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Trouble with download channel, not user from YT #4679

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opened 2026-02-21 00:22:02 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

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Originally created by @peseriusz on GitHub (May 12, 2015).

When I download user movie from YT, eg.
youtube-dl -ciw --playlist-end 10 -f "best[height<=?640]" -o '%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s' --dateafter 20140305 ytuser:TopClassicalMusic

it's OK.

But when ytuser is "channel", then I get error. In past YT-dl worked properly in this way.
Channel is like:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng

User is like:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NewTrailersBuzz

Originally created by @peseriusz on GitHub (May 12, 2015). When I download user movie from YT, eg. youtube-dl -ciw --playlist-end 10 -f "best[height<=?640]" -o '%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s' --dateafter 20140305 ytuser:TopClassicalMusic it's OK. But when ytuser is "channel", then I get error. In past YT-dl worked properly in this way. Channel is like: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng User is like: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewTrailersBuzz

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deekerman commented

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@yan12125 commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015):

What kind of error did you get? Post the full verbose log helps us find out the problem more quickly and precisely.

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015): What kind of error did you get? Post the [full verbose log](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#bugs) helps us find out the problem more quickly and precisely.

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2026-02-21 00:22:05 -05:00

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@peseriusz commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015):

For this example:

youtube-dl -ciw --playlist-end 10 -f "best[height<=?640]" -o '%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s' --dateafter 20150512 ytuser:UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng --verbose

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-ciw', u'--playlist-end', u'10', u'-f', u'best[height<=?640]', u'-o', u'%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s', u'--dateafter', u'20140305', u'ytuser:UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.05.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Darwin-14.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.2.2, ffprobe 2.2.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:user] UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng: Downloading page #1
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 312, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1710, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

@peseriusz commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015): For this example: youtube-dl -ciw --playlist-end 10 -f "best[height<=?640]" -o '%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s' --dateafter 20150512 ytuser:UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-ciw', u'--playlist-end', u'10', u'-f', u'best[height<=?640]', u'-o', u'%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s', u'--dateafter', u'20140305', u'ytuser:UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng', u'--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.05.10 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Darwin-14.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.2.2, ffprobe 2.2.2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:user] UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng: Downloading page #1 ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 312, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1710, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

deekerman commented

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@yan12125 commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015):

Keyword "ytuser" does not support channels. Use full URLs instead. For example:

youtube-dl -ciw --playlist-end 10 -f "best[height<=?640]" -o '%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s' --dateafter 20150512 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng --verbose

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015): Keyword "ytuser" does not support channels. Use full URLs instead. For example: ``` youtube-dl -ciw --playlist-end 10 -f "best[height<=?640]" -o '%(title)s - %(uploader)s.%(ext)s' --dateafter 20150512 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3gJTHF49dtxuUpMg4D7hng --verbose ```

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:22:05 -05:00

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@peseriusz commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015):

Thanks for quick help.
"Keyword "ytuser" does not support channels". In past, this worked properly, maybe something changed...

For my research - this works to 2015 04.

@peseriusz commented on GitHub (May 12, 2015): Thanks for quick help. "Keyword "ytuser" does not support channels". In past, this worked properly, maybe something changed... For my research - this works to 2015 04.

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