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ERROR: Unsupported URL #1940

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opened 2026-02-20 22:19:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 5 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:19:35 -05:00

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Originally created by @yilativs on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014).

WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.[generic] watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube: Downloading webpage[generic] watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube: Extracting informationERROR: Unsupported URL: http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com; 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 "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 245, in _real_extractdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1301, in XMLparser.feed(text)File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1643, in feedself._raiseerror(v)File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1507, in _raiseerrorraise errParseError: syntax error: line 1, column 0Traceback (most recent call last):File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_infoie_result = ie.extract(url)File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extractreturn self._real_extract(url)File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 409, in _real_extractraise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url)ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com; 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 @yilativs on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014). WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.[generic] watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube: Downloading webpage[generic] watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube: Extracting informationERROR: Unsupported URL: http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com; 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 "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 245, in _real_extractdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1301, in XMLparser.feed(text)File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1643, in feedself._raiseerror(v)File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1507, in _raiseerrorraise errParseError: syntax error: line 1, column 0Traceback (most recent call last):File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_infoie_result = ie.extract(url)File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extractreturn self._real_extract(url)File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 409, in _real_extractraise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url)ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com; 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.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 22:19:36 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:19:37 -05:00

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@JMSwag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014):

Try:
youtube-dl 'http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY'

@JMSwag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014): Try: youtube-dl 'http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlVRAPW2WJY'

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:19:37 -05:00

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@yilativs commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014):

It works!
silly me tried with "" and failed.
Thanks for the fastest replies guys, your rock!

@yilativs commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014): It works! silly me tried with "" and failed. Thanks for the fastest replies guys, your rock!

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:19:37 -05:00

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@JMSwag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014):

No worries. Also, youtube-dl doesn't support saveform.net. If you happen to get another "saveform.net" url, just use the value of url field from the query string.

@JMSwag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014): No worries. Also, youtube-dl doesn't support saveform.net. If you happen to get another "saveform.net" url, just use the value of url field from the query string.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:19:37 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014):

Reopening for saveform.net support

@phihag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014): Reopening for saveform.net support

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:19:37 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014):

Starting with the next version, we will simply fish out the video URL from the savefrom URL and try to download it. Thank you for the report!

@phihag commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2014): Starting with the next version, we will simply fish out the video URL from the savefrom URL and try to download it. Thank you for the report!

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