youtube download failed even with --no-check-certificates #10804

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opened 2026-02-21 04:25:28 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:25:28 -05:00

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Originally created by @0-wiz-0 on GitHub (May 17, 2017).

I can't download a youtube video. My report #13114 was closed with 'use search' so I searched and found one possible solution, to use --no-check-certificates. However, that did not resolve the issue:

#  youtube-dl  -v --no-check-certificate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYedXMq-R6I
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-f', 'best']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--no-check-certificate', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYedXMq-R6I']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.05.14
[debug] Python version 3.6.1 - NetBSD-7.99.71-amd64-x86_64-64bit-ELF
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.11, ffmpeg2 2.8.11, ffmpeg3 3.3.1, ffprobe 2.8.11, ffprobe2 2.8.11, ffprobe3 3.3.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading webpage
[youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
[youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading MPD manifest
[youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r7---sn-4g57knz6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?initcwndbps=1646250&requiressl=yes&key=yt6&mime=video%2Fmp4&ip=213.47.11.167&upn=dra42cdfXcA&itag=22&signature=974F063C64D27478A100D159CB7C215EBB791D01.917AD0FA3A72F1557A23929EBEBF2EE0C0F38227&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1495010667&source=youtube&pl=18&mv=m&ipbits=0&ms=au&ei=0w0cWaKgHojYW5uVgOgM&expire=1495032371&mm=31&id=o-AIMojdk6bH4bqhT3jIeF8CQylH9WL8psxfEiHlHBeWJm&mn=sn-4g57knz6&lmt=1493795764417892&dur=622.550&ratebypass=yes'
[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 "/usr/pkg/bin/youtube-dl", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2017.5.14', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1896, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 771, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 825, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1539, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1803, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1745, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 360, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 131, in real_download
    self.report_error('giving up after %s retries' % retries)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 162, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 589, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 551, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

Please advise in more detail what the solution could be. Thank you.

Originally created by @0-wiz-0 on GitHub (May 17, 2017). I can't download a youtube video. My report #13114 was closed with 'use search' so I searched and found one possible solution, to use `--no-check-certificates`. However, that did not resolve the issue: ```` # youtube-dl -v --no-check-certificate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYedXMq-R6I [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: ['-f', 'best'] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--no-check-certificate', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYedXMq-R6I'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.05.14 [debug] Python version 3.6.1 - NetBSD-7.99.71-amd64-x86_64-64bit-ELF [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.11, ffmpeg2 2.8.11, ffmpeg3 3.3.1, ffprobe 2.8.11, ffprobe2 2.8.11, ffprobe3 3.3.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading webpage [youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Extracting video information WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname [youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading MPD manifest [youtube] DYedXMq-R6I: Downloading MPD manifest [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r7---sn-4g57knz6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?initcwndbps=1646250&requiressl=yes&key=yt6&mime=video%2Fmp4&ip=213.47.11.167&upn=dra42cdfXcA&itag=22&signature=974F063C64D27478A100D159CB7C215EBB791D01.917AD0FA3A72F1557A23929EBEBF2EE0C0F38227&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1495010667&source=youtube&pl=18&mv=m&ipbits=0&ms=au&ei=0w0cWaKgHojYW5uVgOgM&expire=1495032371&mm=31&id=o-AIMojdk6bH4bqhT3jIeF8CQylH9WL8psxfEiHlHBeWJm&mn=sn-4g57knz6&lmt=1493795764417892&dur=622.550&ratebypass=yes' [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 "/usr/pkg/bin/youtube-dl", line 11, in <module> load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2017.5.14', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')() File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main _real_main(argv) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main retcode = ydl.download(all_urls) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1896, in download url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False)) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 771, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 825, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1539, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1803, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1745, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 360, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 131, in real_download self.report_error('giving up after %s retries' % retries) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 162, in report_error self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 589, in report_error self.trouble(error_message, tb) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 551, in trouble tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack()) ```` Please advise in more detail what the solution could be. Thank you.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 04:25:29 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:25:30 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (May 17, 2017):

Stop posting duplicates. Duplicate of #3721.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (May 17, 2017): Stop posting duplicates. Duplicate of #3721.

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