ContentTooShortError #3025

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opened 2026-02-20 23:13:26 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:13:26 -05:00

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Originally created by @goodevilgenius on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014).

youtube-dl -v 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L44YMBxJf6U&feature=youtube_gdata' produces the following:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L44YMBxJf6U&feature=youtube_gdata']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out None, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-35-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] L44YMBxJf6U: Downloading webpage
[youtube] L44YMBxJf6U: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] L44YMBxJf6U: Extracting video information
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r9---sn-p5qlsns7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?fexp=900064%2C927622%2C931983%2C932404%2C932623%2C934024%2C934030%2C936117%2C936216%2C946008%2C953801&ip=71.206.14.226&nh=IgpwcjAxLmlhZDI2KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&mt=1410359044&mm=31&ipbits=0&requiressl=yes&signature=1344B49512C00B07940C5ECC8EB609D06EDDB739.4EE9CE94C013DA01320F3158536ED8CCD45B1F39&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&mv=m&initcwndbps=1839000&sver=3&ms=au&itag=22&upn=OdsUGwA-hy0&sparams=id%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1410380774&id=o-ALNQsNuCxpcW_gybaM8GNrY8P5Xn6Kg8pvG2hdjSI0xn&key=yt5'
[download] Destination: Job Hunters - Season 2 Episode 3 - The Heist-L44YMBxJf6U.mp4
[download] 100% of 138.17MiB in 00:0094KiB/s ETA 24:50wn ETA
ERROR: content too short (expected 144883259 bytes and served 1978)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1035, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1011, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 291, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 200, in real_download
    raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len))
ContentTooShortError

I've tried this from multiple computers (on different ISPs), with the same result. I don't have this problem with any other videos.

What can I do to fix this?

Originally created by @goodevilgenius on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014). `youtube-dl -v 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L44YMBxJf6U&feature=youtube_gdata'` produces the following: ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L44YMBxJf6U&feature=youtube_gdata'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out None, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.10 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-35-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Setting language [youtube] Confirming age [youtube] L44YMBxJf6U: Downloading webpage [youtube] L44YMBxJf6U: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] L44YMBxJf6U: Extracting video information [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r9---sn-p5qlsns7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?fexp=900064%2C927622%2C931983%2C932404%2C932623%2C934024%2C934030%2C936117%2C936216%2C946008%2C953801&ip=71.206.14.226&nh=IgpwcjAxLmlhZDI2KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&mt=1410359044&mm=31&ipbits=0&requiressl=yes&signature=1344B49512C00B07940C5ECC8EB609D06EDDB739.4EE9CE94C013DA01320F3158536ED8CCD45B1F39&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&mv=m&initcwndbps=1839000&sver=3&ms=au&itag=22&upn=OdsUGwA-hy0&sparams=id%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1410380774&id=o-ALNQsNuCxpcW_gybaM8GNrY8P5Xn6Kg8pvG2hdjSI0xn&key=yt5' [download] Destination: Job Hunters - Season 2 Episode 3 - The Heist-L44YMBxJf6U.mp4 [download] 100% of 138.17MiB in 00:0094KiB/s ETA 24:50wn ETA ERROR: content too short (expected 144883259 bytes and served 1978) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1035, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1011, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 291, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 200, in real_download raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len)) ContentTooShortError ``` I've tried this from multiple computers (on different ISPs), with the same result. I don't have this problem with any other videos. What can I do to fix this?

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 23:13:27 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:13:28 -05:00

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@goodevilgenius commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014):

I'm now getting the same error on several other videos. I'm guessing something changed on YouTube's end.

@goodevilgenius commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014): I'm now getting the same error on several other videos. I'm guessing something changed on YouTube's end.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:13:30 -05:00

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@ecksun commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014):

I'm getting the same error. I also noticed that neither VLC nor Kodi can play the URL. So it does indeed sound like something changed with YouTube.

Edit: Moreover, while I dont know if it is related, I can also not play the video in higher resolution (>= 720p) in chromium (it stops and complains about flash, which I naturally do not have installed).

@ecksun commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014): I'm getting the same error. I also noticed that neither VLC nor Kodi can play the URL. So it does indeed sound like something changed with YouTube. Edit: Moreover, while I dont know if it is related, I can also not play the video in higher resolution (>= 720p) in chromium (it stops and complains about flash, which I naturally do not have installed).

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:13:30 -05:00

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@naglis commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014):

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