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'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. #8995

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opened 2026-02-21 04:36:23 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

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2026-02-21 04:36:23 -05:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Oct 23, 2016).

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.21.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...
<end of log>

If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Oct 23, 2016). ## Please follow the guide below - You will be asked some questions and requested to provide some information, please read them **carefully** and answer honestly - Put an `x` into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your _issue_ (like that [x]) - Use _Preview_ tab to see how your issue will actually look like --- ### Make sure you are using the _latest_ version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is _2016.10.21.1_. If it's not read [this FAQ entry](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected. - [ ] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2016.10.21.1** ### Before submitting an _issue_ make sure you have: - [ ] At least skimmed through [README](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md) and **most notably** [FAQ](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#faq) and [BUGS](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#bugs) sections - [ ] [Searched](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ### What is the purpose of your _issue_? - [ ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl) - [ ] Site support request (request for adding support for a new site) - [ ] Feature request (request for a new functionality) - [ ] Question - [ ] Other --- ### The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your _issue_ --- ### If the purpose of this _issue_ is a _bug report_, _site support request_ or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows: Add `-v` flag to **your command line** you run youtube-dl with, copy the **whole** output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with **your** log inserted between triple ```): ``` $ youtube-dl -v <your command line> [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251 [debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.21.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} ... <end of log> ``` --- ### If the purpose of this _issue_ is a _site support request_ please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**): - Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc - Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc - Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc --- ### Description of your _issue_, suggested solution and other information Explanation of your _issue_ in arbitrary form goes here. Please make sure the [description is worded well enough to be understood](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient). Provide as much context and examples as possible. If work on your _issue_ requires account credentials please provide them or explain how one can obtain them.

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2016):

Carefully read new issue template and provide all requested information.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2016): Carefully read [new issue template](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/new) and provide all requested information.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:36:27 -05:00

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@kevinmarsden88 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2017):

I have encountered the same problem,when attempting to perform a download and extraction of audio.

The command and output used was

C:\Users\XX\Downloads>youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu18kV88OPk&list=PLIoba2FKuOvudx9uyzWt7cF07t8VuQUYi --extract-audio --ffmpeg-location C:\Users\Kevin\Downloads\ffmpeg-20171102-d5995c5-win64-static\bin
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu18kV88OPk']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.29
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Extracting video information
[youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r3---sn-8vq5jvh15-2gte.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?key=yt6&mime=video%2Fwebm&gir=yes&itag=43&signature=6981458E7CD1C2995129E16C623C93502BD1EC69.6D4277B58AB738884FF9DE5EE9238C1F3CE08972&clen=4241409&dur=0.000&ipbits=0&expire=1509667382&ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&ip=41.0.165.119&ms=au&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&mv=m&mt=1509645691&pl=24&id=o-AElmf-KXSy1aKqFGEZ5F97NIc95uDEBZwYw9814sXtVg&mn=sn-8vq5jvh15-2gte&mm=31&lmt=1298878154002809&source=youtube&initcwndbps=301250&ei=1l37WcnYI4SSV7KUkPgC'
[download] Potatoheadz - Narcotic (Radio Edit)-yu18kV88OPk.webm has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 4.04MiB
'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I was able to subsequently extract the audio using FFmpeg,output as follows

C:\Users\XX\Downloads\ffmpeg-20171102-d5995c5-win64-static\bin>ffmpeg.exe -i ./"Potatoheadz - Narcotic (Radio Edit)-yu18kV88OPk.webm" -vn -acodec copy ./output.ogg
ffmpeg version N-88514-gd5995c531d Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7.2.0 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth --enable-libmfx
libavutil 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100
libavcodec 58. 1.100 / 58. 1.100
libavformat 58. 0.102 / 58. 0.102
libavdevice 58. 0.100 / 58. 0.100
libavfilter 7. 0.101 / 7. 0.101
libswscale 5. 0.101 / 5. 0.101
libswresample 3. 0.101 / 3. 0.101
libpostproc 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from './Potatoheadz - Narcotic (Radio Edit)-yu18kV88OPk.webm':
Metadata:
encoder : google
Duration: 00:03:43.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 151 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: vp8, yuv420p(progressive), 480x360, SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default)
Stream #0:1: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
Output #0, ogg, to './output.ogg':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf58.0.102
Stream #0:0: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf58.0.102
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size= 2650kB time=00:03:43.44 bitrate= 97.2kbits/s speed=2.79e+003x
video:0kB audio:2622kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:4kB muxing overhead: 1.065937%

