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HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); on YouTube video #4700

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opened 2026-02-21 00:22:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:22:35 -05:00

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Originally created by @iembry on GitHub (May 15, 2015).

Thank you.

The complete output (that printed) follows:

userh@computer:/Videos$ youtube-dl --verbose -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=bOelqGl2Ux0
[1] 17542
userh@computer:/Videos$ [debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-F', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31']
[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 - Linux-3.16.0-31-lowlatency-x86_64-with-Trisquel-7.0-belenos
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.18-6, avprobe 9.18-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] watch?t=31: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.youtube.com/supported_browsers?next_url=%2F
[youtube:user] supported_browsers: 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; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 312, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1710, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Originally created by @iembry on GitHub (May 15, 2015). Thank you. The complete output (that printed) follows: userh@computer:~/Videos$ youtube-dl --verbose -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=bOelqGl2Ux0 [1] 17542 userh@computer:~/Videos$ [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-F', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31'] [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 - Linux-3.16.0-31-lowlatency-x86_64-with-Trisquel-7.0-belenos [debug] exe versions: avconv 9.18-6, avprobe 9.18-6, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] watch?t=31: Requesting header [redirect] Following redirect to https://www.youtube.com/supported_browsers?next_url=%2F [youtube:user] supported_browsers: 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; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 312, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1710, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 00:22:37 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:22:38 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015):

You have to quote the url, see this FAQ entry for more info.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015): You have to quote the url, see [this FAQ entry for more info](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/50b901306406d5c37f31880860e2a4dbb5e0a165/README.md#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command).

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:22:38 -05:00

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@iembry commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015):

OK, thank you. I have not used quotes in the past with youtube-dl and I have not had any issues until today.

@iembry commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015): OK, thank you. I have not used quotes in the past with youtube-dl and I have not had any issues until today.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:22:38 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015):

The problem is that the url contains '&' (which is quite common in urls). Note that youtube-dl has nothing to do with it, it's just how the shell handles it (if you pay attention to the verbose output you'll see that youtube-dl only gets https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31, which is not a valid url).

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015): The problem is that the url contains '&' (which is quite common in urls). Note that youtube-dl has nothing to do with it, it's just how the shell handles it (if you pay attention to the verbose output you'll see that youtube-dl only gets `https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31`, which is not a valid url).

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:22:38 -05:00

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@iembry commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015):

OK, thank you again for your prompt assistance.

@iembry commented on GitHub (May 15, 2015): OK, thank you again for your prompt assistance.

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