YouTube "Error: content too short" #2108

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opened 2026-02-20 22:22:21 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:22:21 -05:00

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Originally created by @RingoTheDog on GitHub (Mar 26, 2014).

-URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA
-First try gives "content to short"
-Resume attempts gets HTTP error.

Thanks as always...
Ringo

C:\Transmogrifier>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'cp1252', fs 'mbcs', out 'cp850', pref: 'cp1252'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.25.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading webpage
[youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Extracting video information
[download] Resuming download at byte 1223
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)...
ERROR: giving up after 10 retries
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 52,
in real_download
data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1195, in
urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 410, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 448, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error

Originally created by @RingoTheDog on GitHub (Mar 26, 2014). -URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA -First try gives "content to short" -Resume attempts gets HTTP error. Thanks as always... Ringo C:\Transmogrifier>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'cp1252', fs 'mbcs', out 'cp850', pref: 'cp1252' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.25.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading webpage [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Extracting video information [download] Destination: Spelling 255-qDKhDx14dMA.mp4 [download] 100% of 52.31MiB in 00:00 ERROR: content too short (expected 54850055 bytes and served 1223) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 991, in p rocess_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 967, in d l return fd.download(name, info) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\downloader\common.py", line 2 90, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 173 , in real_download raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len)) ContentTooShortError C:\Transmogrifier>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'cp1252', fs 'mbcs', out 'cp850', pref: 'cp1252' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.25.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading webpage [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Extracting video information [download] Resuming download at byte 1223 [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)... ERROR: giving up after 10 retries Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 52, in real_download data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1195, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 410, in open response = meth(req, response) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 448, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error

deekerman closed this issue

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

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:22:23 -05:00

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@RingoTheDog commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2014):

Seems to work today (maybe was issue with YouTube?)
pls close...sorry to bother.

@RingoTheDog commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2014): Seems to work today (maybe was issue with YouTube?) pls close...sorry to bother. C:\Transmogrifier>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKhDx14dMA'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'cp1252', fs 'mbcs', out 'cp850', pref: 'cp1252' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.27.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading webpage [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] qDKhDx14dMA: Extracting video information [download] Destination: Spelling 255-qDKhDx14dMA.mp4 [download] 100% of 52.31MiB in 00:18

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:22:23 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2014):

Don't worry, sometimes we get those errors, but they usually disappear later.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2014): Don't worry, sometimes we get those errors, but they usually disappear later.

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2026-02-20 22:24:15 -05:00

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