Can't download playlist from youtube #4253

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opened 2026-02-21 02:01:22 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:01:22 -05:00

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Originally created by @duduke on GitHub (Mar 19, 2015).

Running:
youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSy0JtBCZMQ&list=ELOr7Kf5pv-m8" -v
results in an error:
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSy0JtBCZMQ&list=ELOr7Kf5pv-m8', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16.0-4-686-pae-i686-with-debian-8.0
[debug] exe versions: avconv 2.6, avprobe 2.6, ffmpeg 2.6, ffprobe 2.6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist ELOr7Kf5pv-m8 - add --no-playlist to just download video rSy0JtBCZMQ
[youtube:playlist] ELOr7Kf5pv-m8: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Star Blazers: Season 1
[youtube:playlist] playlist Star Blazers: Season 1: Collected 26 video ids (downloading 26 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 26
[youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Downloading embed webpage
[youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Refetching age-gated info webpage
[youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'rtmpe://v1.nonxt7.c.youtube.com/videoplayback'
[download] Destination: STAR BLAZERS Ep. 1 'The Battle At Pluto'-rSy0JtBCZMQ.unknown_video
[debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v1.nonxt7.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o 'STAR BLAZERS Ep. 1 '"'"'The Battle At Pluto'"'"'-rSy0JtBCZMQ.unknown_video.part'
[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 : v1.nonxt7.c.youtube.com
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed app : videoplayback
[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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1452, in download
res = self.extract_info(url)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 665, in extract_info
return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 824, in process_ie_result
extra_info=extra)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 718, in process_ie_result
extra_info=extra_info)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 665, in extract_info
return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 711, in process_ie_result
return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1153, in process_video_result
self.process_info(new_info)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1390, in process_info
raise UnavailableVideoError(err)
UnavailableVideoError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: "STAR BLAZERS Ep. 1 'The Battle At Pluto'-rSy0JtBCZMQ.unknown_video.part"

Although other playlists work...

Originally created by @duduke on GitHub (Mar 19, 2015). Running: youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSy0JtBCZMQ&list=ELOr7Kf5pv-m8" -v results in an error: [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSy0JtBCZMQ&list=ELOr7Kf5pv-m8', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.15 [debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16.0-4-686-pae-i686-with-debian-8.0 [debug] exe versions: avconv 2.6, avprobe 2.6, ffmpeg 2.6, ffprobe 2.6, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist ELOr7Kf5pv-m8 - add --no-playlist to just download video rSy0JtBCZMQ [youtube:playlist] ELOr7Kf5pv-m8: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Star Blazers: Season 1 [youtube:playlist] playlist Star Blazers: Season 1: Collected 26 video ids (downloading 26 of them) [download] Downloading video 1 of 26 [youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Downloading webpage [youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Downloading embed webpage [youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Refetching age-gated info webpage [youtube] rSy0JtBCZMQ: Extracting video information [youtube] RTMP download detected [debug] Invoking downloader on u'rtmpe://v1.nonxt7.c.youtube.com/videoplayback' [download] Destination: STAR BLAZERS Ep. 1 'The Battle At Pluto'-rSy0JtBCZMQ.unknown_video [debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://v1.nonxt7.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o 'STAR BLAZERS Ep. 1 '"'"'The Battle At Pluto'"'"'-rSy0JtBCZMQ.unknown_video.part' [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 : v1.nonxt7.c.youtube.com [rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed app : videoplayback [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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1452, in download res = self.extract_info(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 665, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 824, in process_ie_result extra_info=extra) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 718, in process_ie_result extra_info=extra_info) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 665, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 711, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1153, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1390, in process_info raise UnavailableVideoError(err) UnavailableVideoError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: "STAR BLAZERS Ep. 1 'The Battle At Pluto'-rSy0JtBCZMQ.unknown_video.part" Although other playlists work...

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 02:01:26 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:01:29 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2015):

Duplicate of #1797.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2015): Duplicate of #1797.

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