[youtube] "Got server HTTP error."

[paulguy]

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Tj71fxP6A']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.18
[debug] Python version 3.4.5 - Linux-4.11.9-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Ryzen_7_1800X_Eight-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3, ffprobe 3.3, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] W2Tj71fxP6A: Downloading webpage
[youtube] W2Tj71fxP6A: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] W2Tj71fxP6A: Extracting video information
[youtube] W2Tj71fxP6A: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r5---sn-8xgp1vo-cvnz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=5b64e3ef57f13fa0&itag=298&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=2276250&mm=31&mn=sn-8xgp1vo-cvnz&ms=au&mv=m&pl=24&ei=7mKWWczkJsXR8wSOib_IAQ&gcr=us&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=1800948565&lmt=1503020349369786&dur=7267.582&key=dg_yt0&signature=63B5AD37970BB26C0634C316F3CFFBBB047D2920.633C52F4BAC2B5BC3426A6F253FB8528D5FA6DE9&mt=1503027870&ip=68.133.47.97&ipbits=0&expire=1503049550&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,initcwndbps,mm,mn,ms,mv,pl,ei,gcr,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[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
  File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.4/youtube-dl", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2017.8.18', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1958, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 787, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 841, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1601, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1859, in process_info
    partial_success = dl(fname, new_info)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1807, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 361, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 131, in real_download
    self.report_error('giving up after %s retries' % retries)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 163, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 604, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 566, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Download fails as can be seen in that log. Using mpv results in a 500 Internal Server Error.

[paulguy]

Can I get a reference to where this is duplicated so I can follow it?