YouTube signature error

[mesb1]

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Ver:
youtube-dl -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2018.11.07)

[ant@flagship1 ~]$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQbC5SfI8o --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQbC5SfI8o', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Linux-4.14.78-desktop-1.mga6-x86_64-with-mageia-6-Official
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.8, ffprobe 3.3.8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] mIQbC5SfI8o: Downloading webpage
[youtube] mIQbC5SfI8o: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] {22} signature length 43.40, html5 player vflVKnssA
[youtube] mIQbC5SfI8o: Downloading player https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js
[youtube] {43} signature length 43.40, html5 player vflVKnssA
[youtube] {18} signature length 43.40, html5 player vflVKnssA
[youtube] {36} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflVKnssA
[youtube] mIQbC5SfI8o: Downloading player https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1225, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1132, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 772, in _download_webpage
expected_status=expected_status)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 267, in _download_webpage_handle
*args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 638, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 623, in _request_webpage
raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
ExtractorError: Download of https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js failed: <urlopen error [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer> (caused by URLError(error(104, 'Connection reset by peer'),))
(caused by ExtractorError(u"Download of https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js failed: <urlopen error [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer> (caused by URLError(error(104, 'Connection reset by peer'),))",)); 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 "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1225, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1132, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 772, in _download_webpage
expected_status=expected_status)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 267, in _download_webpage_handle
*args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 638, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 623, in _request_webpage
raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
ExtractorError: Download of https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js failed: <urlopen error [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer> (caused by URLError(error(104, 'Connection reset by peer'),))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1837, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1235, in _decrypt_signature
'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1225, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1132, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 772, in _download_webpage
expected_status=expected_status)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 267, in _download_webpage_handle
*args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 638, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
File "/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 623, in _request_webpage
raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
ExtractorError: Download of https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js failed: <urlopen error [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer> (caused by URLError(error(104, 'Connection reset by peer'),))
(caused by ExtractorError(u"Download of https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-vflVKnssA/en_US/base.js failed: <urlopen error [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer> (caused by URLError(error(104, 'Connection reset by peer'),))",)); 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.

[dstftw]

Network issue on your side.

[hugbubby]

It is very much not. You have decided to close like 5 of these same issues. I'm having the exact same problem.

[Hrxn]

Based from the log info submitted here, it very much looks like a network issue though..