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Download fails with "HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error" on valid download url #9897

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Originally created by @JasonGross on GitHub (Feb 7, 2017).

Please follow the guide below

You will be asked some questions and requested to provide some information, please read them carefully and answer honestly
Put an x into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your issue (like that [x])
Use Preview tab to see how your issue will actually look like

Make sure you are using the latest version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2017.02.07. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.02.07

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

At least skimmed through README and most notably FAQ and BUGS sections
Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

What is the purpose of your issue?

Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
Feature request (request for a new functionality)
Question
Other

The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your issue

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v --no-post-overwrites  -w -x --audio-format vorbis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOwTspdwkI
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--no-post-overwrites', u'-w', u'-x', u'--audio-format', u'vorbis', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOwTspdwkI']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-38-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Extracting video information
[youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-a8au-cvne.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=ae93b04eca5dc242&itag=171&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-a8au-cvne&initcwndbps=9528750&ms=au&mv=m&pl=15&pcm2cms=yes&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/webm&gir=yes&clen=8037794&lmt=1392297776770241&dur=739.081&key=dg_yt0&signature=0930920B7A080C4D8D4494CD03F53B1FFE797414.60DB7E4E00A76A0EFAFD6862AE1FA8A8D05141B6&mt=1486501344&upn=3eJx5k0nILU&ip=128.30.92.103&ipbits=0&expire=1486522987&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mm,mn,initcwndbps,ms,mv,pl,pcm2cms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Resuming download at byte 6291408
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)...
ERROR: giving up after 10 retries
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 61, in real_download
    data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2006, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error
$

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I expect the dowload of this url to succeed, but it fails.

This seems similar to #3721, except that https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/3721#issuecomment-55933487 mentions that the download url is invalid and that passing -g gives a KeyError, neither of which occurs for me (the audio plays fine from the download url, and -g does not give any error.)

Originally created by @JasonGross on GitHub (Feb 7, 2017). ## Please follow the guide below - You will be asked some questions and requested to provide some information, please read them **carefully** and answer honestly - Put an `x` into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your *issue* (like that [x]) - Use *Preview* tab to see how your issue will actually look like --- ### Make sure you are using the *latest* version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is *2017.02.07*. If it's not read [this FAQ entry](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected. - [x] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2017.02.07** ### Before submitting an *issue* make sure you have: - [x] At least skimmed through [README](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md) and **most notably** [FAQ](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#faq) and [BUGS](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#bugs) sections - [x] [Searched](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ### What is the purpose of your *issue*? - [x] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl) - [ ] Site support request (request for adding support for a new site) - [ ] Feature request (request for a new functionality) - [ ] Question - [ ] Other --- ### The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your *issue* --- ### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *bug report*, *site support request* or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows: Add `-v` flag to **your command line** you run youtube-dl with, copy the **whole** output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with **your** log inserted between triple ```): ``` $ youtube-dl -v --no-post-overwrites -w -x --audio-format vorbis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOwTspdwkI [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--no-post-overwrites', u'-w', u'-x', u'--audio-format', u'vorbis', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOwTspdwkI'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.07 [debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-38-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Downloading webpage [youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Extracting video information [youtube] rpOwTspdwkI: Downloading MPD manifest [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-a8au-cvne.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=ae93b04eca5dc242&itag=171&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-a8au-cvne&initcwndbps=9528750&ms=au&mv=m&pl=15&pcm2cms=yes&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/webm&gir=yes&clen=8037794&lmt=1392297776770241&dur=739.081&key=dg_yt0&signature=0930920B7A080C4D8D4494CD03F53B1FFE797414.60DB7E4E00A76A0EFAFD6862AE1FA8A8D05141B6&mt=1486501344&upn=3eJx5k0nILU&ip=128.30.92.103&ipbits=0&expire=1486522987&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mm,mn,initcwndbps,ms,mv,pl,pcm2cms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur' [download] Resuming download at byte 6291408 [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)... [download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)... ERROR: giving up after 10 retries Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 61, in real_download data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2006, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error $ ``` --- ### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information I expect the dowload of [this url](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOwTspdwkI) to succeed, but it fails. This seems similar to #3721, except that https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/3721#issuecomment-55933487 mentions that the download url is invalid and that passing `-g` gives a `KeyError`, neither of which occurs for me (the audio plays fine from the download url, and `-g` does not give any error.)

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2017):

Duplicate of #3721.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2017): Duplicate of #3721.

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