Downloads from BBC iPlayer fail after adding certain command line args

[Derp0]

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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 ```):

C:\>yt -v -f best --no-call-home --all-subs --add-metadata https://www.bbc.co.uk
/iplayer/episode/p06t60pl/les-miserables-series-1-episode-1
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'best', '--no-call-home', '--all-subs',
'--add-metadata', 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06t60pl/les-miserables
-series-1-episode-1']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.02.18
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1, ffprobe 4.0.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[bbc.co.uk] p06t60pl: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p06t60pl: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
WARNING: Failed to download MPD manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 503: Service Temporaril
y Unavailable
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 503: Service Temporaril
y Unavailable
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
WARNING: Failed to download MPD manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: <urlopen error [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_H
ANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:600)>
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: <urlopen error [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_H
ANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:600)>
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading captions
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading captions
ERROR: Unable to download XML: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError())
; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using th
e latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl wit
h the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpw73a_6nx\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpw73a_6nx\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2225, 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_defau
lt
...
<end of log>

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Upon adding these command line args I get the error above, though it used to work before. The args are:
--no-call-home --all-subs --add-metadata

Please note that it still does work without the mentioned args.

EDIT: After doing a few tests I found out that --all-subs arg is causing the problem.

[dstftw]

Please note that it still does work without the mentioned args.

Prove that.

[dstftw]

PS C:\Dev\youtube-dl\master> py -2.7 .\youtube_dl\__main__.py https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06t60pl/les-miserables-series-1-episode-1 -v -f best --no-call-home --all-subs --add-metadata
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06t60pl/les-miserables-series-1-episode-1', u'-v', u'-f', u'best', u'--no-call-home', u'--all-subs', u'--add-metadata']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.02.18
[debug] Git HEAD: 8c80603
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.10240
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-85653-gb4330a0, ffprobe N-85653-gb4330a0, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[bbc.co.uk] p06t60pl: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p06t60pl: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading captions
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading captions
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading captions
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b0by43zz: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Writing video subtitles to: Les Miserables, Series 1, Episode 1-b0by43zz.en.ttml
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://bbcfmt-ic-56bc8300-0164db-vodhlsuklive.s.loris.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_hd/0784ae-b0by43zz/vf_b0by43zz_0c52f175-9ba0-4841-bfb8-195f619afa18.ism/vf_b0by43zz_0c52f175-9ba0-4841-bfb8-195f619afa18-audio_eng=320000-video=5070000.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 465
[download] Destination: Les Miserables, Series 1, Episode 1-b0by43zz.mp4
[download]   0.1% of ~1.30GiB at 578.45KiB/s ETA 52:02
ERROR: Interrupted by user

[Derp0]

Please note that it still does work without the mentioned args.

Prove that.

How is it geo-restricted when I can watch it on the website, and also download it without the subtitle related args.

[Derp0]

Doesn't being able to see the subtitle on the BBC website mean that yt-dl should be able to download it?

[dstftw]

Well, I've made subtitles extraction non fatal in recent commit, this will fix extraction. But still BBC does not like something on your side.

[Derp0]

It downloads the sub now despite the warning, thank you.
Les Miserables, Series 1, Episode 1-b0by43zz.en.ttml