No srt file downloaded after switching to --HEAD to overcome the uploader id warning #26267

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opened 2026-02-21 13:03:37 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 13:03:37 -05:00

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Originally created by @simkimsia on GitHub (Apr 26, 2023).

Checklist

I'm reporting a broken site support issue
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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 bug reports including closed ones
I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % youtube-dl --write-auto-sub --sub-format srt --skip-download 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs' --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--write-auto-sub', '--sub-format', 'srt', '--skip-download', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Git HEAD: 763c41f00
[debug] Python version 3.11.3 (CPython) - macOS-13.3.1-arm64-arm-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 2Wn-OJSgVQs: Downloading webpage
WARNING: unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio

Description

I know this falls under the uploader id which is already fixed https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31530

see the original log from above.

I have also reinstalled using homebrew by first uninstalling then reinstalling youtube-dl

kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % brew uninstall youtube-dl
Uninstalling /opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/2021.12.17... (2,412 files, 22.7MB)
kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % brew install youtube-dl
==> Fetching youtube-dl
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/youtube-dl/manifests/2021.12.17
Already downloaded: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/af4e009121ff7543121df7c09854a632e93503182cf834b087ae0a5c76d6c62d--youtube-dl-2021.12.17-2.bottle_manifest.json
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/youtube-dl/blobs/sha256:1785d92
Already downloaded: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/ccb915ea24581bba9844d03ed11173ef62346d1d436c136e84466ccb2104df69--youtube-dl--2021.12.17.arm64_ventura.bottle.2.tar.gz
==> Pouring youtube-dl--2021.12.17.arm64_ventura.bottle.2.tar.gz
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/2021.12.17: 1,596 files, 16.3MB
==> Running `brew cleanup youtube-dl`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).

I have also read the instruction at the comment https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31530#issuecomment-1520185289
which recommends that I tried nightly build.

So I did.

kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % brew install youtube-dl --HEAD
==> Fetching youtube-dl
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/df26d4c
Already downloaded: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/a84e27d22577fbefdf8bd9a9cc680b8208f2525813c3e71cff110e628a1ac3c1--youtube-dl.rb
==> Cloning https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git
Updating /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/youtube-dl--git
==> Checking out branch master
Already on 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
HEAD is now at 211cbfd5d [jsinterp] Minimally handle arithmetic operator precedence
==> make PREFIX=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/HEAD-211cbfd MANDIR=/opt/homebre
==> Caveats
zsh completions have been installed to:
  /opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Summary
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/HEAD-211cbfd: 11 files, 2.3MB, built in 6 seconds
==> Running `brew cleanup youtube-dl`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
Removing: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/youtube-dl--ruby-source--HEAD.rb... (2.6KB)
Removing: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/youtube-dl--2021.12.17... (4.3MB)

Now the error is overcome, but no visible output. As in I cannot see any files of the subtitles downloaded. I have searched my system using the 2Wn-OJSgVQs as part of filename

kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % youtube-dl --write-auto-sub --sub-format srt --skip-download 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs' --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--write-auto-sub', '--sub-format', 'srt', '--skip-download', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.11.3 (CPython) - macOS-13.3.1-arm64-arm-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 2Wn-OJSgVQs: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 2Wn-OJSgVQs: Downloading player d87d581f
[debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig LHkD7B1qQHsMmYkLr => fq_ndnspIZdpeg
[debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig ZSIO6EZeUcBThbV9q => lHBsNR4Bmvjuxg
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio

Stil nothing. I am on macOS 13.3.1 (22E261)

Originally created by @simkimsia on GitHub (Apr 26, 2023).  ## Checklist  - [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [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  ``` kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % youtube-dl --write-auto-sub --sub-format srt --skip-download 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs' --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--write-auto-sub', '--sub-format', 'srt', '--skip-download', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs', '--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Git HEAD: 763c41f00 [debug] Python version 3.11.3 (CPython) - macOS-13.3.1-arm64-arm-64bit [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] 2Wn-OJSgVQs: Downloading webpage WARNING: unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. [debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio ``` ## Description  I know this falls under the uploader id which is already fixed https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31530 see the original log from above. I have also reinstalled using homebrew by first uninstalling then reinstalling youtube-dl ``` kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % brew uninstall youtube-dl Uninstalling /opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/2021.12.17... (2,412 files, 22.7MB) kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % brew install youtube-dl ==> Fetching youtube-dl ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/youtube-dl/manifests/2021.12.17 Already downloaded: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/af4e009121ff7543121df7c09854a632e93503182cf834b087ae0a5c76d6c62d--youtube-dl-2021.12.17-2.bottle_manifest.json ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/youtube-dl/blobs/sha256:1785d92 Already downloaded: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/ccb915ea24581bba9844d03ed11173ef62346d1d436c136e84466ccb2104df69--youtube-dl--2021.12.17.arm64_ventura.bottle.2.tar.gz ==> Pouring youtube-dl--2021.12.17.arm64_ventura.bottle.2.tar.gz 🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/2021.12.17: 1,596 files, 16.3MB ==> Running `brew cleanup youtube-dl`... Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP. Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`). ``` I have also read the instruction at the comment https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31530#issuecomment-1520185289 which recommends that I tried nightly build. So I did. ``` kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % brew install youtube-dl --HEAD ==> Fetching youtube-dl ==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/df26d4c Already downloaded: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/a84e27d22577fbefdf8bd9a9cc680b8208f2525813c3e71cff110e628a1ac3c1--youtube-dl.rb ==> Cloning https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git Updating /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/youtube-dl--git ==> Checking out branch master Already on 'master' Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. HEAD is now at 211cbfd5d [jsinterp] Minimally handle arithmetic operator precedence ==> make PREFIX=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/HEAD-211cbfd MANDIR=/opt/homebre ==> Caveats zsh completions have been installed to: /opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions ==> Summary 🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/youtube-dl/HEAD-211cbfd: 11 files, 2.3MB, built in 6 seconds ==> Running `brew cleanup youtube-dl`... Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP. Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`). Removing: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/youtube-dl--ruby-source--HEAD.rb... (2.6KB) Removing: /Users/kimsia/Library/Caches/Homebrew/youtube-dl--2021.12.17... (4.3MB) ``` Now the error is overcome, but no visible output. As in I cannot see any files of the subtitles downloaded. I have searched my system using the `2Wn-OJSgVQs` as part of filename ``` kimsia@kimsia-MBP2021 ~ % youtube-dl --write-auto-sub --sub-format srt --skip-download 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs' --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--write-auto-sub', '--sub-format', 'srt', '--skip-download', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wn-OJSgVQs', '--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Python version 3.11.3 (CPython) - macOS-13.3.1-arm64-arm-64bit [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] 2Wn-OJSgVQs: Downloading webpage [youtube] 2Wn-OJSgVQs: Downloading player d87d581f [debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig LHkD7B1qQHsMmYkLr => fq_ndnspIZdpeg [debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig ZSIO6EZeUcBThbV9q => lHBsNR4Bmvjuxg [debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio ``` Stil nothing. I am on macOS 13.3.1 (22E261)