How to disable or bypass the enforced PAC proxy script set by corporate Group Policy in my browser

[NiesmialyGosc]

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D:\video>youtube-dl --proxy 51.38.234.95:8080 --all-subs --convert-subs srt -o"
2228.mp4" -v https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-
saison-9/943823-plus-belle-la-vie.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--proxy', '51.38.234.95:8080', '--all-subs', '--con
vert-subs', 'srt', '-o 2228.mp4', '-v', 'https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-bel
le-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-9/943823-plus-belle-la-vie.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp936, fs mbcs, out cp936, pref cp936
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89508-g1f1207145a, ffprobe N-89508-g1f1207145a
[debug] Proxy map: {'https': '51.38.234.95:8080', 'http': '51.38.234.95:8080'}
[FranceTVSite] 943823-plus-belle-la-vie: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [WinError 10054] An existing c
onnection was forcibly closed by the remote host> (caused by URLError(Connection
ResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
', None, 10054, None),))
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpcs52im
f5\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 626, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpcs52im
f5\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2225, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpcs52im
f5\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1140, in https_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1185, in do_open


D:\video>

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• 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

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

The network connectivity at my home is terribly poor and it takes more than 5 hours to download a video of 300MB! And the downloads are interrupted from time to time. Therefore I have to download the videos in my office..

However, I cannot disable or bypass the Automatic Configuration Script (proxy.pac) set by the corporate Group Policy in my browser LAN Settings to download videos using a French proxy..

Is there a way to bypass group policy and disable the .pac proxy configuration script or is it possible for my French proxy to override the .pac in order for it to work..

Thank you!
NiesmialyGosc

[NiesmialyGosc]

Isn't it possible to defeat the Group Policy and set a command-prompt-wide proxy in youtube-dl command lines for video download???

[dstftw]

youtube-dl does not use these settings. Most likely your public proxy is dead.