SSL error code 1941

[SarahJohnson1990]

Hello,
I'm using youtube_dl module inside python script and i'm getting this error:

youtube_dl.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: unable to download video data: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:1941)

[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE: Requesting header
WARNING: Forcing on generic information extractor.
[generic] watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: [SSL: DECRYPTION_FAILED_OR_BAD_RECORD_MAC] decryption failed or bad record mac (_ssl.c:1941) (caused by SSLError(1, u'[SSL: DECRYPTION_FAILED_OR_BAD
_RECORD_MAC] decryption failed or bad record mac (_ssl.c:1941)')); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.o
rg/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 579, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 429, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 447, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1101, in https_open
    req, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 1201, in do_open
    r = h.getresponse(buffering=True)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\httplib.py", line 1121, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\httplib.py", line 438, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\httplib.py", line 394, in _read_status
    line = self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\socket.py", line 480, in readline
    data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ssl.py", line 772, in recv
    return self.read(buflen)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ssl.py", line 659, in read
    v = self._sslobj.read(len)

I made sure i'm using the last version of python 2 and last version of youtube-dl
Operating system : windows 7 32 bit service pack 1

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[debug] System config: []
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[dstftw]

Post the full output of verbose log.

[SarahJohnson1990]

I already did above
Here is the debug output using verbose option again:

[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out None, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: unable to download video data: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:1941)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1908, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1847, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\common.py", line 364, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 341, in real_download
    establish_connection()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 109, in establish_connection
    ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 429, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 447, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1101, in https_open
    req, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 1201, in do_open
    r = h.getresponse(buffering=True)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\httplib.py", line 1121, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\httplib.py", line 438, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\httplib.py", line 394, in _read_status
    line = self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\socket.py", line 480, in readline
    data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ssl.py", line 772, in recv
    return self.read(buflen)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ssl.py", line 659, in read
    v = self._sslobj.read(len)
SSLError: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:1941)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 27, in <module>
    ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg-Y5byMMw'])
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 803, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 857, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1635, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1910, in process_info
    self.report_error('unable to download video data: %s' % error_to_compat_str(err))
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 620, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 590, in trouble
    raise DownloadError(message, exc_info)
youtube_dl.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: unable to download video data: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:1941)

Thank you

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