New script not working on Ubuntu #705

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opened 2026-02-20 23:10:58 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:10:58 -05:00

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Originally created by @imyousuf on GitHub (Jun 29, 2013).

$ ~/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AR9laYlXbQ
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AR9laYlXbQ']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.06.34.4
[debug] Python version 2.6.5 - Linux-2.6.32-41-generic-pae-i686-with-Ubuntu-10.04-lucid
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] 5AR9laYlXbQ: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] 5AR9laYlXbQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 5AR9laYlXbQ: Extracting video information
ERROR: no known formats available for video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 566, in _real_main
cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file)))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 633, in init
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1139, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: '/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 312, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 92, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 579, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError(u'no known formats available for video')
ExtractorError: no known formats available for video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Originally created by @imyousuf on GitHub (Jun 29, 2013). $ ~/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AR9laYlXbQ [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AR9laYlXbQ'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.06.34.4 [debug] Python version 2.6.5 - Linux-2.6.32-41-generic-pae-i686-with-Ubuntu-10.04-lucid [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] 5AR9laYlXbQ: Downloading video webpage [youtube] 5AR9laYlXbQ: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] 5AR9laYlXbQ: Extracting video information ERROR: no known formats available for video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/**init**.py", line 566, in _real_main cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 633, in **init** errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1139, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: '/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 312, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 92, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/home/imyousuf/projects/test/test-scripts/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 579, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError(u'no known formats available for video') ExtractorError: no known formats available for video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 23:11:00 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:11:01 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2013):

Thanks for reporting it, this is a known problem : #343

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2013): Thanks for reporting it, this is a known problem : #343

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