Twitter FFMPEG Issue Prevents Downloading

[AdamDanischewski]

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

youtube-dl "https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/916244450816479232"
[twitter] 916244450816479232: Downloading webpage
[twitter:card] 916244450816479232: Downloading webpage
[twitter:card] 916244450816479232: Downloading m3u8 information
[twitter:card] 916244450816479232: Downloading mobile webpage
[twitter:card] 916244450816479232: Downloading main script
[twitter:card] 916244450816479232: Downloading mobile API data
[download] Destination: NBC News - Footage from a Las Vegas cab outside Mandalay Bay shows the moment drivers realized a gunman on the 32nd floor was shooting into a crowd --916244450816479232.mp4
ffmpeg version 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 20160609
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.16.04.1 --build-suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --cc=cc --cxx=g++ --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --disable-decoder=libopenjpeg --disable-decoder=libschroedinger --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencv
WARNING: library configuration mismatch
avcodec configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.16.04.1 --build-suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --cc=cc --cxx=g++ --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --disable-decoder=libopenjpeg --disable-decoder=libschroedinger --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencv --enable-version3 --disable-doc --disable-programs --disable-avdevice --disable-avfilter --disable-avformat --disable-avresample --disable-postproc --disable-swscale --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libvo_aacenc --enable-libvo_amrwbenc
libavutil 54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100
libavcodec 56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100
libavformat 56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101
libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100
libavfilter 5. 40.101 / 5. 40.101
libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0
libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 2.101 / 1. 2.101
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
Input #0, hls,applehttp, from 'https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/916243319079960576/pl/720x720/DzaR-mfhcbL7YAsy.m3u8':
Duration: 00:01:23.48, start: 0.066733, bitrate: 0 kb/s
Program 0
Metadata:
variant_bitrate : 0
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 720x720, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 130 kb/s
[mp4 @ 0x2b09480] Codec for stream 0 does not use global headers but container format requires global headers
[mp4 @ 0x2b09480] Codec for stream 1 does not use global headers but container format requires global headers
Output #0, mp4, to 'file:NBC News - Footage from a Las Vegas cab outside Mandalay Bay shows the moment drivers realized a gunman on the 32nd floor was shooting into a crowd --916244450816479232.mp4.part':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf56.40.101
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 720x720, q=2-31, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 48000 Hz, stereo, 130 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[mp4 @ 0x2b09480] Malformed AAC bitstream detected: use the audio bitstream filter 'aac_adtstoasc' to fix it ('-bsf:a aac_adtstoasc' option with ffmpeg)
av_interleaved_write_frame(): Operation not permitted
frame= 6 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 16kB time=00:00:00.10 bitrate=1336.6kbits/s
video:15kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 3.438466%
Conversion failed!
ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 1

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://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/916244450816479232

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I know it may be that ffmpeg has trouble with the handoff due to some default settings, yet I'm not sure why it is processing when I simply expect the video without any transcoding. I was able to find the direct link to the video (via: http://twdown.net/) and download with other tools, here is the direct link: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/916243319079960576/vid/720x720/0dyNn5c025zkwqAN.mp4

[dstftw]

Outdated ffmpeg.