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Error 403: Forbidden - via internet browser #4331

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opened 2026-02-21 00:13:49 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:13:49 -05:00

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Originally created by @HiddenFootprint on GitHub (Mar 23, 2015).

Hello,
first, thank you guys for an awesome tool. It made working with YouTube less painful.

MY ISSUE
I can download most of the YouTube videos, but it doesn't work for VEVO ones and for example this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu7qvdu9ms

I am forced to run youtube-dl on the webserver which I access through internet. For my mentioned example youtube video, youtube-dl gives me the full json output and even downloads the video when called via command line:

$ ./youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu7qvdu9ms
[youtube] tbu7qvdu9ms: Downloading webpage
[youtube] tbu7qvdu9ms: Extracting video information
[youtube] tbu7qvdu9ms: Downloading DASH manifest
[download] Destination: RenOver #9 - iv!-tbu7qvdu9ms.mp4
[download] 2.0% of 819.35MiB at 2.37MiB/s ETA 05:39^C
ERROR: Interrupted by user

QUESTION
Why it doesn't work when I:

take the direct video URL on server from youtube-dl json output ("./youtube-dl -jq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu7qvdu9ms")
send this URL via browser to user in internet
attempt to download video via that URL on my PC

Maybe it could help that it is Hangout video.

Thank you,
Foot

Originally created by @HiddenFootprint on GitHub (Mar 23, 2015). Hello, first, thank you guys for an awesome tool. It made working with YouTube less painful. MY ISSUE I can download most of the YouTube videos, but it doesn't work for VEVO ones and for example this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu7qvdu9ms I am forced to run youtube-dl on the webserver which I access through internet. For my mentioned example youtube video, youtube-dl gives me the full json output and even downloads the video when called via command line: $ ./youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu7qvdu9ms [youtube] tbu7qvdu9ms: Downloading webpage [youtube] tbu7qvdu9ms: Extracting video information [youtube] tbu7qvdu9ms: Downloading DASH manifest [download] Destination: RenOver #9 - iv!-tbu7qvdu9ms.mp4 [download] 2.0% of 819.35MiB at 2.37MiB/s ETA 05:39^C ERROR: Interrupted by user QUESTION Why it doesn't work when I: - take the direct video URL on server from youtube-dl json output ("./youtube-dl -jq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu7qvdu9ms") - send this URL via browser to user in internet - attempt to download video via that URL on my PC Maybe it could help that it is Hangout video. Thank you, Foot

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 00:13:51 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:13:53 -05:00

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@MechaCoder commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2015):

try change the URL to replace the ? and = and with a /
i had this problem with another tool and this fixed the issue - i hope this works

@MechaCoder commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2015): try change the URL to replace the ? and = and with a / i had this problem with another tool and this fixed the issue - i hope this works

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:13:53 -05:00

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@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2015):

Youtube URLs are guaranteed to work only on the same machine. A possible approach is to download the video on the server first and send it to the client.

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2015): Youtube URLs are guaranteed to work only on the same machine. A possible approach is to download the video on the server first and send it to the client.

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