Unable to download this new type of Youtube video format #1439

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opened 2026-02-20 22:11:18 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:11:18 -05:00

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Originally created by @Elite on GitHub (Nov 26, 2013).

I can see this is a Google Hangout video and does not have fixed duration.

C:\Users\kk\Desktop\youtube-dl-gui-0.2.5-win32>youtube-dl.exe -v http://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.25.3
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Extracting video information
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 776, in process_info
  File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 527, in _do_download
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 127, in urlopen
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 410, in open
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 523, in http_response
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 442, in error
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 382, in _call_chain
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 629, in http_error_302
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 410, in open
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 523, in http_response
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 448, in error
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 382, in _call_chain
  File "urllib2.pyo", line 531, in http_error_default
HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Originally created by @Elite on GitHub (Nov 26, 2013). I can see this is a Google Hangout video and does not have fixed duration. ``` C:\Users\kk\Desktop\youtube-dl-gui-0.2.5-win32>youtube-dl.exe -v http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.25.3 [debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading video webpage [youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Extracting video information ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 404: Not Found Traceback (most recent call last): File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 776, in process_info File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 527, in _do_download File "urllib2.pyo", line 127, in urlopen File "urllib2.pyo", line 410, in open File "urllib2.pyo", line 523, in http_response File "urllib2.pyo", line 442, in error File "urllib2.pyo", line 382, in _call_chain File "urllib2.pyo", line 629, in http_error_302 File "urllib2.pyo", line 410, in open File "urllib2.pyo", line 523, in http_response File "urllib2.pyo", line 448, in error File "urllib2.pyo", line 382, in _call_chain File "urllib2.pyo", line 531, in http_error_default HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found ```

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2026-02-20 22:11:21 -05:00

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@ehrlichja commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2014):

Just tested with

➜ youtube-dl git:(master) python youtube_dl --version
2014.01.22.3

➜ youtube-dl git:(master) python youtube_dl -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'utf-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.22.3
[debug] Git HEAD: 11577ec
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-13.0.2-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading webpage
[youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Extracting video information
[download] Resuming download at byte 22282554
[download] Destination: Hangout #1 - iJumper-wGpgJw58s5w.mp4
[download] 1.5% of 1.48GiB at 1.10MiB/s ETA 22:36

@ehrlichja commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2014): Just tested with ➜ youtube-dl git:(master) python youtube_dl --version 2014.01.22.3 ➜ youtube-dl git:(master) python youtube_dl -v http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=wGpgJw58s5w [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpgJw58s5w'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'utf-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.22.3 [debug] Git HEAD: 11577ec [debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-13.0.2-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading webpage [youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] wGpgJw58s5w: Extracting video information [download] Resuming download at byte 22282554 [download] Destination: Hangout #1 - iJumper-wGpgJw58s5w.mp4 [download] 1.5% of 1.48GiB at 1.10MiB/s ETA 22:36

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:11:21 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2014):

It works fine now. If you still have the problem, please comment and we will reopen the issue.
@ehrlichja Thanks for checking it.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2014): It works fine now. If you still have the problem, please comment and we will reopen the issue. @ehrlichja Thanks for checking it.

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