Unable to download channel with /channel/ username #8595

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opened 2026-02-21 04:26:40 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:26:40 -05:00

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Originally created by @Virtix21 on GitHub (Aug 29, 2016).

Hello, i'm using ver 2016.08.28
if i try (say a channel)
/channel/UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0
(^just an example, not a real channel)
ytuser:UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0
i get a:

[youtube:user] UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0: Downloading channel page
WARNING: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
[youtube:user] UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0: Downloading page #1
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPErro
r()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are usin
g the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure t
o call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 394,
in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1998, in ur
lopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Thank you! :)

Originally created by @Virtix21 on GitHub (Aug 29, 2016). Hello, i'm using ver 2016.08.28 if i try (say a channel) /channel/UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0 (^just an example, not a real channel) ytuser:UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0 i get a: [youtube:user] UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0: Downloading channel page WARNING: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found [youtube:user] UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0: Downloading page #1 ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPErro r()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are usin g the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure t o call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 394, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1998, in ur lopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 437, in open response = meth(req, response) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 475, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) Thank you! :)

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 04:26:43 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:26:45 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Aug 29, 2016):

The YouTube user UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0 does not exist, therefore an error is the correct behavior here. If there is a real URL you're having problems with, please post the complete output you get with that when called with -v, either in this issue or a new one.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Aug 29, 2016): The YouTube user UOxVOo9zs8EN5tte_qoeE_Ic0 does not exist, therefore an error is the correct behavior here. If there is a real URL you're having problems with, please post the **complete** output you get with that when called with `-v`, either in this issue or a new one.

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