Windows: ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)> (caused by URLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)'),))

[starrychloe]

• [x ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.01.02

C:\Users\Chloe\Videos>youtube-dl --version
2017.01.02

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

Only one for Mac. This is for Windows.

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

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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 ```):

C:\Users\Chloe\Videos>youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_22lZalzDug
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_22lZalzDug']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.02
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-8.1-6.3.9600
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] _22lZalzDug: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)> (caused by URLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)'),))
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0hst59yw\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 406, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0hst59yw\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0hst59yw\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1041, in https_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1185, in do_open


C:\Users\Chloe\Videos>

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Youtube-dl won't download a video. It's broken. It doesn't work. It gives an error message. Please fix.

[dstftw]

#11573 (comment)