Error "no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info" on all videos

[tmanmrt]

I've been using youtube-dl daily for nearly a year, and it's just stopped working today. On every video I attempt to download from youtube it says:

"ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info"

Is anybody else having this problem?? It think it may be extremely recent, so check before you say no!

[kfarr]

Yep appears they changed their backend again.

Now the URL map key appears to be "url_encoded_fmt_stream_map" instead of "fmt_url_map".

However, attempting to simply download the url_encoded_fmt_stream_map URL (after decoding) returns a 403.

[hdclark]

#134

[phihag]

This should be fixed in my fork. Can you test that?

[tmanmrt]

That fork fixed the problem, thanks phihag!

[kurtdekker]

Fix confirmed... awesome. THANKS!

[c-geek]

Github and community power. Many thanks !

[hamed1024]

I tried using the "fork" but it downloads it partially (up to 20% or so) and then stops.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks

[phihag]

@hamed1024 The official youtube-dl now contains the patch. My fork has no changes in the downloading code atm though, so you're likely going to run into the same issue. youtube may just have a fluke, so try again and see if the problem persists.

If it does, please open a new bug, and include:

• The precise command line, including the video URL
• The output of youtube-dl --version; md5sum $(which youtube-dl)
• The output of python --version
• Your counttry you're downloading from.

[hamed1024]

Thanks for your reply. I am new here and don't know how to open a new bug:
I am using ubuntu 9.10 and tried these commands to install youtube-dl and download a video:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_otBNg0W0Y"

And got:
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] I_otBNg0W0Y: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] I_otBNg0W0Y: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] I_otBNg0W0Y: Extracting video information
ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info

Thanks for any help.

[phihag]

@hamed1024 At the top of the page, there's a tab Issues. Click that and then click New Issue. When filing a bug, don't forget to include the information I mentioned in my previous post.

Your problem is simple, however: You've got an outdated version of youtube-dl. The last update in the PPA you're using is from 2010. Fortunately, youtube-dl comes with its own update mechanism. Simply typing sudo youtube-dl -U should fix your problem.

[hamed1024]

Perfect!
Thanks a lot.

[josesluz]

sudo youtube-dl -U

my problem is resolved! Thanks!

[MK3IcebergSlim]

Gratitude.

[mindsocket]

This worked for me too, but I had to run the update twice to get the latest latest.

[ushakrah]

Hi,
I tried sudo youtube-dl -U
But it is giving the following result:

Updating to latest stable version...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 2269, in
update_self(fd, sys.argv[0])
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 2074, in update_self
latest_version = urllib.urlopen(latest_url).read().strip()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 86, in urlopen
return opener.open(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 207, in open
return getattr(self, name)(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 346, in open_http
h.endheaders()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 908, in endheaders
self._send_output()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 780, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 739, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 720, in connect
self.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 561, in create_connection
raise error, msg
IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno 110] Connection timed out

[mindsocket]

This issue is closed and completely unrelated to your error. Perhaps you meant to create a new issue?

[ushakrah]

i would be happy....