[Youtube] ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 404: Not Found #20756

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opened 2026-02-21 10:04:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 10:04:13 -05:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020).

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[ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
[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 bug reports including closed ones
[x ] I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-cf', '22/18', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMJVZ48IRkM', '-o', '/media/navndk/Media/Media/Shows/Luke Smith/Season 1/Luke Smith - %(upload_date)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', '--download-archive', '/media/navndk/Media/Media/Shows/Luke Smith/.youtube-dl', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.8.2 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-7634-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] MMJVZ48IRkM: Downloading webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-h5q7rn7l.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1591968953&ei=WTDjXtzeLbW1xN8Pguij-AI&ip=212.102.48.70&id=o-AL0vKLt5FFDUOF5SVyJq4ASpUNunq28YRqMeYgC32R-O&itag=22&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=F1&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-h5q7rn7l%2Csn-5hnekn7s&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=25&pcm2=yes&initcwndbps=2812500&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ratebypass=yes&dur=742.179&lmt=1559226901074163&mt=1591947274&fvip=2&fexp=23882514&c=WEB&txp=2316222&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cpcm2%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhAJanHAAxPkBZiC6YTatUFgvGVgnBqUu1GUgDpUaRLxQEAiEAxon_HA7UNSF66Ku7tIm8lcyeH3sMzSytFuy2QyTHK0c%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRAIgFwpGE1w6lsB9bSX9dRX7WXrfYyJRcg-V5eCQmuntsj8CIGd13oXnIiiDTB3xet-r_IfxFwGKghGYoufdEuCz6_-n'
[download] Resuming download at byte 506070
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1926, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 341, in real_download
    establish_connection()
  File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 109, in establish_connection
    ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found```


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ehh idk how to word this but like i can't download the video i get 404 error i tested that i can play the video i played the whole video and works just fine i deleted cache dir and everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMJVZ48IRkM is the broken video

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020).  ## Checklist  - [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [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 bug reports including closed ones - [x ] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log  ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-cf', '22/18', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMJVZ48IRkM', '-o', '/media/navndk/Media/Media/Shows/Luke Smith/Season 1/Luke Smith - %(upload_date)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', '--download-archive', '/media/navndk/Media/Media/Shows/Luke Smith/.youtube-dl', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.06 [debug] Python version 3.8.2 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-7634-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] MMJVZ48IRkM: Downloading webpage [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-h5q7rn7l.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1591968953&ei=WTDjXtzeLbW1xN8Pguij-AI&ip=212.102.48.70&id=o-AL0vKLt5FFDUOF5SVyJq4ASpUNunq28YRqMeYgC32R-O&itag=22&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=F1&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-h5q7rn7l%2Csn-5hnekn7s&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=25&pcm2=yes&initcwndbps=2812500&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ratebypass=yes&dur=742.179&lmt=1559226901074163&mt=1591947274&fvip=2&fexp=23882514&c=WEB&txp=2316222&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cpcm2%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhAJanHAAxPkBZiC6YTatUFgvGVgnBqUu1GUgDpUaRLxQEAiEAxon_HA7UNSF66Ku7tIm8lcyeH3sMzSytFuy2QyTHK0c%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRAIgFwpGE1w6lsB9bSX9dRX7WXrfYyJRcg-V5eCQmuntsj8CIGd13oXnIiiDTB3xet-r_IfxFwGKghGYoufdEuCz6_-n' [download] Resuming download at byte 506070 ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 404: Not Found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1926, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 341, in real_download establish_connection() File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 109, in establish_connection ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "/home/navndk/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response response = self.parent.error( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp) urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found``` ## Description  ehh idk how to word this but like i can't download the video i get 404 error i tested that i can play the video i played the whole video and works just fine i deleted cache dir and everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMJVZ48IRkM is the broken video

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2026-02-21 10:04:18 -05:00

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@garoto commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020):

The mp4 with format id #22 appears to be broken on this video. Format #18 is working fine, as is bestvideo+bestaudio.

@garoto commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020): The mp4 with format id #22 appears to be broken on this video. Format #18 is working fine, as is `bestvideo+bestaudio`.

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