PluralSight : ERROR: unable to download video data: [WinError 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/low-polygon-texturing-mari-786', '--playlist-start', '16']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.07.16
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-80256-g0a9e781, ffprobe N-80256-g0a9e781
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/texturing-low-polygon-sci-fi-weapon-mari-1070']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.07.16
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-80256-g0a9e781, ffprobe N-80256-g0a9e781
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/creature-texturing-mari-1458']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.07.16
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-80256-g0a9e781, ffprobe N-80256-g0a9e781
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: unable to download video data: [WinError 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1648, in process_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1590, in dl
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\downloader\common.py", line 350, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 162, in real_download
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 537, in read
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 576, in readinto
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\socket.py", line 378, in readinto
ConnectionResetError: [WinError 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/texturing-prehistoric-reptiles-mari-812']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.07.16
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-80256-g0a9e781, ffprobe N-80256-g0a9e781
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: texturing-prehistoric-reptiles-mari-812: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 545, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 545, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 676, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 343, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pluralsight.py", line 272, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 539, in _download_json
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpdy42tioh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 549, in _parse_json
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: texturing-prehistoric-reptiles-mari-812: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); 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.

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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[dstftw]

Duplicate of #10091.