ERROR: Did not get any data blocks (repeatably at byte 2881703)

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2019.01.02. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• [x ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2019.01.02

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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• [ x] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

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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:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVnRQRdePp4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVnRQRdePp4']
WARNING: Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding cannot encode all characters. Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.
[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.02
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 (CPython) - Linux-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1-armv5tel-with-debian-7.11
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] aVnRQRdePp4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] aVnRQRdePp4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] aVnRQRdePp4: Downloading MPD manifest
[youtube] aVnRQRdePp4: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r2---sn-8p5n5u-naje.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?mm=31%2C29&key=yt6&ip=184.21.232.221&ms=au%2Crdu&beids=9466586&txp=5535432&mv=m&mt=1546576969&id=o-AK4BikUR4_io0gIReNiDR_oKrq7M-77sW9IKbrJJ5QzD&mn=sn-8p5n5u-naje%2Csn-qxoedn7k&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&lmt=1546566674658874&fvip=3&ei=2OQuXKftB86Cir4Py8GHqAE&requiressl=yes&gcr=us&pl=22&itag=22&dur=6125.145&source=youtube&expire=1546598712&c=WEB&mime=video%2Fmp4&signature=9CA49F12CF58109829BC594638CF2D2AA20A1F74.0438A36E4AFF68AB8A71E37315E13B7249C63C7F&ratebypass=yes&ipbits=0&initcwndbps=70000'
[download] Resuming download at byte 2881703


ERROR: Did not get any data blocks
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 472, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 462, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2002, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 804, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 858, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1636, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1909, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1848, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 364, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 342, in real_download
    return download()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 312, in download
    self.report_error('Did not get any data blocks')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 165, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 621, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 583, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

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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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Tried to time/format-shift a video, download fails in the same place repeatably, whether initial or reload.

[dstftw]

Most likely youtube CDN failure.