YouKu.com can not be down rightly

[Lavinci]

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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 ```):

TM2NDczNg==.html?tpa=dW5pb25faWQ9MTAzNzUzXzEwMDAwMV8wMV8wMQ
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-F', 'http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk0NTM2NDczNg==.html?tpa=dW5pb25faWQ9MT
AzNzUzXzEwMDAwMV8wMV8wMQ']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp936, fs mbcs, out cp936, pref cp936
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.11
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-86935-g44e9783, ffprobe N-86935-g44e9783
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youku] XMjk0NTM2NDczNg: Retrieving cna info
[youku] XMjk0NTM2NDczNg: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Youku server reported error -6004: 客户端无权播放,201; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp24lzs8ny\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", l
ine 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp24lzs8ny\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common
.py", line 434, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp24lzs8ny\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youku.
py", line 189, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Youku server reported error -6004: 客户端无权播放,201; please report this issu
e on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sur
e to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
...
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it works very well ,but something was wrong recently,Is there any ways to resolve the problem?

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=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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[yan12125]

Works fine here.

$ youtube-dl -vF "http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk0NTM2NDczNg==.html?tpa=dW5pb25faWQ9MTAzNzUzXzEwMDAwMV8wMV8wMQ"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vF', 'http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk0NTM2NDczNg==.html?tpa=dW5pb25faWQ9MTAzNzUzXzEwMDAwMV8wMV8wMQ']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.11
[debug] Git HEAD: 2f483758b
[debug] Python version 3.6.2 - Darwin-16.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youku] XMjk0NTM2NDczNg: Retrieving cna info
[youku] XMjk0NTM2NDczNg: Downloading JSON metadata
[info] Available formats for XMjk0NTM2NDczNg:
format code  extension  resolution note
0            mp4        640x360    107.12MiB
h4-0         mp4        640x360    108.48MiB
h3           mp4        960x540    192.53MiB
3            mp4        1280x720   312.11MiB
h4-1         mp4        1280x720   313.18MiB
5            mp4        1920x1080  586.28MiB
h4-2         mp4        1920x1080  587.45MiB (best)

Could you watch this video in browsers?

[Lavinci]

emmm...it works well now ,what happen...
i am sorry to disturb you.thank you

[avcode8]

here doesn't work also.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vF', 'http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA==.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp936, fs mbcs, out cp936, pref cp936
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.15
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Win7
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83454-g3aae1ef, ffprobe N-83454-g3aae1ef
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youku] XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA: Retrieving cna info
[youku] XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Youku server reported error -6004: 客户端无权播放,201; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 434, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youku.py", line 189, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Youku server reported error -6004: 客户端无权播放,201; 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.

[yan12125]

I guess it's a temporary issue. Just tried and this video works fine here.

$ youtube-dl -vF "http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA==.html"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vF', 'http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA==.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.15
[debug] Git HEAD: 4d8c4b46d
[debug] Python version 3.6.2 - Darwin-16.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youku] XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA: Retrieving cna info
[youku] XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA: Downloading JSON metadata
[info] Available formats for XMzAyMTMzNDgwNA:
format code  extension  resolution note
0            mp4        640x360    238.28MiB
h4-0         mp4        640x360    240.15MiB
h3           mp4        960x540    456.11MiB
3            mp4        1280x720   763.66MiB
h4-1         mp4        1280x720   765.15MiB
5            mp4        1920x1080  1.57GiB
h4-2         mp4        1920x1080  1.57GiB (best)