Ganesh \xe2\x96\xbaKids Animation Movie in Bengali-OG_w2jsT6Wc.unknown_video.part' Regards P Nath

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2026-02-21 01:08:23 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014):

Duplicate of #1797.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014): Duplicate of #1797.

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