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opened 2026-02-21 02:54:20 -05:00 by deekerman · 5 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:54:20 -05:00

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Originally created by @raychaudhuri-amitava on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015).

amitava@L-4BXP542:/Data/install/ashoka$ youtube-dl --verbose --no-check-certificate --netrc --audio-quality 0 --prefer-ffmpeg --include-ads -playlist-reverse --playlist-start 1 --merge-output-format mp4 --autonumber-size 4 -o "%(autonumber)s_AshokaSamrat_%(upload_date)s_%(resolution)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--no-check-certificate', '--netrc', '--audio-quality', '0', '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--include-ads', '-playlist-reverse', '--playlist-start', '1', '--merge-output-format', 'mp4', '--autonumber-size', '4', '-o', '%(autonumber)s_AshokaSamrat_%(upload_date)s_%(resolution)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.09.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.0 - Linux-3.13.0-63-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] Downloading login page
[youtube:playlist] Logging in
Type 2-step verification code and press [Return]:
[youtube:playlist] Submitting TFA code
[youtube:playlist] PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat
[youtube:playlist] PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q: Downloading page #1
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 326, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 461, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 571, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 499, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 433, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 579, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Originally created by @raychaudhuri-amitava on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015). amitava@L-4BXP542:/Data/install/ashoka$ youtube-dl --verbose --no-check-certificate --netrc --audio-quality 0 --prefer-ffmpeg --include-ads -playlist-reverse --playlist-start 1 --merge-output-format mp4 --autonumber-size 4 -o "%(autonumber)s_AshokaSamrat_%(upload_date)s_%(resolution)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--no-check-certificate', '--netrc', '--audio-quality', '0', '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--include-ads', '-playlist-reverse', '--playlist-start', '1', '--merge-output-format', 'mp4', '--autonumber-size', '4', '-o', '%(autonumber)s_AshokaSamrat_%(upload_date)s_%(resolution)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.09.09 [debug] Python version 3.4.0 - Linux-3.13.0-63-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] Downloading login page [youtube:playlist] Logging in Type 2-step verification code and press [Return]: [youtube:playlist] Submitting TFA code [youtube:playlist] PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat [youtube:playlist] PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q: Downloading page #1 ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 326, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 461, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 571, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 499, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 433, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 579, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 02:54:22 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:54:26 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015):

Running just youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q" works fine for me. YOu are missing a leading dash in -playlist-reverse it must be --playlist-reverse, does it work with that change? Since the list is not private can you try without the --netrc option?

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015): Running just `youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC6hSpO26KvnTm0wvNK6T-stRMMHL62Q"` works fine for me. YOu are missing a leading dash in `-playlist-reverse` it must be `--playlist-reverse`, does it work with that change? Since the list is not private can you try without the `--netrc` option?

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:54:28 -05:00

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@Nidan commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015):

I'm also getting 403s

$ youtube-dl --verbose --prefer-ffmpeg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W1M8lJEUdI
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--prefer-ffmpeg', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W1M8lJEUdI']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.06.04.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-4.1.0-2-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-stretch-sid
[debug] exe versions: avconv 2.7.2-2, avprobe 2.7.2-2, ffmpeg 2.7.2-2, ffprobe 2.7.2-2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {43} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {18} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {5} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {36} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {17} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {13} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {137} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {248} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {299} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {303} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {136} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {247} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {298} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {302} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {135} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {244} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {134} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {243} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {133} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {242} signature length 40.38, html5 player new
[youtube] {160} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {278} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {140} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {171} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {249} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {250} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] {251} signature length 40.40, html5 player new
[youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Downloading DASH manifest
WARNING: [youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Could not download DASH manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.',)
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-cxaf0x-nuge.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?gcr=de&keepalive=yes&pcm2cms=yes&itag=299&requiressl=yes&key=yt5&expire=1442874703&gir=yes&ip=141.70.81.136&mm=31&mn=sn-cxaf0x-nuge&ms=au&mt=1442852964&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mv=m&id=o-AG8S1dHIx0ZyopKgSzgnWXDIirjBGEEk1XwoaBZxYBaL&mime=video%2Fmp4&pl=18&sver=3&upn=_WBb7PArLlU&ipbits=0&lmt=1442750840463455&fexp=9406006%2C9408710%2C9409069%2C9412776%2C9414732%2C9415090%2C9415365%2C9415485%2C9416023%2C9416126%2C9416329%2C9416611%2C9417707%2C9417930%2C9418153%2C9418184%2C9418204%2C9418393%2C9418448%2C9419444%2C9419501%2C9420348%2C9421013&source=youtube&initcwndbps=6993750&dur=1642.399&clen=1042097205&signature=E814868FD519CBD12ADEAFA53092C6842541BA.1C296F0FECED5E18E97F5EB21DFD628B9478E8E9&ratebypass=yes'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1429, in process_info
partial_success = dl(fname, new_info)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1377, in dl
return fd.download(name, info)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 342, in download
return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 59, in real_download
data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1730, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

