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Failue to download YouTube video -- "Could not find JS function 'encodeURIComponent'" #18891
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@RalphORama failed this step:
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@carlbennett Mentioned issue does not provide verbose log as is requested and very few examples. Thanks. |
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@RalphORama Okay what do you say about #18890 then? You should have tagged along examples and verbose logs to the #18873. |
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@carlbennett thank you for your input, I'll wait and see what youtube-dl contributors say the issue was. I'm excited for a fix. |
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Learn to search better. |
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Someone already made a fix in that issue I linked. |
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@carlbennett bug reports are neither the time nor place to flame other users. I appreciate your linking of other issues but I think your usefulness in this thread has reached its limit. |
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@RalphORama "Usefulness" hasn't ended. Seriously, take a look at this guy's commit: |
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I have the same problem: |
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@carlbennett I appreciate Mr. Khang's fix much more than I appreciate your trolling in this thread. |
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@RalphORama is the real troll here, @carlbennett is just following the repository's contributing guidelines unlike @RalphORama who makes duplicate issues and lies about searching for similar ones. There's a fix already, y'all calm down and go download your videos. |
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@Ornosunite please keep comments related to the issue at hand. Thank you. |
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I get identical results as cosynox. Running current version. Was copying files, and this died in the last two hours. |
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Where can I find the mentioned fix? |
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Could someone be a nice mate and compile a version for Windows for me? |
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Please forgive me as I am not a coder. I am an end user who is curious. If someone might have the kindness to explain to me how I might update to the latest fixed version? ~# pip install --upgrade youtube-dl |
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@scallywag41 there's no new release yet, simply a proposed fix. I assume a new version will be deployed on pip later this week. |
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@RalphORama Thank you sir. I will keep an eye on the thread. Sorry if I've interrupted. I don't use git a great deal and so I hope I haven't broken any etiquette. |
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Here is the one-liner fix for future visitors: |
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I have applied the fix that was proposed by carlbennet and it works for me very well. |
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@dstftw Sorry, but this bug still persists in Windows version 2019.01.17. Here is the debug log: PS: I'm using http proxy service for downloading since I can't access youtube directly. The other videos without |
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Same, this persists for me as well on Windows version 2019.01.17 |
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These settings used in Dunno, but signing in (cf. Maybe try deleting that whole thing, not sure if this makes any difference. |
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@Hrxn I've tried PS: It seems you are not using Windows version PS2: Please try with the same Format settings |
Fixes an issue with youtube, see ytdl-org/youtube-dl#18891
Fixes an issue with youtube, see ytdl-org/youtube-dl#18891 (cherry picked from commit a1169af)
Make sure you are using the latest version: run
youtube-dl --versionand ensure your version is 2019.01.16. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.Before submitting an issue make sure you have:
What is the purpose of your issue?
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
-vflag 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 ```):Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information
It appears that I cannot download YouTube videos. I've attempted with the following links, but receive the error
Could not find JS function 'encodeURIComponent'with every attempt. This issue was brought up by a friend who is experiencing the same problem.However, I am able to download the following videos:
I'm not sure what the difference is between them, but the first five don't work and the last five do. Any help would be appreciated.