"Youtube said: unable to extract video data" on downloading a video with shock content waring notification

[r00iner]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

youtube-dl.exe -v --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 https://youtu.be/hRow6G5wQIw
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--extract-audio', '--audio-format', 'mp3', 'https://youtu.be/hRow6G5wQIw']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.2, ffprobe 3.2.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] hRow6G5wQIw: Downloading webpage
ERROR: hRow6G5wQIw: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1893, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: hRow6G5wQIw: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

Description

WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
Link https://youtu.be/hRow6G5wQIw
Tried running the program on the video with shock content notification and got this problem
ERROR: hRow6G5wQIw: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

[cheatfreak47]

confirming this issue as well

[digbose92]

Facing the same issue

[nicolaasjan]

This is an age-restricted video.
And there is already another issue open for that:
#26152
Apply the following fix in the source code and compile youtube-dl yourself:
cae18ef

If you don't know how to do that, you can apply the --cookies fix described here.

Terminal output:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ignore-config', '-f', 'bestaudio', '--extract-audio', '--audio-format', 'mp3', '--embed-thumbnail', '--audio-quality', '320k', '-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRow6G5wQIw']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.6.9 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-112-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-19.3-tricia
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-98759-g1c7e55d, ffprobe N-98759-g1c7e55d
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] hRow6G5wQIw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] hRow6G5wQIw: Downloading embed webpage
[youtube] hRow6G5wQIw: Refetching age-gated info webpage
[youtube] {18} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {137} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {248} signature length 103, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {136} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {247} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {135} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {244} signature length 103, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {134} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {243} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {133} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {242} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {160} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {278} signature length 103, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {140} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {249} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {250} signature length 107, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] {251} signature length 103, html5 player 530216c1
[youtube] hRow6G5wQIw: Downloading thumbnail ...
[youtube] hRow6G5wQIw: Writing thumbnail to: Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webp
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r6---sn-5hne6nlk.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1598055580&ei=PBBAX5XDKI6S1wLcpavICg&ip=217.121.193.63&id=o-AFmD1Ew8R3LaFLBEPG08zIR6k6iIqLDktTXBo6NrKim7&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=3_&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-5hne6nlk%2Csn-5hnedn7s&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=6&pl=15&initcwndbps=1818750&vprv=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=4413615&dur=278.461&lmt=1570882799302043&mt=1598033792&fvip=6&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&txp=5531432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhAKy3eOqehVlciuTkytJm0SerCS_-am1SasQ5sbHFCvLEAiEA1b5ujLXIkE4IV5OYVRuM9Ux6a3RO1Zz0V_xbTCtGSRI%3D&sig=AOq0QJ8wRAIgP4yBa0rp0R2dhk6_b6XAbb3_BtzhZXHUaEoB9H0pEVYCIDeVNetUPYY3Xtuhss5oldPWOA1zEXgd-BOjwXXgiFCl&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webm
[download] 100% of 4.21MiB in 00:00
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webm'
[ffmpeg] Destination: Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.mp3
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webm' -vn -acodec libmp3lame -b:a 320k 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.mp3'
Deleting original file Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webm (pass -k to keep)
[ffmpeg] Converting thumbnail "Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webp" to JPEG
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webp' -bsf:v mjpeg2jpeg 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webp.jpg'
[ffmpeg] Adding thumbnail to "Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.mp3"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.mp3' -i 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.webp.jpg' -c copy -map 0 -map 1 -metadata:s:v 'title="Album cover"' -metadata:s:v 'comment="Cover (Front)"' 'file:Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Cover на русском _ RADIO TAPOK)-hRow6G5wQIw.temp.mp3'

[EDIT]
If embedding the thumbnail doesn't work, the following fix can be applied:
777d5a4
[EDIT2]
You might consider updating your ffmpeg version and Python as well.

[antdude]

Same here with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ (Lovecraft Country: “Sundown” (Episode 1 - Full Episode) | HBO Max) from two different 64-bit Linux boxes:

$ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ
[debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.7.8 (CPython) - Linux-5.5.11-200.fc31.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-31-Thirty_One
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] za8PP4xLHdQ: Downloading webpage
ERROR: za8PP4xLHdQ: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ant/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/home/ant/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/ant/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1893, in _real_extract
'YouTube said: %s' % unavailable_message, expected=True, video_id=video_id)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: za8PP4xLHdQ: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

$ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.4.2 (CPython) - Linux-3.16.0-11-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.11
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.10-1, ffprobe 3.2.10-1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] za8PP4xLHdQ: Downloading webpage
ERROR: za8PP4xLHdQ: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ant/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/home/ant/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/ant/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1893, in _real_extract
'YouTube said: %s' % unavailable_message, expected=True, video_id=video_id)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: za8PP4xLHdQ: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

:(

[nicolaasjan]

Same here with Lovecraft Country: “Sundown” (Episode 1 - Full Episode) | HBO Max (Lovecraft Country: “Sundown” (Episode 1 - Full Episode) | HBO Max) from two different 64-bit Linux boxes:
---snip---
:(

