YouTube error "ERROR: This video is unavailable."

[superchap]

[1] First of all, can anyone else successfully download this YouTube video? Is it something on the YouTube's end?

command is as follows:

youtube-dl -k --output "~/Desktop/%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://youtu.be/BPQNMsnuI8U

[2] Second, here is the response I receive when trying to run the same command.

~ $ youtube-dl -k --output "~/Desktop/%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://youtu.be/BPQNMsnuI8U
[youtube] BPQNMsnuI8U: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BPQNMsnuI8U: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: This video is unavailable.

[3] System details:

~ $ youtube-dl -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.08.02
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.0-170-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-18.1-serena
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.2-2, ffprobe 3.2.2-2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

youtube-dl: error: You must provide at least one URL.
Type youtube-dl --help to see a list of all options.

Thanks in advance.
Kindly,
-jc

[remitamine]

youtube-dl https://youtu.be/BPQNMsnuI8U
[youtube] BPQNMsnuI8U: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BPQNMsnuI8U: Downloading video info webpage
[download] Destination: The 'Instant Rufus' Pump Action Slingshot!-BPQNMsnuI8U.mp4
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  2 97.0M    2 2100k    0     0   506k      0  0:03:16  0:00:04  0:03:12  637k

[superchap]

Were you able to download it all (or just 2% of it)? Thank you.

[remitamine]

the output show that it can be downloaded.

[superchap]

Thank you .. ideas on why I'm experiencing intermittent difficulties?

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[remitamine]

no, I have no idea what would be the problem on your side.

[xibr]

@superchap

Were you able to download it all (or just 2% of it)? Thank you.

[neo-anderson]

I have this exact same issue on a ton of other videos. When I tried to download the video in OP's description, I was able to reproduce their output. I get the same error message.

youtube-dl --ignore-config https://youtu.be/BPQNMsnuI8U
[youtube] BPQNMsnuI8U: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BPQNMsnuI8U: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: This video is unavailable.