Cannot rip youtube url

[dprski33]

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  2017.02.07

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youtube-dl -v -k -f mp4 -o '/tmp/youtube5SLr2HJ9Fog.mp4'  'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SLr2HJ9Fog'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-k', u'-f', u'mp4', u'-o', u'/tmp/youtube5SLr2HJ9Fog.mp4', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SLr2HJ9Fog']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-93-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-80901-gfebc862, ffprobe N-80901-gfebc862
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 5SLr2HJ9Fog: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 5SLr2HJ9Fog: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 5SLr2HJ9Fog: Extracting video information
[youtube] 5SLr2HJ9Fog: Downloading MPD manifest
[youtube] 5SLr2HJ9Fog: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r16---sn-o097znel.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?mt=1486694025&itag=22&pl=23&ei=wiadWIOjNZPG-gOOtaGIBQ&ms=au&lmt=1486327089525487&key=yt6&mv=u&dur=34.620&ipbits=0&source=youtube&mm=31&mn=sn-o097znel&expire=1486715683&ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&mime=video%2Fmp4&id=o-AE4rg4YqzLgHGrrZ-3pzDJOm9rvsjfxkMjVHnmdexR2P&upn=wcJOeVCE1gY&ip=54.215.114.53&signature=7069B248E3F93CBE3F68C625B6211960D94B1EC7.D2B8785F422A58D4962719DFEF9F2A8C844A90F7&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire'
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 2 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 3 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 4 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 5 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 6 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 7 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 8 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 9 of 10)...
[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt 10 of 10)...
ERROR: giving up after 10 retries
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 61, in real_download
    data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2006, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error

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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=5SLr2HJ9Fog

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

It's unclear what's different about this youtube URL vs others that rip correctly.

[dstftw]

Duplicate of #3721.