Youtube download fails for movie URLs #438

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opened 2026-02-20 23:03:54 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:03:54 -05:00

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Originally created by @phihag on GitHub (Dec 20, 2012).

$ youtube-dl --verbose -o ppp.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=uE6YAopuXQY

[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] movie: Downloading video webpage
ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
  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 17, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 596, in main
    _real_main()
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 580, in _real_main
    retcode = fd.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 509, in download
    videos = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 89, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 315, in _real_extract
    self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 222, in trouble
    self.to_stderr(u''.join(traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())))

Originally created by @phihag on GitHub (Dec 20, 2012). ``` $ youtube-dl --verbose -o ppp.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=uE6YAopuXQY [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] movie: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found 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 17, in <module> youtube_dl.main() File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 596, in main _real_main() File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 580, in _real_main retcode = fd.download(all_urls) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 509, in download videos = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 89, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 315, in _real_extract self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err)) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 222, in trouble self.to_stderr(u''.join(traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack()))) ```

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2026-02-20 23:03:56 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:03:58 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2013):

It was extracting the wrong id, but now we have the problem that they have to be downloaded wtih rtmpe, the same as in #343.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2013): It was extracting the wrong id, but now we have the problem that they have to be downloaded wtih rtmpe, the same as in #343.

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