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[jaan143]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.19
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[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
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i am getting error with udemy course downloading

PS C:\Users\HDNLUF037.WIN-IPDLDV1QL5B> youtube-dl --verbose -u xxx -p xxx -o '/MyVideos/%(playli
st)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/coursemarketing1/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '-o', '/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_numb
er)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.udemy.com/coursemarketing1/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.19
[debug] Python version 3.4.3 - Windows-2012Server-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
[udemy:course] Logging in as xxx
[udemy:course] coursemarketing1: Downloading webpage
[udemy:course] 912544: Downloading course curriculum
[download] Downloading playlist: Online Course Marketing #1: Start Getting More Sales Today
[udemy:course] playlist Online Course Marketing #1: Start Getting More Sales Today: Collected 9 video ids (downloading 9
of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 9
[udemy] Downloading login popup
[udemy] 5471890: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 5471890: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 6463828: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: "id" field is not a string - forcing string conversion
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://udemy-adaptive-streaming-prod.udemy.com/912544/6463828/2016-07-25_17-22-43-8285b
c3343cfe400cf883f27615fa314/hls/hls_1080_5800/4b20ef13af2408671ba444ad289664f8.m3u8?mign=EEsICBhKCVJee1NbH0wUJQU2CBUZDRF
ZWX1UXwFZQXBcX1BeGQFUDTc9GhtWTEliGBweIxkJXQoOLBAfEUJRIRgaGQgrAVdBUn9XXQBWQXhHSwkPERpsCgxrWVoCWkF0U1pMUFYLXBYaOgY0WgpRelJ
YTklAXE4%3D'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 15
[download] Destination: C:\Users\HDNLUF037.WIN-IPDLDV1QL5B\MyVideos\Online Course Marketing #1 - Start Getting More Sale
s Today\1 - Course Introduction & Course Benefits - How I Will Help You Market Your Courses!\Introduction - Start Gettin
g More Premium Enrollments To Your Online Course Today.mp4
ERROR: unable to download video data: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\HDNLUF037.WIN-IPDLDV1QL5B\MyVide
os\Online Course Marketing #1 - Start Getting More Sales Today\1 - Course Introduction & Course Benefits - How I Will
Help You Market Your Courses!\Introduction - Start Getting More Premium Enrollments To Your Online Course Today.mp4.par
t'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1699, in process_info
success = dl(filename, info_dict)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1641, in dl
return fd.download(name, info)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\common.py", line 354, in download
return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\hls.py", line 85, in real_download
self._prepare_and_start_frag_download(ctx)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\fragment.py", line 41, in _prepare_and_start_frag_download
self._prepare_frag_download(ctx)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\fragment.py", line 63, in _prepare_frag_download
dest_stream, tmpfilename = sanitize_open(tmpfilename, 'wb')
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 418, in sanitize_open
stream = open(encodeFilename(filename), open_mode)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\HDNLUF037.WIN-IPDLDV1QL5B\MyVideos\Online Course M
arketing #1 - Start Getting More Sales Today\1 - Course Introduction & Course Benefits - How I Will Help You Market You
r Courses!\Introduction - Start Getting More Premium Enrollments To Your Online Course Today.mp4.part'

PS C:\Users\HDNLUF037.WIN-IPDLDV1QL5B>

[jaan143]

hello i figure out
when i use this command then i got error
youtube-dl --verbose -u xxx -p xxx -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/coursemarketing1/

but when i am using this command then its working fine
youtube-dl --verbose -u xxx -p xxx https://www.udemy.com/coursemarketing1/

but with second command all videos not saving in section folders

[dstftw]

C:\Users\HDNLUF037.WIN-IPDLDV1QL5B\MyVideos\Online Course Marketing #1 - Start Getting More Sales Today\1 - Course Introduction & Course Benefits - How I Will Help You Market Your Courses!\Introduction - Start Getting More Premium Enrollments To Your Online Course Today.mp4.part exceeds ~260 characters limit.

[jaan143]

then how can i short lecture names or any command which is auto short lecture names if its exceeds limit ?

[dstftw]

Skip some placeholders in output template or use \\?\ prefix to workaround the limit.