ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory> #774

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opened 2026-02-20 23:12:48 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:12:48 -05:00

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Originally created by @kenorb on GitHub (Jul 14, 2013).

Following error appears every time when I'm trying to download this video:

$ youtube-dl -vcl --write-description --write-info-json --retries 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPGRG9HtoDc
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] mPGRG9HtoDc: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] mPGRG9HtoDc: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory>

Originally created by @kenorb on GitHub (Jul 14, 2013). Following error appears every time when I'm trying to download this video: ``` $ youtube-dl -vcl --write-description --write-info-json --retries 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPGRG9HtoDc [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] mPGRG9HtoDc: Downloading video webpage [youtube] mPGRG9HtoDc: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory> ```

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2026-02-20 23:12:49 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:12:51 -05:00

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@kenorb commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2013):

Ops sorry, I forgot about the double-quotes:)

@kenorb commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2013): Ops sorry, I forgot about the double-quotes:)

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