iPlayer some subtiles not able to be downloaded #16675

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opened 2026-02-21 07:40:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:40:13 -05:00

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Originally created by @suFDHAI78fyw78q09Y98yfd on GitHub (May 2, 2019).

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[x ] I'm reporting a broken site support
[ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
[ x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
[x ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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With commands that will get the subtitles from this service.

youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --all-subs --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v
', '--fixup', 'never', '--all-subs', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en',
 '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836',
 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-
2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re
ino, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.159.164.175 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s.
loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf
eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3
a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 226
[download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase
y-b000yxgs.mp4
[download]   6.9% of ~363.79MiB at  3.33MiB/s ETA 02:09
ERROR: Interrupted by user


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


With commands to get subs without --all-subs command.

youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v
', '--fixup', 'never', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en', '-f', 'stream
-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836', 'https://www.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-r
oyston-vasey']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re
ino, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.8.32.138 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s.
loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf
eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3
a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 226
[download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase
y-b000yxgs.mp4
[download]   6.9% of ~363.79MiB at  3.22MiB/s ETA 02:09
ERROR: Interrupted by user


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


With the all-subs command but with without title filename in the url

youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --all-subs --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v
', '--fixup', 'never', '--all-subs', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en',
 '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836',
 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re
ino, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.18.77.77 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s.
loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf
eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3
a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 226
[download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase
y-b000yxgs.mp4
[download]   4.6% of ~358.13MiB at  3.32MiB/s ETA 03:14
ERROR: Interrupted by user


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


Without the -all-subs command without title filename in the url

youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v
', '--fixup', 'never', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en', '-f', 'stream
-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836', 'https://www.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re
ino, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.96.122.140 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s.
loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf
eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3
a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 226
[download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase
y-b000yxgs.mp4
[download]   4.9% of ~358.13MiB at  3.41MiB/s ETA 02:09
ERROR: Interrupted by user


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


With the --write-sub command with title filename in the url


youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --write-sub --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v
', '--fixup', 'never', '--write-sub', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en'
, '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836'
, 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series
-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re
ino, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.238.131.250 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s.
loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf
eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3
a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 226
[download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase
y-b000yxgs.mp4
[download]   6.9% of ~363.79MiB at  3.33MiB/s ETA 02:07
ERROR: Interrupted by user


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


With --write-sub command without title filename in the url


youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --i
gnore-config -v --fixup "never" --write-sub --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v
', '--fixup', 'never', '--write-sub', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en'
, '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836'
, 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re
ino, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.61.140.72 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions
WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke
n): line 7, column 27
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s.
loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf
eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3
a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 226
[download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase
y-b000yxgs.mp4
[download]   6.2% of ~361.38MiB at  3.30MiB/s ETA 02:08
ERROR: Interrupted by user

Description

Subtitles for some videos available but are unable to be downloaded.

A few debugs above for different commands I have tried to get the subs.

Each of the above debugs are separated by %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% with comment below each to explain each debug tried.

Originally created by @suFDHAI78fyw78q09Y98yfd on GitHub (May 2, 2019).  ## Checklist  - [x ] I'm reporting a broken site support - [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2019.04.30** - [ ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [ x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  ``` With commands that will get the subtitles from this service. youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --all-subs --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v ', '--fixup', 'never', '--all-subs', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en', '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836', 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series- 2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re ino, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 25.159.164.175 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For. [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s. loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3 a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8' [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 226 [download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase y-b000yxgs.mp4 [download] 6.9% of ~363.79MiB at 3.33MiB/s ETA 02:09 ERROR: Interrupted by user %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% With commands to get subs without --all-subs command. youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v ', '--fixup', 'never', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en', '-f', 'stream -uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836', 'https://www. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-r oyston-vasey'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re ino, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 25.8.32.138 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For. [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s. loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3 a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8' [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 226 [download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase y-b000yxgs.mp4 [download] 6.9% of ~363.79MiB at 3.22MiB/s ETA 02:09 ERROR: Interrupted by user %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% With the all-subs command but with without title filename in the url youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --all-subs --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v ', '--fixup', 'never', '--all-subs', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en', '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836', 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re ino, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 25.18.77.77 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For. [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s. loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3 a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8' [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 226 [download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase y-b000yxgs.mp4 [download] 4.6% of ~358.13MiB at 3.32MiB/s ETA 03:14 ERROR: Interrupted by user %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Without the -all-subs command without title filename in the url youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v ', '--fixup', 'never', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en', '-f', 'stream -uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836', 'https://www. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re ino, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 25.96.122.140 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For. [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s. loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3 a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8' [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 226 [download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase y-b000yxgs.mp4 [download] 4.9% of ~358.13MiB at 3.41MiB/s ETA 02:09 ERROR: Interrupted by user %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% With the --write-sub command with title filename in the url youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --ignore-config -v --fixup "never" --write-sub --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series-2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v ', '--fixup', 'never', '--write-sub', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en' , '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836' , 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y/the-league-of-gentlemen-series -2-2-lust-for-royston-vasey'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re ino, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 25.238.131.250 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For. [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s. loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3 a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8' [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 226 [download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase y-b000yxgs.mp4 [download] 6.9% of ~363.79MiB at 3.33MiB/s ETA 02:07 ERROR: Interrupted by user %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% With --write-sub command without title filename in the url youtube-dl.exe --geo-bypass-country "GB" --i gnore-config -v --fixup "never" --write-sub --sub-format "ttml" --sub-lang "en" -f "stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836" "https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--geo-bypass-country', 'GB', '--ignore-config', '-v ', '--fixup', 'never', '--write-sub', '--sub-format', 'ttml', '--sub-lang', 'en' , '-f', 'stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_sd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1836' , 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008wm4y'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91691-g962c931-Reino, ffprobe N-91691-g962c931-Re ino, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 25.61.140.72 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For. [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading video page [bbc.co.uk] p008wm4y: Downloading playlist JSON [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading media selection XML [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading captions WARNING: [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Failed to parse XML not well-formed (invalid toke n): line 7, column 27 [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading MPD manifest [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [bbc.co.uk] b000yxgs: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://bbcfmt-ic-c2237400-13f598-vodhlsuklive.s. loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/f46614-b000yxgs/vf_b000yxgs_1969bf eb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3a52.ism/vf_b000yxgs_1969bfeb-1f75-4c8a-ba32-8c2b315f3 a52-audio_eng_1=128000-video=1604000.m3u8' [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 226 [download] Destination: The League of Gentlemen, Series 2, Lust for Royston Vase y-b000yxgs.mp4 [download] 6.2% of ~361.38MiB at 3.30MiB/s ETA 02:08 ERROR: Interrupted by user ``` ## Description  Subtitles for some videos available but are unable to be downloaded. A few debugs above for different commands I have tried to get the subs. Each of the above debugs are separated by %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% with comment below each to explain each debug tried.

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