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Using `--proxy` crashes with various error messages #21266
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Most likely proxies are broken/misbehave/non-socks5. |
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Proxies work properly in other applications. |
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Description
When trying to download a geo-restricted video from YouTube using the
--proxyparameter youtube-dl crashes with one of the messages seen in the two logs above. It is not relevant what geo-restricted video I try and it is not relevant what proxy I try. Proxy works in browser but I always get either the first or the second message in youtube-dl.