Youtube video not downloading but is able to be watched. #9353

RCcola1987 · 2024-03-03T17:54:25Z

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I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a supported site
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When downloading the complete channel or some single videos from a creator yt-dlp errors out with "WARNING: [youtube] Skipping player response from ios client (got player response for video "M5t4UHllkUM" instead of "8swaQwN712g")" and downloads "[download] Destination: Video Not Available [8swaQwN712g].mhtml". If you go to the video in a web browser the video is available and able to be played. Also when --list-formats is used the following is outputted "
ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS │ PROTO │ VCODEC MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sb2 mhtml 48x27 1 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb1 mhtml 72x45 1 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb0 mhtml 144x90 1 │ mhtml │ images storyboard"

the channel in question is https://www.youtube.com/@Daggerwin/videos
over 2k of his videos are having this issue. only about 1100 can be downloaded.

Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (yt-dlp -vU <your command line>)
If using API, add 'verbose': True to YoutubeDL params instead
Copy the WHOLE output (starting with [debug] Command-line config) and insert it below

Complete Verbose Output

yt-dlp -vU "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swaQwN712g"
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swaQwN712g']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.12.30 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [f10589e34] (pip)
[debug] Python 3.10.12 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-5.15.0-88-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 (OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022, glibc 2.35)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.2 (setts), ffprobe 4.4.2, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.18.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2020.06.20, mutagen-1.46.0, requests-2.31.0, secretstorage-3.3.1, sqlite3-3.37.2, urllib3-2.2.1, websockets-12.0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets
[debug] Loaded 1798 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Latest version: stable@2023.12.30 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2023.12.30 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swaQwN712g
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading ios player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] Skipping player response from ios client (got player response for video "M5t4UHllkUM" instead of "8swaQwN712g"); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading android player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying (1/3)...
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading android player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] Skipping player response from android client (got player response for video "M5t4UHllkUM" instead of "8swaQwN712g"); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
WARNING: [youtube] Skipping player response from web client (got player response for video "M5t4UHllkUM" instead of "8swaQwN712g"); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
WARNING: Only images are available for download. use --list-formats to see them
[debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec:vp9.2, channels, acodec, lang, proto
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo*+bestaudio/best
[info] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading 1 format(s): sb0
[debug] Invoking mhtml downloader on "https://i.ytimg.com/sb/M5t4UHllkUM/storyboard3_L2/M$M.jpg?sqp=-oaymwENSDfyq4qpAwVwAcABBqLzl_8DBgi867OjBg==&sigh=rs$AOn4CLD6zz6wUMPtwBuO9zjkyt-TR6iF_g"
[download] Video Not Available [8swaQwN712g].mhtml has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of   20.07KiB

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bashonly · 2024-03-03T18:01:41Z

Are you running this on a server/VPS/cloud hosting by any chance?

dirkf · 2024-03-03T18:09:33Z

Can't repro with yt-dlp 2023.06.22 or yt-dl master (domestic ISP).

bashonly · 2024-03-03T18:26:46Z

This looks like #7143, which typically only affects data center IPs. It usually means Youtube has blocked your IP. OP, are you using a VPN?

over 2k of his videos are having this issue. only about 1100 can be downloaded.

When you say this, do you mean you already downloaded 1100 videos and then the issue manifested itself? That could mean Youtube blocked you after too many requests

RCcola1987 · 2024-03-03T19:48:16Z

None of these. This is on my home internet connection. only certain videos are having this issue. I have tried with and without cookies. If it is a block wouldn't that block for ALL videos and not just some? Also no issue watching on same system in browser.

bashonly · 2024-03-03T20:01:29Z

This could be instead related to #9316 which was fixed by 413d367

@RCcola1987 Run python3 -m pip install -U --pre yt-dlp to update to nightly, and try again.

Also no issue watching on same system in browser.

In private browsing tab too? (not logged in)

RCcola1987 · 2024-03-03T20:06:57Z

Ok so in a private window it says the video is not available. Is their a way to be logged in with ytdlp?

RCcola1987 · 2024-03-03T20:07:10Z

yt-dlp -vU "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swaQwN712g"
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swaQwN712g']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version nightly@2024.03.02.232720 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [6ad11fe] (pip)
[debug] Python 3.10.12 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-5.15.0-88-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 (OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022, glibc 2.35)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.2 (setts), ffprobe 4.4.2, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.18.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2020.06.20, mutagen-1.46.0, requests-2.31.0, secretstorage-3.3.1, sqlite3-3.37.2, urllib3-2.2.1, websockets-12.0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets
[debug] Loaded 1834 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
Latest version: nightly@2024.03.02.232720 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@2024.03.02.232720 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swaQwN712g
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] 8swaQwN712g: Downloading android player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] Skipping player responses from ios/android/web clients (got player responses for video "M5t4UHllkUM" instead of "8swaQwN712g")
ERROR: [youtube] 8swaQwN712g: All player responses are invalid. Your IP is likely being blocked by Youtube
File "/home/ryan/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 732, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/ryan/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 4074, in _real_extract
webpage, master_ytcfg, player_responses, player_url = self._download_player_responses(url, smuggled_data, video_id, webpage_url)
File "/home/ryan/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 4038, in _download_player_responses
player_responses, player_url = self._extract_player_responses(
File "/home/ryan/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 3727, in _extract_player_responses
raise ExtractorError(

bashonly · 2024-03-03T20:08:52Z

a way to be logged in with ytdlp?

--cookies-from-browser or --cookies (more info)

Also, see important notes/workarounds for youtube cookies:

Youtube cookies expire within hours #8227 (comment)

RCcola1987 · 2024-03-03T20:10:07Z

But this still fails even with cookies

bashonly · 2024-03-03T20:10:43Z

See the linked issue and make sure that the cookies are actually valid. Share log please

RCcola1987 · 2024-03-03T20:15:27Z

Is their an ETA for the oauth2 plugin being added to yt-dlp? and yes it works ty. and how do i switch back to thew normal branch of yt-dlp with pip?

bashonly · 2024-03-03T20:20:06Z

Is their an ETA for the oauth2 plugin being added to yt-dlp

afaik no

and how do i switch back to thew normal branch of yt-dlp with pip?

I wouldn't tbh. Stable release is 2+ months old at this point, and making all those requests with the no-longer-supported YT client versions may have contributed to your IP being semi-blocked in the first place

But if you must: python3 -m pip install yt-dlp==2023.12.30

Closing as duplicate of #7143

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