That one works here with the youtube.py fix (cae18ef), even without the cookies.txt option...:

youtube-dl --ignore-config -F -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ignore-config', '-F', '-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PP4xLHdQ']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.6.9 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-112-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-19.3-tricia
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-98759-g1c7e55d, ffprobe N-98759-g1c7e55d
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] za8PP4xLHdQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] za8PP4xLHdQ: Downloading embed webpage
[youtube] za8PP4xLHdQ: Refetching age-gated info webpage
[info] Available formats for za8PP4xLHdQ:
format code  extension  resolution note
249          webm       audio only tiny   58k , opus @ 50k (48000Hz), 22.61MiB
250          webm       audio only tiny   75k , opus @ 70k (48000Hz), 28.64MiB
140          m4a        audio only tiny  133k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz), 63.60MiB
251          webm       audio only tiny  144k , opus @160k (48000Hz), 56.56MiB
278          webm       256x144    144p   88k , webm container, vp9, 24fps, video only, 36.30MiB
160          mp4        256x144    144p  110k , avc1.4d400c, 24fps, video only, 23.62MiB
242          webm       426x240    240p  195k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 48.08MiB
133          mp4        426x240    240p  300k , avc1.4d4015, 24fps, video only, 44.46MiB
243          webm       640x360    360p  417k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 96.93MiB
134          mp4        640x360    360p  543k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 77.36MiB
244          webm       854x480    480p  768k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 161.19MiB
135          mp4        854x480    480p  805k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 112.37MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   720p 1146k , avc1.4d401f, 24fps, video only, 183.39MiB
247          webm       1280x720   720p 1517k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 286.00MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  1080p 2667k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 506.82MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 6461k , avc1.640028, 24fps, video only, 689.23MiB
18           mp4        640x360    360p  424k , avc1.42001E, 24fps, mp4a.40.2@ 96k (44100Hz), 208.52MiB
22           mp4        1280x720   720p  502k , avc1.64001F, 24fps, mp4a.40.2@192k (44100Hz) (best)

[antdude]

Thanks nicolaasjan. I'll wait for the official binary. I hope it is very soon!

[nicolaasjan]

Thanks nicolaasjan. I'll wait for the official binary. I hope it is very soon!

Since you are on Linux, compiling the binary is quite simple.
(of course run make after you applied the changes in youtube.py):

git clone https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git
cd youtube-dl
make

Then copy youtube-dl to /usr/local/bin.

[antdude]

No luck on two boxes:

$ git clone https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git
Cloning into 'youtube-dl'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 98251, done.
remote: Total 98251 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 98251
Receiving objects: 100% (98251/98251), 56.27 MiB | 21.13 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (72379/72379), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
$ cd youtube-dl/
$ time make
mkdir -p zip
for d in youtube_dl youtube_dl/downloader youtube_dl/extractor youtube_dl/postprocessor ; do
mkdir -p zip/$d ;
cp -pPR $d/.py zip/$d/ ;
done
touch -t 200001010101 zip/youtube_dl/.py zip/youtube_dl//.py
mv zip/youtube_dl/main.py zip/
cd zip ; zip -q ../youtube-dl youtube_dl/.py youtube_dl//*.py main.py
rm -rf zip
echo '#!/usr/bin/env python' > youtube-dl
cat youtube-dl.zip >> youtube-dl
rm youtube-dl.zip
chmod a+x youtube-dl
COLUMNS=80 /usr/bin/env python youtube_dl/main.py --help | /usr/bin/env python devscripts/make_readme.py
/usr/bin/env python devscripts/make_contributing.py README.md CONTRIBUTING.md
/bin/sh: 1: pandoc: not found
/bin/sh: 1: [: =: unexpected operator
pandoc -f markdown -t plain README.md -o README.txt
make: pandoc: Command not found
Makefile:92: recipe for target 'README.txt' failed
make: *** [README.txt] Error 127

real 0m2.448s
user 0m1.964s
sys 0m0.300s

$ git clone https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git
Cloning into 'youtube-dl'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 98251, done.
remote: Total 98251 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 98251
Receiving objects: 100% (98251/98251), 56.28 MiB | 19.71 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (72378/72378), done.
$ cd youtube-dl/
$ time make
mkdir -p zip
for d in youtube_dl youtube_dl/downloader youtube_dl/extractor youtube_dl/postprocessor ; do
mkdir -p zip/$d ;
cp -pPR $d/.py zip/$d/ ;
done
touch -t 200001010101 zip/youtube_dl/.py zip/youtube_dl//.py
mv zip/youtube_dl/main.py zip/
cd zip ; zip -q ../youtube-dl youtube_dl/.py youtube_dl//*.py main.py
rm -rf zip
echo '#!/usr/bin/env python' > youtube-dl
cat youtube-dl.zip >> youtube-dl
rm youtube-dl.zip
chmod a+x youtube-dl
COLUMNS=80 /usr/bin/env python youtube_dl/main.py --help | /usr/bin/env python devscripts/make_readme.py
/usr/bin/env python devscripts/make_contributing.py README.md CONTRIBUTING.md
/bin/sh: pandoc: command not found
/bin/sh: line 0: [: =: unary operator expected
pandoc -f markdown -t plain README.md -o README.txt
make: pandoc: Command not found
make: *** [Makefile:92: README.txt] Error 127

real 0m1.382s
user 0m0.955s
sys 0m0.197s

I will just wait for the official binaries. ;)

[nicolaasjan]

No luck on two boxes:

---snip---

I will just wait for the official binaries. ;)

make: pandoc: Command not found

Don't you have pandoc installed? ;)
(necessary for making the documentation)