Unable to download playlist using the youtube-dl command. #2425

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opened 2026-02-20 22:30:11 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments
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Originally created by @fussili on GitHub (May 31, 2014).

Hi... I keep getting this error 'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>'
When I try the following
youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm4W7_iX_v4OMSgc8xowC2h70s-unJKCp"
Can you please help?

Thanks in advance!

Originally created by @fussili on GitHub (May 31, 2014). Hi... I keep getting this error 'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>' When I try the following youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm4W7_iX_v4OMSgc8xowC2h70s-unJKCp" Can you please help? Thanks in advance!
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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014):

Please post the full output you get when running youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm4W7_iX_v4OMSgc8xowC2h70s-unJKCp" --verbose.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014): Please [post the **full output**](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#bugs) you get when running `youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm4W7_iX_v4OMSgc8xowC2h70s-unJKCp" --verbose`.
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@fussili commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2014):

Having done -verbose, it showed a proxy error which I corrected. Now when I use the command, I am getting a keyerror as below:

youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6XJSaFYzk&list=PLm4W7_iX_v4NqPUjceOGd-OKNVO4c_cPD" --verbose
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] BO6XJSaFYzk: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] BO6XJSaFYzk: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BO6XJSaFYzk: Extracting video information
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/sawani/anaconda/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/home/aaa/anaconda/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 7, in
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/init.py", line 536, in main

File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/init.py", line 520, in _real_main

File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/FileDownloader.py", line 475, in download
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 80, in extract
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 405, in _real_extract
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 405, in
KeyError: 'sig'

Thanks in Advance!

@fussili commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2014): Having done -verbose, it showed a proxy error which I corrected. Now when I use the command, I am getting a keyerror as below: youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6XJSaFYzk&list=PLm4W7_iX_v4NqPUjceOGd-OKNVO4c_cPD" --verbose [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] BO6XJSaFYzk: Downloading video webpage [youtube] BO6XJSaFYzk: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] BO6XJSaFYzk: Extracting video information Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/sawani/anaconda/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/home/aaa/anaconda/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 7, in <module> File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/**init**.py", line 536, in main File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/**init**.py", line 520, in _real_main File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/FileDownloader.py", line 475, in download File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 80, in extract File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 405, in _real_extract File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 405, in <genexpr> KeyError: 'sig' Thanks in Advance!
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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2014):

You are using a (quite) outdated version, run sudo youtube-dl -U to upgrade, you can also use your package manager, but the version provided may be too old.
If you can reproduce the problem with the last version (2014.06.02 or higher), please post the verbose output and we will reopen the issue.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2014): You are using a (quite) outdated version, run `sudo youtube-dl -U` to upgrade, you can also use your package manager, but the version provided may be too old. If you can reproduce the problem with the last version (2014.06.02 or higher), please post the verbose output and we will reopen the issue.
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@fussili commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2014):

Thanks so much! It worked after updating the version!!

@fussili commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2014): Thanks so much! It worked after updating the version!!
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