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opened 2026-02-20 23:24:41 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:24:41 -05:00

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Originally created by @KickassCoxa on GitHub (Nov 22, 2014).

d:\music>youtube-dl.exe -x --max-filesize 50m --embed-thumbnail https://www.yout
ube.com/user/cyberhops/videos
[download] Downloading playlist: cyberhops
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 51 to 101
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 101 to 151
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 151 to 201
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 201 to 251
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 251 to 301
[youtube:user] playlist cyberhops: Downloading 261 videos
[download] Downloading video #1 of 261
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Extracting video information
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading DASH manifest
[download] Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a has already been downl
oaded
[youtube] Post-process file Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a exist
s, skipping
[ffmpeg] Fixing audio file "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a"
[atomicparsley] Adding thumbnail to "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.
m4a"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 18, in
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 356, in main
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 346, in _real_main
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1097, in download
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 677, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 600, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 593, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 873, in process_video_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1079, in process_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1134, in post_process
File "youtube_dl\postprocessor\atomicparsley.pyo", line 46, in run
File "subprocess.pyo", line 710, in init
File "subprocess.pyo", line 958, in _execute_child
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 22:
ordinal not in range(128)

Originally created by @KickassCoxa on GitHub (Nov 22, 2014). d:\music>youtube-dl.exe -x --max-filesize 50m --embed-thumbnail https://www.yout ube.com/user/cyberhops/videos [download] Downloading playlist: cyberhops [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 51 to 101 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 101 to 151 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 151 to 201 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 201 to 251 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 251 to 301 [youtube:user] playlist cyberhops: Downloading 261 videos [download] Downloading video #1 of 261 [youtube] Confirming age [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading webpage [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Extracting video information [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading DASH manifest [download] Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a has already been downl oaded [youtube] Post-process file Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a exist s, skipping [ffmpeg] Fixing audio file "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a" [atomicparsley] Adding thumbnail to "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8. m4a" Traceback (most recent call last): File "**main**.py", line 18, in <module> File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 356, in main File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 346, in _real_main File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1097, in download File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 677, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 600, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 593, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 873, in process_video_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1079, in process_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1134, in post_process File "youtube_dl\postprocessor\atomicparsley.pyo", line 46, in run File "subprocess.pyo", line 710, in __init__ File "subprocess.pyo", line 958, in _execute_child UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 22: ordinal not in range(128)

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 23:24:43 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:24:45 -05:00

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@naglis commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2014):

Please include the full output of the command when run with the --verbose flag. The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information.

@naglis commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2014): Please include the full output of the command when run with the `--verbose` flag. The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:24:45 -05:00

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@KickassCoxa commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2014):

d:\music>youtube-dl.exe --verbose -x --max-filesize 50m --embed-thumbnail https:
//www.youtube.com/user/cyberhops/videos
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-x', '--max-filesize', '50m', '--embed
-thumbnail', 'https://www.youtube.com/user/cyberhops/videos']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.21.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-67886-, ffprobe N-67886-
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[download] Downloading playlist: cyberhops
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 51 to 101
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 101 to 151
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 151 to 201
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 201 to 251
[youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 251 to 301
[youtube:user] playlist cyberhops: Downloading 261 videos
[download] Downloading video #1 of 261
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Extracting video information
[youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r6---sn-cn3tc-ajte.googlevideo.com/video
playback?id=090e83b1ae8cdf1f&itag=141&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&ms=au&mv=m&m
m=31&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/mp4&gir=yes&clen=9822187&lmt=1412969343264433&dur
=308.059&mt=1416697172&sver=3&upn=G-S8sdXb0fc&key=dg_yt0&signature=26D23DD6C2748
DE42E2950CCAA6B85329D0C1CB9.46767FE4BEEE90E81E01C2E23955576972AC9AAC&fexp=907259
,914084,915516,924639,927622,931349,931993,932404,936932,941004,943909,947209,94
7215,948124,952302,952605,952901,953912,957103,957105,957201&ip=94.118.128.13&ip
bits=0&expire=1416718939&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,ms,m
v,mm,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a has already been downl
oaded
[youtube] Post-process file Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a exist
s, skipping
[ffmpeg] Fixing audio file "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa
6M3x8.m4a' -vn -acodec copy 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.temp.m4a
'
[atomicparsley] Adding thumbnail to "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.
m4a"
[debug] AtomicParsley command line: AtomicParsley 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotc
h-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a' --artwork 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.thumb.m
4a' -o 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.temp.m4a'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 18, in
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 356, in main
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 346, in _real_main
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1097, in download
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 677, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 600, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 593, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 873, in process_video_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1079, in process_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1134, in post_process
File "youtube_dl\postprocessor\atomicparsley.pyo", line 46, in run
File "subprocess.pyo", line 710, in init
File "subprocess.pyo", line 958, in _execute_child
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 22:
ordinal not in range(128)

