screencast.com cannot find video #20722

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opened 2026-02-21 10:03:12 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 10:03:12 -05:00

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Originally created by @makanimason on GitHub (Jun 9, 2020).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.06.06
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

~/Downloads: $ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.screencast.com/t/DDKV6Mx5r
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-f', u'mp4']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.screencast.com/t/DDKV6Mx5r']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.06
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-95559-g2e37237ff1-tessus, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Screencast] DDKV6Mx5r: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Cannot find video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py", line 103, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot find video')
ExtractorError: Cannot find video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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There is just a single url that I am interested in, that is in the log above:
https://www.screencast.com/t/DDKV6Mx5r

I can play this video in Safari, but it does require me to click on it to explicitly allow it, as it is done using Flash. It does not require any credentials. I don't have a suggested solution. I'm just guessing maybe screencast.com isn't highly downloaded from perhaps, and it silently broke. I am a software developer myself, and I'm happy to help do as much as I can on my end to troubleshoot this. Thank you for your time.

Originally created by @makanimason on GitHub (Jun 9, 2020).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2020.06.06** - [x] 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  ``` ~/Downloads: $ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.screencast.com/t/DDKV6Mx5r [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [u'-f', u'mp4'] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.screencast.com/t/DDKV6Mx5r'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.06 [debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-95559-g2e37237ff1-tessus, phantomjs 2.1.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [Screencast] DDKV6Mx5r: Downloading webpage ERROR: Cannot find video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py", line 103, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError('Cannot find video') ExtractorError: Cannot find video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. ``` ## Description  There is just a single url that I am interested in, that is in the log above: https://www.screencast.com/t/DDKV6Mx5r I can play this video in Safari, but it does require me to click on it to explicitly allow it, as it is done using Flash. It does not require any credentials. I don't have a suggested solution. I'm just guessing maybe screencast.com isn't highly downloaded from perhaps, and it silently broke. I am a software developer myself, and I'm happy to help do as much as I can on my end to troubleshoot this. Thank you for your time.