Error when attempting to download a youtube channel #3549

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opened 2026-02-20 23:25:45 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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2026-02-20 23:25:45 -05:00

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Originally created by @wolfman1360 on GitHub (Nov 27, 2014).

Hello there, I am getting the following output when attempting to download certain youtube channels. This is an example of one of them.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Tyler>cd c:\

c:>youtube-dl --verbose http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWreckingYard/videos -o y
outube/%(uploader)s/%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(upload_date)s.%(ext)s -f 18
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWreckin
gYard/videos', '-o', 'youtube/%(uploader)s/%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(upload_dat
e)s.%(ext)s', '-f', '18']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.27
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-67731-, ffprobe N-67731-
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[download] Downloading playlist: TheWreckingYard
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 51 to 101
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 101 to 151
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 151 to 201
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 201 to 251
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 251 to 301
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 301 to 351
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 351 to 401
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 401 to 451
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 451 to 501
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 501 to 551
[youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 551 to 601
[youtube:user] playlist TheWreckingYard: Downloading 599 videos
[download] Downloading video #1 of 599
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Downloading webpage
[youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Extracting video information
[youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r2---sn-5aanugx5h-tfbe.googlevideo.com/
videoplayback?ipbits=0&mm=31&initcwndbps=1187500&itag=18&ms=au&source=youtube&mv
=m&dur=75.627&key=yt5&upn=G77TtW-loFo&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbi
ts%2Citag%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&signature=EC53AE4F
D3D17603441AB3084960E0DEF15A6A8A.A87DD8E8A7E0A677F5C2B6BB70AD5FDBC31E57C6&ip=207
.161.242.186&requiressl=yes&fexp=901496%2C907259%2C923349%2C927622%2C931349%2C93
2404%2C943909%2C947209%2C948124%2C949423%2C952302%2C952605%2C952901%2C953803%2C9
53912%2C957103%2C957105%2C957201&id=o-AIIcYbIK0oJ_Ixi0Ksokmi7T-nUGQzEOLE0c-lZyjJ
Fj&mt=1417112660&sver=3&expire=1417134340&ratebypass=yes'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 19, in
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 355, in main
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 345, in _real_main
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1117, in download
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 564, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 694, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 617, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 564, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 610, in process_ie_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 893, in process_video_result
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1087, in process_info
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1063, in dl
File "youtube_dl\downloader\common.pyo", line 294, in download
File "youtube_dl\downloader\http.pyo", line 151, in real_download
File "youtube_dl\utils.pyo", line 244, in sanitize_open
File "ntpath.pyo", line 64, in join
File "ntpath.pyo", line 114, in splitdrive
TypeError: object of type 'generator' has no len()

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Originally created by @wolfman1360 on GitHub (Nov 27, 2014). Hello there, I am getting the following output when attempting to download certain youtube channels. This is an example of one of them. Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Tyler>cd c:\ c:>youtube-dl --verbose http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWreckingYard/videos -o y outube/%(uploader)s/%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(upload_date)s.%(ext)s -f 18 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWreckin gYard/videos', '-o', 'youtube/%(uploader)s/%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(upload_dat e)s.%(ext)s', '-f', '18'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.27 [debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-67731-, ffprobe N-67731- [debug] Proxy map: {} [download] Downloading playlist: TheWreckingYard [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 51 to 101 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 101 to 151 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 151 to 201 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 201 to 251 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 251 to 301 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 301 to 351 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 351 to 401 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 401 to 451 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 451 to 501 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 501 to 551 [youtube:user] TheWreckingYard: Downloading video ids from 551 to 601 [youtube:user] playlist TheWreckingYard: Downloading 599 videos [download] Downloading video #1 of 599 [youtube] Confirming age [youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Downloading webpage [youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Extracting video information [youtube] JJGDWpLznoo: Downloading DASH manifest [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r2---sn-5aanugx5h-tfbe.googlevideo.com/ videoplayback?ipbits=0&mm=31&initcwndbps=1187500&itag=18&ms=au&source=youtube&mv =m&dur=75.627&key=yt5&upn=G77TtW-loFo&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbi ts%2Citag%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&signature=EC53AE4F D3D17603441AB3084960E0DEF15A6A8A.A87DD8E8A7E0A677F5C2B6BB70AD5FDBC31E57C6&ip=207 .161.242.186&requiressl=yes&fexp=901496%2C907259%2C923349%2C927622%2C931349%2C93 2404%2C943909%2C947209%2C948124%2C949423%2C952302%2C952605%2C952901%2C953803%2C9 53912%2C957103%2C957105%2C957201&id=o-AIIcYbIK0oJ_Ixi0Ksokmi7T-nUGQzEOLE0c-lZyjJ Fj&mt=1417112660&sver=3&expire=1417134340&ratebypass=yes' Traceback (most recent call last): File "**main**.py", line 19, in <module> File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 355, in main File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 345, in _real_main File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1117, in download File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 564, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 694, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 617, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 564, in extract_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 610, in process_ie_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 893, in process_video_result File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1087, in process_info File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1063, in dl File "youtube_dl\downloader\common.pyo", line 294, in download File "youtube_dl\downloader\http.pyo", line 151, in real_download File "youtube_dl\utils.pyo", line 244, in sanitize_open File "ntpath.pyo", line 64, in join File "ntpath.pyo", line 114, in splitdrive TypeError: object of type 'generator' has no len() c:>

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deekerman commented

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2014):

The problem is that we call os.path.join with a generator (on OS X it will return a generator). I think it should be:

alt_filename = os.path.join(
    *[re.sub('[/<>:"\\|\\\\?\\*]', '#', path_part)
    for path_part in os.path.split(filename)]
)

By the way, @phihag [in line 250] shouldn't we call open(encodeFilename(alt_filename), open_mode)?

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2014): The problem is that we [call `os.path.join` with a generator](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/ab4ee31eb15842a2f100bf618579422d3604f03c/youtube_dl/utils.py#L242) (on OS X it will return a generator). I think it should be: ``` python alt_filename = os.path.join( *[re.sub('[/<>:"\\|\\\\?\\*]', '#', path_part) for path_part in os.path.split(filename)] ) ``` By the way, @phihag [in line 250] shouldn't we call `open(encodeFilename(alt_filename), open_mode)`?

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@Bobb-E-Burns commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2015):

I'm getting almost the exact same issue on the latest windows build (2015.02.11) as well, only thing that is different are the line numbers

@Bobb-E-Burns commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2015): I'm getting almost the exact same issue on the latest windows build (2015.02.11) as well, only thing that is different are the line numbers

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