d:\music>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

@KickassCoxa commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2014): d:\music>youtube-dl.exe --verbose -x --max-filesize 50m --embed-thumbnail https: //www.youtube.com/user/cyberhops/videos [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-x', '--max-filesize', '50m', '--embed -thumbnail', 'https://www.youtube.com/user/cyberhops/videos'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.21.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-8-6.2.9200 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-67886-, ffprobe N-67886- [debug] Proxy map: {} [download] Downloading playlist: cyberhops [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 51 to 101 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 101 to 151 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 151 to 201 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 201 to 251 [youtube:user] cyberhops: Downloading video ids from 251 to 301 [youtube:user] playlist cyberhops: Downloading 261 videos [download] Downloading video #1 of 261 [youtube] Confirming age [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading webpage [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Extracting video information [youtube] CQ6Dsa6M3x8: Downloading DASH manifest [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r6---sn-cn3tc-ajte.googlevideo.com/video playback?id=090e83b1ae8cdf1f&itag=141&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&ms=au&mv=m&m m=31&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/mp4&gir=yes&clen=9822187&lmt=1412969343264433&dur =308.059&mt=1416697172&sver=3&upn=G-S8sdXb0fc&key=dg_yt0&signature=26D23DD6C2748 DE42E2950CCAA6B85329D0C1CB9.46767FE4BEEE90E81E01C2E23955576972AC9AAC&fexp=907259 ,914084,915516,924639,927622,931349,931993,932404,936932,941004,943909,947209,94 7215,948124,952302,952605,952901,953912,957103,957105,957201&ip=94.118.128.13&ip bits=0&expire=1416718939&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,ms,m v,mm,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur' [download] Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a has already been downl oaded [youtube] Post-process file Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a exist s, skipping [ffmpeg] Fixing audio file "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a" [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa 6M3x8.m4a' -vn -acodec copy 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.temp.m4a ' [atomicparsley] Adding thumbnail to "Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8. m4a" [debug] AtomicParsley command line: AtomicParsley 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotc h-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.m4a' --artwork 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.thumb.m 4a' -o 'Jan - Métakramé Au Cycloscotch-CQ6Dsa6M3x8.temp.m4a' Traceback (most recent call last): File "**main**.py", line 18, in <module> File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 356, in main File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 346, in _real_main File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1097, in download File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 677, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 600, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 547, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 593, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 873, in process_video_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1079, in process_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1134, in post_process File "youtube_dl\postprocessor\atomicparsley.pyo", line 46, in run File "subprocess.pyo", line 710, in __init__ File "subprocess.pyo", line 958, in _execute_child UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 22: ordinal not in range(128) d:\music>pause Press any key to continue . . .

deekerman commented

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@rowanthorpe commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2014):

As can be seen at the commented stackoverflow link at https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py#L352 it looks (unless I've misread the issue) like this is a problem with non-ascii filenames using Python < v3, particularly on Windows. At that link some workarounds are given (and one is used in youtube-dl), but as can be seen from the non-resolution at http://bugs.python.org/issue1759845 it looks like if you need to deal with a non-ascii filename which is in an encoding other than your locale-encoding using python < v3, you are in for a nightmare. I guess the "solution" in these cases is to use python >=v3... :-(

@rowanthorpe commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2014): As can be seen at the commented stackoverflow link at https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py#L352 it looks (unless I've misread the issue) like this is a problem with non-ascii filenames using Python < v3, particularly on Windows. At that link some workarounds are given (and one is used in youtube-dl), but as can be seen from the non-resolution at http://bugs.python.org/issue1759845 it looks like if you need to deal with a non-ascii filename which is in an encoding other than your locale-encoding using python < v3, you are in for a nightmare. I guess the "solution" in these cases is to use python >=v3... :-(

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