Error Downloading: ExtractorError - Could not download DASH Manifest #5366

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opened 2026-02-21 01:07:11 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 01:07:11 -05:00

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Originally created by @bowser8302 on GitHub (Aug 13, 2015).

Situation:

Attempting to download from YouTube. Playlists (public, private, and unlisted) and videos all fail. Last successful run of youtube-dl occurred at 4:00PM (CST) on 8/12/15. Install was through apt-get. After failure, youtube-dl was removed through apt-get and re-installed using manual method. Ran...

youtube-dl -U

...but call still failed.

Verbose Output of Command

root@linux:/scripts/tmp# youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_LY5bOTOE&index=1&list=[my_video_or_playlist]
[1] 21372
[2] 21373
root@linux:/scripts/tmp# [debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_LY5bOTOE']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-3.2.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-7.8
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.4-6, avprobe 11.4-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Extracting video information
[youtube] {43} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {18} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {5} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {36} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {17} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {133} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {242} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {160} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {278} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {140} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {171} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {249} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {250} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] {251} signature length 40.42, html5 player new
[youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Downloading DASH manifest
WARNING: [youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Could not download DASH manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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.',)
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-vgqsenez.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?mv=m&mt=1439478612&ms=au&id=o-AAXYxI_YHiDelnP84o_fv69J1Sw-7g0ytCY3clt-h7-z&expire=1439500300&mime=video%2Fmp4&ip=50.129.126.17&requiressl=yes&pl=16&mn=sn-vgqsenez&mm=31&source=youtube&itag=133&clen=6384250&fexp=9408372%2C9408710%2C9409095%2C9412843%2C9415365%2C9415485%2C9416023%2C9416126%2C9416729%2C9417118%2C9417581%2C9417632%2C9417762%2C9418153%2C9418203%2C9418677&key=yt5&upn=H7VxAfnV-Xk&ipbits=0&nh=IgpwcjAzLm9yZDEyKgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&sver=3&initcwndbps=867500&dur=217.733&gir=yes&lmt=1429592654551702&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&keepalive=yes&signature=80406C53050893B33FCEB95A58AFC64D832F3D85.2B27BA236FD24A209224598E49BD1CD19F95E4D9&ratebypass=yes'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1579, in process_info
partial_success = dl(fname, new_info)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1527, in dl
return fd.download(name, info)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 342, in download
return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 60, in real_download
data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1860, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[1]- Exit 1 youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_LY5bOTOE
[2]+ Done index=1

Originally created by @bowser8302 on GitHub (Aug 13, 2015). Situation: Attempting to download from YouTube. Playlists (public, private, and unlisted) and videos all fail. Last successful run of youtube-dl occurred at 4:00PM (CST) on 8/12/15. Install was through apt-get. After failure, youtube-dl was removed through apt-get and re-installed using manual method. Ran... youtube-dl -U ...but call still failed. --- Verbose Output of Command root@linux:/scripts/tmp# youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_LY5bOTOE&index=1&list=[my_video_or_playlist] [1] 21372 [2] 21373 root@linux:/scripts/tmp# [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_LY5bOTOE'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.08.09 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-3.2.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-7.8 [debug] exe versions: avconv 11.4-6, avprobe 11.4-6, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Downloading webpage [youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Extracting video information [youtube] {43} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {18} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {5} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {36} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {17} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {133} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {242} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {160} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {278} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {140} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {171} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {249} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {250} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] {251} signature length 40.42, html5 player new [youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Downloading DASH manifest WARNING: [youtube] l0_LY5bOTOE: Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Could not download DASH manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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.',) WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-vgqsenez.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?mv=m&mt=1439478612&ms=au&id=o-AAXYxI_YHiDelnP84o_fv69J1Sw-7g0ytCY3clt-h7-z&expire=1439500300&mime=video%2Fmp4&ip=50.129.126.17&requiressl=yes&pl=16&mn=sn-vgqsenez&mm=31&source=youtube&itag=133&clen=6384250&fexp=9408372%2C9408710%2C9409095%2C9412843%2C9415365%2C9415485%2C9416023%2C9416126%2C9416729%2C9417118%2C9417581%2C9417632%2C9417762%2C9418153%2C9418203%2C9418677&key=yt5&upn=H7VxAfnV-Xk&ipbits=0&nh=IgpwcjAzLm9yZDEyKgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&sver=3&initcwndbps=867500&dur=217.733&gir=yes&lmt=1429592654551702&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&keepalive=yes&signature=80406C53050893B33FCEB95A58AFC64D832F3D85.2B27BA236FD24A209224598E49BD1CD19F95E4D9&ratebypass=yes' ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1579, in process_info partial_success = dl(fname, new_info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1527, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 342, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 60, in real_download data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1860, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error return self._call_chain(_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain result = func(_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden [1]- Exit 1 youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_LY5bOTOE [2]+ Done index=1