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Bug: Windows XP (just XP?) proxy setting #3004
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After further investigation I must admit: it does work for downloads! But it doesn't work for the update feature. And that's what I've been trying to do, so I had not noticed the different behavior until now. Still, does not work, if there is a Windows XP default proxy set. The --proxy option doesn't show any effect. |
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There is a proxy setting on Windows XP, which will be used by urllib2 in youtube-dl. Usage of
does not change this, youtube-dl still uses the specified Windows default proxy and not direct connection. This seems to be a known issue with urllib2 and Windows XP.
I don't know much Python, but http://www.decalage.info/en/python/urllib2noproxy seems like a solution.