ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename

[fushcpc]

The youtube-dl suddenly not working. I have search the Internet, some answer say that it cause by sort of permission issue, but even I use sudo youtube-dl XXX, or I execute the command line in my home directory, it also print the same error.

So if anyone could provide a solution, it will be appreciated.

Here is my alias in ~/.zshrc

alias youtube-dl="youtube-dl -v --proxy http://127.0.0.1:6152 --all-subs -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4'"

and the output:

$ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=bLcNJ3Fzwc8
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLcNJ3Fzwc8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-17.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.4, ffprobe 3.3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': 'http://127.0.0.1:6152', 'https': 'http://127.0.0.1:6152'}
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Extracting video information
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-a5meknll.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=6cb70d277173c1cf&itag=136&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mv=m&ms=au&mm=31&ei=F53zWYexOZDv_APHmY74Bw&mn=sn-a5meknll&pl=24&initcwndbps=753750&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=127057752&lmt=1509081287721659&dur=992.950&key=dg_yt0&signature=61A83C30733A8BA949F278915518678F918DE23D.796FE5E619F49EF7A5A5B1E25B0350344C4A553B&mt=1509137563&ip=45.76.65.199&ipbits=0&expire=1509159288&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mv,ms,mm,ei,mn,pl,initcwndbps,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: '\xe5\x8d\x88\xe9\x96\x93\xe6\x96\xb0\xe8\x81\x9e 2017 10 27-bLcNJ3Fzwc8.f136.mp4.part'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 200, in download
    ctx.tmpfilename, ctx.open_mode)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 454, in sanitize_open
    stream = open(encodeFilename(filename), open_mode)
IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: '\xe5\x8d\x88\xe9\x96\x93\xe6\x96\xb0\xe8\x81\x9e 2017 10 27-bLcNJ3Fzwc8.f136.mp4.part'

[dstftw]

--restrict-filenames.

[fushcpc]

➜  temp  youtube-dl --version
2017.10.20
➜  temp  alias youtube-dl
youtube-dl='youtube-dl -v --proxy http://127.0.0.1:6152 --all-subs -f '\''bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4'\'
➜  temp  youtube-dl --restrict-filenames https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=bLcNJ3Fzwc8
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--proxy', u'http://127.0.0.1:6152', u'--all-subs', u'-f', u'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4', u'--restrict-filenames', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLcNJ3Fzwc8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-17.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.4, ffprobe 3.3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {u'http': u'http://127.0.0.1:6152', u'https': u'http://127.0.0.1:6152'}
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Extracting video information
WARNING: video doesn't have subtitles
[youtube] bLcNJ3Fzwc8: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-a5mlrn7s.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=6cb70d277173c1cf&itag=136&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mn=sn-a5mlrn7s&mm=31&ms=au&ei=JqrzWbLtCYSr-APNx6PQDQ&mv=m&pl=24&initcwndbps=935000&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=127057752&lmt=1509081287721659&dur=992.950&mt=1509140953&signature=2E2FE9C0E188E91AE5CCBBB84D2645C5FB9E1839.4E630FA7FD892C530BC95A9AF5EDB23580D353DB&key=dg_yt0&beids=[9466592]&ip=45.76.65.199&ipbits=0&expire=1509162630&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mn,mm,ms,ei,mv,pl,initcwndbps,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: '2017_10_27-bLcNJ3Fzwc8.f136.mp4.part'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 200, in download
    ctx.tmpfilename, ctx.open_mode)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 454, in sanitize_open
    stream = open(encodeFilename(filename), open_mode)
IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: '2017_10_27-bLcNJ3Fzwc8.f136.mp4.part'

[fushcpc]

I don't understand that why you close this issue if you can't reproduce it ? @dstftw

[Hrxn]

Can you run/write to an entirely different location?

[fushcpc]

@Hrxn
Yes, i have. even the home directory