Unable to download videos from Lynda

[abarber229]

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c:\youtube-dl>youtube-dl --verbose --username XXX --password XXX "https://www.lynda.com/Power-BI-Desktop-tutorials/Learning-Microsoft-Power-BI-Desktop/688535-2.html" -o "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\Lynda%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s. %(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)s. %(title)s.%(ext)s" --sleep-interval 10
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.lynda.com/Power-BI-Desktop-tutorials/Learning-Microsoft-Power-BI-Desktop/688535-2.html', '-o', 'C:\Users\username\Downloads\Lynda\%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s. %(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)s. %(title)s.%(ext)s', '--sleep-interval', '10']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.25
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[lynda:course] Downloading signin page
[lynda:course] Submitting email
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 418: (caused by HTTPError()); 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.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpkc931nsv\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 598, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpkc931nsv\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

I tried two different links and both work in the browser. I just updated to 2018.06.25. Let me know if I'm missing something.

[dstftw]

You must provide reproducible account credentials for any work on the issue.

[abarber229]

I emailed you the account info. Sorry about that.

[dstftw]

Incorrect credentials. Neither direct login nor linkedin login works with your credentials.

[abarber229]

That's odd. It works for me using the direct login with the credentials I emailed you.

[dstftw]

[abarber229]

I see what I did. I put in the incorrect email address in both the script and the one I sent you. My apologizes. In Chrome it was autofilling until I tried another browser and received what you got. Thank you for the troubleshooting with me.