youtube-dl is not working today, it worked perfect yesterday #1936

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opened 2026-02-20 22:19:31 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-20 22:19:31 -05:00

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Originally created by @ghufranulhaq on GitHub (Feb 21, 2014).

Hi, I tried youtube-dl for the first time yesterday, it worked perfect on amazon EC2
I am using the latest version of it
Today it is giving this error

[root@ip-10-162-55-85 week4]# /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl --verbose http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.20
[debug] Python version 2.6.5 - Linux-2.6.34.7-56.40.amzn1.i686-i686-with-glibc2.0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T: Downloading page #1
WARNING: [youtube:playlist] PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T: Playlist page is missing OpenGraph title, falling back ...
ERROR: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1512, in _real_extract
playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 428, in _og_search_title
return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _og_search_property
escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, _kargs)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract OpenGraph title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1518, in _real_extract
r'

(.?)

', page, u'title')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

Originally created by @ghufranulhaq on GitHub (Feb 21, 2014). Hi, I tried youtube-dl for the first time yesterday, it worked perfect on amazon EC2 I am using the latest version of it Today it is giving this error [root@ip-10-162-55-85 week4]# /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl --verbose http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.20 [debug] Python version 2.6.5 - Linux-2.6.34.7-56.40.amzn1.i686-i686-with-glibc2.0 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T: Downloading page #1 WARNING: [youtube:playlist] PLdrVzvjx50sOErqelry5E_FMfed2PG0-T: Playlist page is missing OpenGraph title, falling back ... ERROR: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1512, in _real_extract playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 428, in _og_search_title return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _og_search_property escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, *_kargs) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract OpenGraph title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1518, in _real_extract r'<h1 class="pl-header-title">(.*?)</h1>', page, u'title') File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _html_search_regex res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 21, 2014):

Thanks for the report. This has already been fixed.
Closing as duplicate of #2425.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 21, 2014): Thanks for the report. This has already been fixed. Closing as duplicate of #2425.

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