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youtub-dl error... does this mean I've been blocked? #354

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opened 2026-02-20 23:01:50 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:01:50 -05:00

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Originally created by @Wastrel-zz on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012).

Originally assigned to: @phihag on GitHub.

After using youtube-dl WAY TOO MUCH I get the following:

wastrel@someplace:~/Desktop/current$ youtube-dl -wt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWnhmMFusdI
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] xWnhmMFusdI: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] xWnhmMFusdI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] xWnhmMFusdI: Extracting video information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__init__.py", line 536, in main

  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__init__.py", line 520, in _real_main

  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/FileDownloader.py", line 475, in download
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 80, in extract
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 355, in _real_extract
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
    return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte
wastrel@someplace:~/Desktop/current$

Would like to know what this means. I will of course be getting a new IP address... :-)

Wastrel

Originally created by @Wastrel-zz on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012). Originally assigned to: @phihag on GitHub. After using youtube-dl WAY TOO MUCH I get the following: ``` wastrel@someplace:~/Desktop/current$ youtube-dl -wt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWnhmMFusdI [youtube] Setting language [youtube] xWnhmMFusdI: Downloading video webpage [youtube] xWnhmMFusdI: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] xWnhmMFusdI: Extracting video information Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 7, in <module> File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__init__.py", line 536, in main File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__init__.py", line 520, in _real_main File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/FileDownloader.py", line 475, in download File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 80, in extract File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 355, in _real_extract File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte wastrel@someplace:~/Desktop/current$ ``` Would like to know what this means. I will of course be getting a new IP address... :-) Wastrel

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 23:01:51 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:01:53 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012):

No, this is not an intentional blocking, but an error on our part - sorry! We fail to correctly handle broken youtube inputs. Curiously, I cannot reproduce the error (the video is indeed blocked from outside the US). Which youtube-dl version are you using? (type youtube-dl --version to find out).

On the technical side, we should really decode early and make video_info_webpage a string of characters (and then pass ignore to decode). I'll have a look at it.

Anyways, thanks @Wastrel for reporting this issue! I'll see to it that it gets fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012): No, this is not an intentional blocking, but an error on our part - sorry! We fail to correctly handle broken youtube inputs. Curiously, I cannot reproduce the error (the video is indeed blocked from outside the US). Which youtube-dl version are you using? (type `youtube-dl --version` to find out). On the technical side, we should really decode early and make `video_info_webpage` a string of characters (and then pass `ignore` to decode). I'll have a look at it. Anyways, thanks @Wastrel for reporting this issue! I'll see to it that it gets fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:01:55 -05:00

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@Wastrel-zz commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012):

Darn it, I did not have the latest version -- I hope I have not inadvertently created a issue over an issue. My version was 2012.09.27. I've updated to 2012.10.09 and now it seems to work. However, I suspect the youtube is on to me -- I got the Captcha at one point last night and this this error began.

Thanks for your help. My apologies for not checking the version first.

Eric

@Wastrel-zz commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012): Darn it, I did not have the latest version -- I hope I have not inadvertently created a issue over an issue. My version was 2012.09.27. I've updated to 2012.10.09 and now it seems to work. However, I suspect the youtube is on to me -- I got the Captcha at one point last night and this this error began. Thanks for your help. My apologies for not checking the version first. Eric

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:01:55 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012):

We're already thinking about solving the captcha issue, see #154. I'm glad your issue could be solved that easily.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2012): We're already thinking about solving the captcha issue, see #154. I'm glad your issue could be solved that easily.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:01:55 -05:00

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@Wastrel-zz commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2012):

You may also find it interesting to know that the error apparently was caused by my cable connection or my proxy server. I lost connection completely last night and reset them both, and I haven't had the error since.

Eric

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:30:42 -0700
From: notifications@github.com
To: youtube-dl@noreply.github.com
CC: wastrelway@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [youtube-dl] youtub-dl error... does this mean I've been blocked? (#492)

We're already thinking about solving the captcha issue, see #154. I'm glad your issue could be solved that easily.

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@Wastrel-zz commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2012): You may also find it interesting to know that the error apparently was caused by my cable connection or my proxy server. I lost connection completely last night and reset them both, and I haven't had the error since. Eric Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:30:42 -0700 From: notifications@github.com To: youtube-dl@noreply.github.com CC: wastrelway@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [youtube-dl] youtub-dl error... does this mean I've been blocked? (#492) We're already thinking about solving the captcha issue, see #154. I'm glad your issue could be solved that easily. ``` — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub. ```

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