youtube video failing with http server error #10202

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opened 2026-02-21 04:11:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 04:11:13 -05:00

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Originally created by @UncleOwen on GitHub (Mar 6, 2017).

I'm getting the following error when downloading a video from youtube. Every other video works fine.

$ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPJQUOifJg
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-f', 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPJQUOifJg']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.06
[debug] Python version 3.4.3 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.6
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2-2, ffprobe 3.2-2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Extracting video information
[youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-9nj-q0ne.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=fd03c94143a27c98&itag=299&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-9nj-q0ne&initcwndbps=915000&mv=m&pl=16&ms=au&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=766643298&lmt=1487110148530822&dur=1309.899&upn=wJNeDscc7Ag&key=dg_yt0&mt=1488807148&signature=788256429354D9E988C0FF360A25B884231A7FC1.958E4EBD97DD727850175FCBB09BC46F68EA78B9&ip=92.196.51.189&ipbits=0&expire=1488828869&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mm,mn,initcwndbps,mv,pl,ms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)...
ERROR: giving up after 10 retries
  File "/home/uo/bin/youtube-dl", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 457, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 447, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1883, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 772, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 826, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1527, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1785, in process_info
    partial_success = dl(fname, new_info)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1733, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 356, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 131, in real_download
    self.report_error('giving up after %s retries' % retries)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 162, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 589, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 551, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

Originally created by @UncleOwen on GitHub (Mar 6, 2017). I'm getting the following error when downloading a video from youtube. Every other video works fine. ``` $ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPJQUOifJg [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: ['-f', 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]'] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPJQUOifJg'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.06 [debug] Python version 3.4.3 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.6 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2-2, ffprobe 3.2-2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Downloading webpage [youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Extracting video information [youtube] _QPJQUOifJg: Downloading MPD manifest [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-9nj-q0ne.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=fd03c94143a27c98&itag=299&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-9nj-q0ne&initcwndbps=915000&mv=m&pl=16&ms=au&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=766643298&lmt=1487110148530822&dur=1309.899&upn=wJNeDscc7Ag&key=dg_yt0&mt=1488807148&signature=788256429354D9E988C0FF360A25B884231A7FC1.958E4EBD97DD727850175FCBB09BC46F68EA78B9&ip=92.196.51.189&ipbits=0&expire=1488828869&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mm,mn,initcwndbps,mv,pl,ms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur' [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)... ERROR: giving up after 10 retries File "/home/uo/bin/youtube-dl", line 11, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 457, in main _real_main(argv) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 447, in _real_main retcode = ydl.download(all_urls) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1883, in download url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False)) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 772, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 826, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1527, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1785, in process_info partial_success = dl(fname, new_info) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1733, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 356, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 131, in real_download self.report_error('giving up after %s retries' % retries) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 162, in report_error self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 589, in report_error self.trouble(error_message, tb) File "/home/uo/youtube-dl-venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 551, in trouble tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack()) ```

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2017):

Duplicate of #3721.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2017): Duplicate of #3721.

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