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Originally created by @rene-ajm-veerman on GitHub (Apr 19, 2025).

Checklist

I built it from source yesterday night, it was the only way I could get it to work at all.
And at first glance, it does seem to do something. I managed to get one video file from a YouTube playlist that I had built downloaded already.

Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser.

check.

Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in http://yt-dl.org/escape.

not needed.

Search the bugtracker for similar issues: http://yt-dl.org/search-issues. DO NOT post duplicates.

TMI.

Read bugs section in FAQ: http://yt-dl.org/reporting

TMI. I need a fix, not tons of extra reading, sorry.

Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x])
I'm reporting a broken site support issue
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2025.04.07
[debug] Single file build
[debug] Python 3.12.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.11.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 - OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024 - glibc 2.39
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.1.1, ffprobe 6.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

[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
I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
I've read bugs section in FAQ

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root@magpie:~#alias
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias l='ls -CF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias pwx='cat /home/reneav/Documents/rajmv/piets\ dating\ sites.txt'
alias yd='youtube-dl -4 -i --write-all-thumbnails --all-formats --hls-prefer-ffmpeg -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 192K -k --prefer-ffmpeg --write-auto-sub --recode-video mp4 --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --sleep-interval 5 --max-sleep-interval 20 --verbose $1 > log.txt'
alias yd1='yd https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9vNviW5ooNuyNB_UjdAYu4D_ELrr2l_'

root@magpie:~# yd1
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-4', '-i', '--write-all-thumbnails', '--all-formats', '--all-subs', '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg', '-x', '--audio-format', 'mp3', '--audio-quality', '192K', '-k', '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--write-auto-sub', '--recode-video', 'mp4', '--embed-subs', '--embed-thumbnail', '--sleep-interval', '5', '--max-sleep-interval', '20', '--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9vNviW5ooNuyNB_UjdAYu4D_ELrr2l_']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2025.04.07
[debug] Single file build
[debug] Python 3.12.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.11.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 - OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024 - glibc 2.39
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.1.1, ffprobe 6.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loading youtube-nsig.9a279502 from cache
[debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig BH_08nFQj94-F0gU2 => EfjlwiOPoMDojw
[debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig 9Vj0yPbP8OaaV50Uy => Q8jIFOOYx-XkeA
ERROR: too many atoms
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2330, in post_process
files_to_delete, info = pp.run(info)
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/postprocessor/embedthumbnail.py", line 119, in run
raise EmbedThumbnailPPError(msg)
youtube_dl.postprocessor.embedthumbnail.EmbedThumbnailPPError: too many atoms

WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "en": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ab": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "aa": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "af": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ak": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "sq": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "am": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ar": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "hy": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "as": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ay": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "az": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "bn": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ba": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "eu": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output.
^C
ERROR: Interrupted by user
root@magpie:~#



## Description

I'm running this on Kubuntu.com 24.04, and cloning the github repository and then doing
root@magpie:~#apt install build-essentials git ffmpeg 
followed by
root@magpie:~#git clone https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git
root@magpie:~#cd youtube-dl
root@magpie:~/youtube-dl/#make
root@magpie:~/youtube-dl/#make install

did get the app up and running for me.

Now it's just this YouTube.com 429 error that I can't surpass. I'd love to be able to just leech all the content of special playlists of mine and stuff them onto my smartphone you know. Streaming *sucks*. I run on a 4G subscription because I really can not afford any more data over the air costs.

Originally created by @rene-ajm-veerman on GitHub (Apr 19, 2025).  ## Checklist I built it from source yesterday night, it was the only way I could get it to work at all. And at first glance, it does seem to do something. I managed to get one video file from a YouTube playlist that I had built downloaded already. - Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser. check. - Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in http://yt-dl.org/escape. not needed. - Search the bugtracker for similar issues: http://yt-dl.org/search-issues. DO NOT post duplicates. TMI. - Read bugs section in FAQ: http://yt-dl.org/reporting TMI. I need a fix, not tons of extra reading, sorry. - Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x]) - [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2025.04.07 [debug] Single file build [debug] Python 3.12.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.11.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 - OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024 - glibc 2.39 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.1.1, ffprobe 6.1.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] - [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 - [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones - [ ] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log ... root@magpie:~#alias alias egrep='egrep --color=auto' alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto' alias grep='grep --color=auto' alias l='ls -CF' alias la='ls -A' alias ll='ls -alF' alias ls='ls --color=auto' alias pwx='cat /home/reneav/Documents/rajmv/piets\ dating\ sites.txt' alias yd='youtube-dl -4 -i --write-all-thumbnails --all-formats --hls-prefer-ffmpeg -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 192K -k --prefer-ffmpeg --write-auto-sub --recode-video mp4 --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --sleep-interval 5 --max-sleep-interval 20 --verbose $1 > log.txt' alias yd1='yd https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9vNviW5ooNuyNB_UjdAYu4D_ELrr2l_' root@magpie:~# yd1 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-4', '-i', '--write-all-thumbnails', '--all-formats', '--all-subs', '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg', '-x', '--audio-format', 'mp3', '--audio-quality', '192K', '-k', '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--write-auto-sub', '--recode-video', 'mp4', '--embed-subs', '--embed-thumbnail', '--sleep-interval', '5', '--max-sleep-interval', '20', '--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9vNviW5ooNuyNB_UjdAYu4D_ELrr2l_'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2025.04.07 [debug] Single file build [debug] Python 3.12.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.11.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 - OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024 - glibc 2.39 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.1.1, ffprobe 6.1.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Loading youtube-nsig.9a279502 from cache [debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig BH_08nFQj94-F0gU2 => EfjlwiOPoMDojw [debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig 9Vj0yPbP8OaaV50Uy => Q8jIFOOYx-XkeA ERROR: too many atoms Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2330, in post_process files_to_delete, info = pp.run(info) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/postprocessor/embedthumbnail.py", line 119, in run raise EmbedThumbnailPPError(msg) youtube_dl.postprocessor.embedthumbnail.EmbedThumbnailPPError: too many atoms WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "en": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ab": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "aa": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "af": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ak": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "sq": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "am": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ar": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "hy": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "as": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ay": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "az": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "bn": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "ba": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "eu": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues , using the appropriate issue template. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose option and include the complete output. ^C ERROR: Interrupted by user root@magpie:~# ``` ## Description I'm running this on Kubuntu.com 24.04, and cloning the github repository and then doing root@magpie:~#apt install build-essentials git ffmpeg followed by root@magpie:~#git clone https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git root@magpie:~#cd youtube-dl root@magpie:~/youtube-dl/#make root@magpie:~/youtube-dl/#make install did get the app up and running for me. Now it's just this YouTube.com 429 error that I can't surpass. I'd love to be able to just leech all the content of special playlists of mine and stuff them onto my smartphone you know. Streaming *sucks*. I run on a 4G subscription because I really can not afford any more data over the air costs.

deekerman

2026-02-21 13:32:36 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2025):

#30839 is very specific about 429 errors. Try again, following those instructions, if you want to solicit support.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2025): #30839 is very specific about 429 errors. Try again, following those instructions, if you want to solicit support.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:32:43 -05:00

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@xussof commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025):

I use this api https://rapidapi.com/xussof/api/easysubapi it's the cheapest I found and they auto translate to english from any language

@xussof commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025): I use this api https://rapidapi.com/xussof/api/easysubapi it's the cheapest I found and they auto translate to english from any language

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