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when --write-srt fails, youtube-dl exits #500

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opened 2026-02-20 21:15:08 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

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Originally created by @tianon on GitHub (Jan 17, 2013).

On line 464 of InfoExtractors.py, writesubtitles will cause the video downloading to be skipped if downloading the subtitles fails. Shouldn't that be more of a warning than a fatal error? That way, --write-srt could be specified all the time, and only apply if subtitles are actually available and properly downloadable.

Originally created by @tianon on GitHub (Jan 17, 2013). On line 464 of InfoExtractors.py, writesubtitles will cause the video downloading to be skipped if downloading the subtitles fails. Shouldn't that be more of a warning than a fatal error? That way, --write-srt could be specified all the time, and only apply if subtitles are actually available and properly downloadable.

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2026-02-20 21:15:14 -05:00

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@tianon commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2013):

As an example, downloading "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgoVvqZ6dfA" with --write-srt fails with:
WARNING: unable to download video subtitles: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request (not sure if it actually has valid, downloadable subtitles, but it does fail and prevent downloading of the video).

@tianon commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2013): As an example, downloading "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgoVvqZ6dfA" with --write-srt fails with: `WARNING: unable to download video subtitles: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request` (not sure if it actually has valid, downloadable subtitles, but it does fail and prevent downloading of the video).

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2026-02-20 21:15:14 -05:00

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2013):

We are in progress of completely reviewing our concepts of WARNINGS and ERRORS, but meanwhile the behavior is correct: missing subtitles trigger a WARNING and that stops the execution only if you have not specified -i (--ignore-errors) on the command line.

I think that almost everybody uses (or wants) -i so eventually we will make it default.

Thanks for reporting! Happy downloading.

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2013): We are in progress of completely reviewing our concepts of WARNINGS and ERRORS, but meanwhile the behavior is correct: missing subtitles trigger a `WARNING` and that stops the execution **only if you have not specified `-i` (`--ignore-errors`) on the command line**. I think that almost everybody uses (or wants) `-i` so eventually we will make it default. Thanks for reporting! Happy downloading.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:15:14 -05:00

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@tianon commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2013):

Ah, that makes perfect sense. Didn't notice -i, or probably wouldn't have even made this ticket. Thanks for clarifying. :)

@tianon commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2013): Ah, that makes perfect sense. Didn't notice -i, or probably wouldn't have even made this ticket. Thanks for clarifying. :)

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[youtube] playlist download is not finish #3649

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