-g option no longer working with Youtube / MPC-HC please fix it

[silvercool2k]

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This is how I do it, I copy the youtube link to the clipboard then I run this windows script. 

@echo off
for /f %%i in ('paste.exe') do set id=%%i
youtube-dl.exe -g %id% > Youtube.m3u8

start Youtube.m3u8 /fullscreen

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This starts MPC-HC in fullscreen and runs the youtube video stream, yesterday it stopped working. 

It now says "cannot render the file."

I don't know what  changed... VLC can play it, but I don't like VLC. 


Here's the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKteggEqrU

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- Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
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It was working fine up until yesterday and I've had it for months, now it says "cannot render file". No change has been made. I've updated to the latest version, still same issue. 
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Something changed in Youtube I'm guessing an update or something, new encryption settings or something? I don't know... All I know is that it was working well for months and all the sudden yesterday it doesn't work. 

[dstftw]

Post the full output of youtube-dl when run with -v, i.e. add -v flag to your command line, copy the whole output and post it in the issue body wrapped in ``` for better formatting. It should look similar to this:

$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[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 2015.12.06
[debug] Git HEAD: 135392e
[debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...

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The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.

[silvercool2k]

2017.02.10

youtube-dl.exe -v -g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKteggEqrU
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-g', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKtegg
EqrU']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.10
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
https://r2---sn-ugpjvh-nupl.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?upn=dP--Mwb6vT8&lmt=12
98903458197046&expire=1486768875&ratebypass=yes&mime=video%2Fwebm&ipbits=0&initc
wndbps=827500&pl=23&signature=8413613B9159E2BBC14B5319C9501CD25EF85108.DF59D8648
1105D1AF01AE53A74B3534CBFDC8BA7&key=yt6&ip=190.94.58.162&itag=43&sparams=clen%2C
dur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2C
ms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&ei=i_adWK6SGoym-g
Wm8IaoCg&requiressl=yes&source=youtube&clen=15083782&mt=1486747224&mv=m&ms=au&gi
r=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-ugpjvh-nupl&id=o-ABbJuFmprn0qvOWDfi-dXuDlPjgjO5glJ6o0ehknM9KU&
dur=0.000

[yan12125]

I don't know what changed... VLC can play it, but I don't like VLC.

Clearly the problem is in MPC-HC. Report a bug to them

[silvercool2k]

it was working fine for months...

[yan12125]

YouTube servers may change to a different codec. I guess VLC can support both the new one and the old one, yet MPC-HC not.

[silvercool2k]

not about the codec its about the video stream url

[yan12125]

I don't know the real cause. That was just my guess. As I've said, if VLC works but MPC-HC not, it's clear that MPC-HC has problems. Go ahead to https://trac.mpc-hc.org/wiki/How_to_Report_Issues and report a bug there, just like what you've done here on youtube-dl.

[silvercool2k]

why would you close a ticket if you don't know the real cause? is this how you handle all tickets?

[yan12125]

Because the problem is in MPC-HC, not in youtube-dl.

[silvercool2k]

not true! have you read anything I've said? it was working fine for months... .ok lets do this... which other site does youtube-dl works with? lets test a different site ok? you tell me....

[silvercool2k]

I was also getting this error/ Unable to extract uploader nickname

[dstftw]

1. The link provided works just fine with youtube-dl thus the problem is not in youtube-dl.

PS C:\Dev\youtube-dl\master> py -3.6 .\youtube_dl\__main__.py -f best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKteggEqrU
[youtube] zkKteggEqrU: Downloading webpage
[youtube] zkKteggEqrU: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] zkKteggEqrU: Extracting video information
[youtube] zkKteggEqrU: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] Destination: Tribu del Sol - Por ti-zkKteggEqrU.webm
[download]  27.8% of 14.39MiB at 10.53MiB/s ETA 00:00
ERROR: Interrupted by user

2. Your script is fundamentally incorrect because download URLs extracted with -g must be visited with the same set of headers and cookies that youtube-dl does. Neither of them you honour.

[yan12125]

Anyway, as OP does not believe it's an MPC-HC problem, I did a test. In Options -> Playback -> Output -> DirectShow Video, the default value is "Enhanced Video Renderer (custom presenter)". If I change that to "Enhanced Video Renderer", the resultant m3u8 file plays just fine. So, the problem is: the custom presenter in MPC-HC is broken.

By the way, MPC-HC enables automatic update by default, so it's likely your copy is updated these days.