The output from youtube-dl -U was

C:\Users\XX\Downloads>youtube-dl -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2017.10.29)

@kevinmarsden88 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2017): I have encountered the same problem,when attempting to perform a download and extraction of audio. The command and output used was C:\Users\XX\Downloads>youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu18kV88OPk&list=PLIoba2FKuOvudx9uyzWt7cF07t8VuQUYi --extract-audio --ffmpeg-location C:\Users\Kevin\Downloads\ffmpeg-20171102-d5995c5-win64-static\bin [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu18kV88OPk'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.29 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Downloading webpage [youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Extracting video information [youtube] yu18kV88OPk: Downloading MPD manifest [debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r3---sn-8vq5jvh15-2gte.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?key=yt6&mime=video%2Fwebm&gir=yes&itag=43&signature=6981458E7CD1C2995129E16C623C93502BD1EC69.6D4277B58AB738884FF9DE5EE9238C1F3CE08972&clen=4241409&dur=0.000&ipbits=0&expire=1509667382&ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&ip=41.0.165.119&ms=au&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&mv=m&mt=1509645691&pl=24&id=o-AElmf-KXSy1aKqFGEZ5F97NIc95uDEBZwYw9814sXtVg&mn=sn-8vq5jvh15-2gte&mm=31&lmt=1298878154002809&source=youtube&initcwndbps=301250&ei=1l37WcnYI4SSV7KUkPgC' [download] Potatoheadz - Narcotic (Radio Edit)-yu18kV88OPk.webm has already been downloaded [download] 100% of 4.04MiB 'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I was able to subsequently extract the audio using FFmpeg,output as follows C:\Users\XX\Downloads\ffmpeg-20171102-d5995c5-win64-static\bin>ffmpeg.exe -i ./"Potatoheadz - Narcotic (Radio Edit)-yu18kV88OPk.webm" -vn -acodec copy ./output.ogg ffmpeg version N-88514-gd5995c531d Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 7.2.0 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth --enable-libmfx libavutil 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 libavcodec 58. 1.100 / 58. 1.100 libavformat 58. 0.102 / 58. 0.102 libavdevice 58. 0.100 / 58. 0.100 libavfilter 7. 0.101 / 7. 0.101 libswscale 5. 0.101 / 5. 0.101 libswresample 3. 0.101 / 3. 0.101 libpostproc 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100 Input #0, matroska,webm, from './Potatoheadz - Narcotic (Radio Edit)-yu18kV88OPk.webm': Metadata: encoder : google Duration: 00:03:43.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 151 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: vp8, yuv420p(progressive), 480x360, SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default) Stream #0:1: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp (default) Output #0, ogg, to './output.ogg': Metadata: encoder : Lavf58.0.102 Stream #0:0: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp (default) Metadata: encoder : Lavf58.0.102 Stream mapping: Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help size= 2650kB time=00:03:43.44 bitrate= 97.2kbits/s speed=2.79e+003x video:0kB audio:2622kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:4kB muxing overhead: 1.065937% The output from youtube-dl -U was C:\Users\XX\Downloads>youtube-dl -U youtube-dl is up-to-date (2017.10.29)

deekerman commented

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2017):

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2017): https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command

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Please follow the guide below

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2016.10.21.1. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

What is the purpose of your issue?

The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your issue

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Make sure you are using the latest version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2016.10.21.1. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.