starred/youtube-dl

Fork 0

mirror of https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git synced 2026-03-02 23:07:04 -05:00

Issue downloading from Twitter (Unrecognized option 'k') #11169

New issue

Closed

opened 2026-02-21 04:33:56 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:33:56 -05:00

Owner

Originally created by @aaronmelzak on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017).

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 2017.06.25. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

[X ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.06.25

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

[X ] At least skimmed through README and most notably FAQ and BUGS sections
[X ] Searched 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 https://twitter.com/periahdark/status/881302407162068996 --prefer-ffmpeg
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-o', u'[%(upload_date)s][%(id)s] %(title)s (by %(uploader)s).%(ext)s', u'--external-downloader', u'aria2c', u'--external-downloader-args', u'-c -j 10 -x 10 -s 10 -k 1M']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://twitter.com/periahdark/status/881302407162068996', u'--prefer-ffmpeg']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.25
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-81-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: avconv 3.3.2-static, avprobe 3.3.2-static, ffmpeg 3.3.2-static, ffprobe 3.3.2-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[twitter] 881302407162068996: Downloading webpage
[twitter:card] 881302407162068996: Downloading webpage
[twitter:card] 881302407162068996: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/881301932014411776/pu/pl/1280x720/eXaDKaO5s5-tAVEs.m3u8'
[download] Destination: [NA][881302407162068996] David Paez - The fight of the century! Two bitter rivals duke it out! @Leedzie finally takes down couch pig! #MarioMarathon (by David Paez).mp4
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel verbose -c -j 10 -x 10 -s 10 -k 1M -headers 'Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0) Gecko/20150101 Firefox/47.0 (Chrome)
' -i 'https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/881301932014411776/pu/pl/1280x720/eXaDKaO5s5-tAVEs.m3u8' -c copy -f mp4 '-bsf:a' aac_adtstoasc 'file:[NA][881302407162068996] David Paez - The fight of the century! Two bitter rivals duke it out! @Leedzie finally takes down couch pig! #MarioMarathon (by David Paez).mp4.part'
ffmpeg version 3.3.2-static http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/  Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.1 (Debian 5.4.1-11) 20170519
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc-5 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg
  libavutil      55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100
  libavcodec     57. 89.100 / 57. 89.100
  libavformat    57. 71.100 / 57. 71.100
  libavdevice    57.  6.100 / 57.  6.100
  libavfilter     6. 82.100 /  6. 82.100
  libswscale      4.  6.100 /  4.  6.100
  libswresample   2.  7.100 /  2.  7.100
  libpostproc    54.  5.100 / 54.  5.100
Unrecognized option 'k'.
Error splitting the argument list: Option not found


ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 1
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1927, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 773, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 865, in process_ie_result
    new_result, download=download, extra_info=extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1570, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1834, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1776, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 361, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py", line 57, in real_download
    self.get_basename(), retval))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 163, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 602, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 564, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

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. 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.

When downloading video from Twitter, youtube-dl passes a "-k" option to FFMPEG which appears to be no longer supported in 3.3.2-static.

Originally created by @aaronmelzak on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017). ## 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 *2017.06.25*. 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. - [X ] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2017.06.25** ### Before submitting an *issue* make sure you have: - [X ] 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 - [X ] [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*? - [X] 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 https://twitter.com/periahdark/status/881302407162068996 --prefer-ffmpeg [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [u'-o', u'[%(upload_date)s][%(id)s] %(title)s (by %(uploader)s).%(ext)s', u'--external-downloader', u'aria2c', u'--external-downloader-args', u'-c -j 10 -x 10 -s 10 -k 1M'] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://twitter.com/periahdark/status/881302407162068996', u'--prefer-ffmpeg'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.25 [debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-81-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial [debug] exe versions: avconv 3.3.2-static, avprobe 3.3.2-static, ffmpeg 3.3.2-static, ffprobe 3.3.2-static [debug] Proxy map: {} [twitter] 881302407162068996: Downloading webpage [twitter:card] 881302407162068996: Downloading webpage [twitter:card] 881302407162068996: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/881301932014411776/pu/pl/1280x720/eXaDKaO5s5-tAVEs.m3u8' [download] Destination: [NA][881302407162068996] David Paez - The fight of the century! Two bitter rivals duke it out! @Leedzie finally takes down couch pig! #MarioMarathon (by David Paez).mp4 [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel verbose -c -j 10 -x 10 -s 10 -k 1M -headers 'Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7 Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0) Gecko/20150101 Firefox/47.0 (Chrome) ' -i 'https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/881301932014411776/pu/pl/1280x720/eXaDKaO5s5-tAVEs.m3u8' -c copy -f mp4 '-bsf:a' aac_adtstoasc 'file:[NA][881302407162068996] David Paez - The fight of the century! Two bitter rivals duke it out! @Leedzie finally takes down couch pig! #MarioMarathon (by David Paez).mp4.part' ffmpeg version 3.3.2-static http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 5.4.1 (Debian 5.4.1-11) 20170519 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc-5 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg libavutil 55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100 libavcodec 57. 89.100 / 57. 89.100 libavformat 57. 71.100 / 57. 71.100 libavdevice 57. 6.100 / 57. 6.100 libavfilter 6. 82.100 / 6. 82.100 libswscale 4. 6.100 / 4. 6.100 libswresample 2. 7.100 / 2. 7.100 libpostproc 54. 5.100 / 54. 5.100 Unrecognized option 'k'. Error splitting the argument list: Option not found ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 1 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module> youtube_dl.main() File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main _real_main(argv) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main retcode = ydl.download(all_urls) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1927, in download url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False)) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 773, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 865, in process_ie_result new_result, download=download, extra_info=extra_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1570, in process_video_result self.process_info(new_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1834, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1776, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 361, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py", line 57, in real_download self.get_basename(), retval)) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 163, in report_error self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 602, in report_error self.trouble(error_message, tb) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 564, in trouble tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack()) ``` --- ### 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. When downloading video from Twitter, youtube-dl passes a "-k" option to FFMPEG which appears to be no longer supported in 3.3.2-static.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 04:33:57 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:33:59 -05:00

Author

Owner

@aaronmelzak commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017):

I tried the same URL on a server with latest YTDL and 3.3.1 ffmpeg and it worked. Seems to be something specific to the 3.3.2 version.

@aaronmelzak commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017): I tried the same URL on a server with latest YTDL and 3.3.1 ffmpeg and it worked. Seems to be something specific to the 3.3.2 version.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 04:33:59 -05:00

Author

Owner

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017):

Duplicate of #10784. A workaround is using --hls-prefer-native.

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017): Duplicate of #10784. A workaround is using ```--hls-prefer-native```.

No milestone

No project

No assignees

1 participant

Notifications

Due date

The due date is invalid or out of range. Please use the format "yyyy-mm-dd".

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference

starred/youtube-dl#11169

No description provided.

Rows
Columns

Issue downloading from Twitter (Unrecognized option 'k') #11169

Please follow the guide below

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.06.25. 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:

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 2017.06.25. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.