@Nidan commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015): I'm also getting 403s $ youtube-dl --verbose --prefer-ffmpeg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W1M8lJEUdI [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--prefer-ffmpeg', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W1M8lJEUdI'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.06.04.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-4.1.0-2-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-stretch-sid [debug] exe versions: avconv 2.7.2-2, avprobe 2.7.2-2, ffmpeg 2.7.2-2, ffprobe 2.7.2-2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Downloading webpage [youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Extracting video information [youtube] {22} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {43} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {18} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {5} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {36} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {17} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {13} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {137} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {248} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {299} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {303} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {136} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {247} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {298} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {302} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {135} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {244} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {134} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {243} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {133} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {242} signature length 40.38, html5 player new [youtube] {160} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {278} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {140} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {171} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {249} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {250} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] {251} signature length 40.40, html5 player new [youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Downloading DASH manifest WARNING: [youtube] 3W1M8lJEUdI: Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Could not download DASH manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.',) WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-cxaf0x-nuge.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?gcr=de&keepalive=yes&pcm2cms=yes&itag=299&requiressl=yes&key=yt5&expire=1442874703&gir=yes&ip=141.70.81.136&mm=31&mn=sn-cxaf0x-nuge&ms=au&mt=1442852964&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mv=m&id=o-AG8S1dHIx0ZyopKgSzgnWXDIirjBGEEk1XwoaBZxYBaL&mime=video%2Fmp4&pl=18&sver=3&upn=_WBb7PArLlU&ipbits=0&lmt=1442750840463455&fexp=9406006%2C9408710%2C9409069%2C9412776%2C9414732%2C9415090%2C9415365%2C9415485%2C9416023%2C9416126%2C9416329%2C9416611%2C9417707%2C9417930%2C9418153%2C9418184%2C9418204%2C9418393%2C9418448%2C9419444%2C9419501%2C9420348%2C9421013&source=youtube&initcwndbps=6993750&dur=1642.399&clen=1042097205&signature=E814868FD519CBD12ADEAFA53092C6842541BA.1C296F0FECED5E18E97F5EB21DFD628B9478E8E9&ratebypass=yes' ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1429, in process_info partial_success = dl(fname, new_info) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1377, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 342, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 59, in real_download data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1730, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:54:28 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015):

@Nidan that's unrelated, you're using an outdated version.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015): @Nidan that's unrelated, [you're using an outdated version](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/0391bc8176c22e586f1c866145bc31e9cd2c50ed/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl).

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:54:28 -05:00

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@raychaudhuri-amitava commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015):

@jaimeMF This is working after putting --playlist-reverse many thanks for the help.
Since its working with .netrc, i will be using the same. Initially i thought that its needed to pass the --age-limit 80. One of the file in the playlist is marked as adult so i had to put --age-limit 80. I wrongly assumed that in such case passing a youtube account is needed.
@Nidan I am closing this issue since the original problem is fixed after passing the correct option to youtube-dl.

On personal note: youtube-dl is the best tool to download audio/video from youtube. Many thanks for the same.

@raychaudhuri-amitava commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015): @jaimeMF This is working after putting --playlist-reverse many thanks for the help. Since its working with .netrc, i will be using the same. Initially i thought that its needed to pass the --age-limit 80. One of the file in the playlist is marked as adult so i had to put --age-limit 80. I wrongly assumed that in such case passing a youtube account is needed. @Nidan I am closing this issue since the original problem is fixed after passing the correct option to youtube-dl. On personal note: youtube-dl is the best tool to download audio/video from youtube. Many thanks for the same.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 02:54:28 -05:00

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@Nidan commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015):

@raychaudhuri-amitava: that's fine, looks like my problem is debian being slow.

@Nidan commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2015): @raychaudhuri-amitava: that's fine, looks like my problem is debian being slow.

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