Youtube producing seemingly random error messages... #394

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opened 2026-02-20 21:11:37 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Nov 3, 2012).

I know this isn't an issue with youtube-dl but I just wanted to know if anyone has experienced anything like this before. I executed the same command waiting about 1/2 second between each attempt and the error messages appear to be completely random.

Another thing to add is this was done from an ec2 server in the us west-2 region (oregon). I live in california and can view this video on youtube (we're oregon's neighbor) which is why the "not made this video available in your country" error boggles me.

$ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country. $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country. $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language WARNING: unable to set language: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language WARNING: unable to set language: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Nov 3, 2012). I know this isn't an issue with youtube-dl but I just wanted to know if anyone has experienced anything like this before. I executed the same command waiting about 1/2 second between each attempt and the error messages appear to be completely random. Another thing to add is this was done from an ec2 server in the us west-2 region (oregon). I live in california and can view this video on youtube (we're oregon's neighbor) which is why the "not made this video available in your country" error boggles me. `$ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country. $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video info webpage ERROR: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country. $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language WARNING: unable to set language: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable $ youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi75rKIvKU" [youtube] Setting language WARNING: unable to set language: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error [youtube] kqi75rKIvKU: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable`
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2012):

Just wanted to update everyone on this... It seems this occured when youtube began to blacklist my ip for downloading too much. I was unable to reproduce this on a fresh ec2 instance with a new ip address, but I was able to reproduce the randomness on the instance that I had downloaded a lot from in a short period of time.

Consider the issue closed since it's not a youtube-dl issue.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2012): Just wanted to update everyone on this... It seems this occured when youtube began to blacklist my ip for downloading too much. I was unable to reproduce this on a fresh ec2 instance with a new ip address, but I was able to reproduce the randomness on the instance that I had downloaded a lot from in a short period of time. Consider the issue closed since it's not a youtube-dl issue.
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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2012):

Thanks for the heads up, a strange ban pattern. Good luck!

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2012): Thanks for the heads up, a strange ban pattern. Good luck!
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