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Unable to download rtmpdump video BwDlobymMk0 #139

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opened 2026-02-20 21:03:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 6 comments

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Originally created by @Strolls on GitHub (Sep 29, 2011).

$ ./youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDlobymMk0"
youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDlobymMk0"
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] BwDlobymMk0: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] BwDlobymMk0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BwDlobymMk0: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[download] Destination: BwDlobymMk0.flv

ERROR: unable to download video
$

I've tried tinkering around with the rtmpdump call to make it more verbose, but I'm sorry, it doesn't make much to me. Very superficially it looks like a typo is causing rtmpdump to add a "u" before the URL, but I'm sure that's a mistake on my part.

Originally created by @Strolls on GitHub (Sep 29, 2011). $ ./youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDlobymMk0" youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDlobymMk0" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] BwDlobymMk0: Downloading video webpage [youtube] BwDlobymMk0: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] BwDlobymMk0: Extracting video information [youtube] RTMP download detected [download] Destination: BwDlobymMk0.flv ERROR: unable to download video $ I've tried tinkering around with the rtmpdump call to make it more verbose, but I'm sorry, it doesn't make much to me. Very superficially it looks like a typo is causing rtmpdump to add a "u" before the URL, but I'm sure that's a mistake on my part.

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@Strolls commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2011):

Additionally: I can watch the video in my browser, so this is not caused by any regional restrictions or anything.

@Strolls commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2011): Additionally: I can watch the video in my browser, so this is not caused by any regional restrictions or anything.

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2011):

I can't find any indication of the additional u. youtube-dl calls

rtmpdump -q -r rtmpe://v19.nonxt4.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o BwDlobymMk0.flv.part

to which rtmpdump promptly says

ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://host[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath

Also, we fail to get the player_url. I'll have a look into it. The FMS on youtube's side seems to be pretty new - it speaks protocol version 10, which may not even be supported by rtmpdump.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2011): I can't find any indication of the additional `u`. youtube-dl calls ``` rtmpdump -q -r rtmpe://v19.nonxt4.c.youtube.com/videoplayback -o BwDlobymMk0.flv.part ``` to which rtmpdump promptly says `ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://host[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath` Also, we fail to get the player_url. I'll have a look into it. The FMS on youtube's side seems to be pretty new - it speaks protocol version 10, which may not even be supported by rtmpdump.

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@Strolls commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2011):

I can't find any indication of the additional u. youtube-dl calls

Good, that's probably just me being an idiot, then.

ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://host[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath

Yes, this was as far as I could get, I think. I'm not really a programmer and I didn't spend much time on it.

@Strolls commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2011): > I can't find any indication of the additional u. youtube-dl calls Good, that's probably just me being an idiot, then. > ERROR: You must specify a playpath (--playpath) or url (-r "rtmp://host[:port]/playpath") containing a playpath Yes, this was as far as I could get, I think. I'm not really a programmer and I didn't spend much time on it.

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@blshkv commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2011):

Hi guys, I've tried to download the above mentioned URL using youtube-dl-2011.10.19 + rtmpdump-2.4 and it worked.
However, it still fails the following URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHySar4EoY

@blshkv commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2011): Hi guys, I've tried to download the above mentioned URL using youtube-dl-2011.10.19 + rtmpdump-2.4 and it worked. However, it still fails the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHySar4EoY

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@bat999 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2011):

Yes, "Fear and Loathing" downloads OK using youtube-dl with RTMPDump-2.4 compiled from git.
But, like bishkv said, this Russian video won't download:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHySar4EoY

@bat999 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2011): Yes, "Fear and Loathing" downloads OK using youtube-dl with RTMPDump-2.4 compiled from git. But, like bishkv said, this Russian video won't download:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHySar4EoY

deekerman commented

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2012):

Merging the bug report into the most recent duplicate: #343

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2012): Merging the bug report into the most recent duplicate: #343

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