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Make sure you are using the latest version: run
youtube-dl --versionand ensure your version is 2016.10.16. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.Before submitting an issue make sure you have:
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youtube-dl -v http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rr9lmgxs.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rr9lmgxs.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.16
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Darwin-16.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.4, avprobe 11.4, ffmpeg 3.1.4, ffprobe 3.1.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[iqiyi] temp_id: download video page
WARNING: unable to extract album title; 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.
[iqiyi] 202783001: Download playlist page 2
[download] Downloading playlist: 202783001
[iqiyi] playlist 202783001: Collected 22 video ids (downloading 22 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 22
[iqiyi] temp_id: download video page
WARNING: unable to extract album title; 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.
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 2
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 3
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 4
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 5
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 6
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 7
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 8
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 9
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 10
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 11
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 12
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 13
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 14
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 15
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 16
[download] Downloading playlist: 202861101
[iqiyi] playlist 202861101: Collected 720 video ids (downloading 720 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 720
[iqiyi] temp_id: download video page
WARNING: unable to extract album title; 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.
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 2
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 3
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 4
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 5
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 6
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 7
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 8
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 9
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 10
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 11
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 12
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 13
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 14
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 15
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 16
[download] Downloading playlist: 202861101
[iqiyi] playlist 202861101: Collected 720 video ids (downloading 720 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 720
[iqiyi] temp_id: download video page
WARNING: unable to extract album title; 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.
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 2
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 3
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 4
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 5
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 6
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 7
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 8
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 9
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 10
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 11
[iqiyi] 202861101: Download playlist page 12
ERROR: Failed to download playlist page 12: '' (caused by BadStatusLine("''",)); 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.
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 403, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 429, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 447, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 870, in http_open
req)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1201, in do_open
r = h.getresponse(buffering=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1136, in getresponse
response.begin()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 453, in begin
version, status, reason = self._read_status()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 417, in _read_status
raise BadStatusLine(line)
When downloading a previous downloadable video from iQiyi it loops at downloading playlist, which in fact it is not a playlist at all. Seems that something indeed changed at iQiyi.