Finding configuration file Windows 7

[asap7770]

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  **Did not do the above as it's a configuration issue, not use.

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...
<end of log>

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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

After recent installation with pip on windows 7, I noticed that the config file for the setup was missing from both the downloaded file location and the location mentioned in the README. I'm not sure if this was an installation error since I did install with a different pip command:

python -m pip install youtube-dl

This was only due to the README's method of installation not performing, the -H was errored out and requested to use -h for help menu.

TL;DR: Cannot find the configuration file, requesting input on whether to reinstall or check another location?

Regards,
Asap

[dstftw]

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#configuration

[asap7770]

I don't think that this was actually read. The config file isn't in the location in the README or the website. Hence I opened a conversation on it...

[Hrxn]

Did you actually create the config file for yourself? Because that is up to you..