SSLError

[kuntau]

Hi.. recently my youtube-dl just stop working on me and I have no idea why.

youtube-dl  https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=YVzv5pNh3F8 -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVzv5pNh3F8', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.10.30
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Darwin-14.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.4.2, ffprobe 2.4.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] YVzv5pNh3F8: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: The read operation timed out (caused by SSLError('The read operation timed out',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 231, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1286, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 892, in http_response
    content = resp.read()
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 351, in read
    data = self._sock.recv(rbufsize)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 543, in read
    return self._read_chunked(amt)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 585, in _read_chunked
    line = self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 476, in readline
    data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 246, in recv
    return self.read(buflen)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 165, in read
    return self._sslobj.read(len)

If you need more info just let me know. Thanks

[sehrgut]

Duplicate of #4240.

[casoetan]

@dstftw @sehrgut . Its not. I'm having the same issue. Even with the latest update.

Youtube-dl Version 2017.08.27.1

youtube-dl --retries 3 https://youtu.be/yDv5FIAeyoY --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://youtu.be/yDv5FIAeyoY', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.27.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-16.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.3, ffprobe 3.3.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] yDv5FIAeyoY: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: ('The read operation timed out',) (caused by SSLError('The read operation timed out',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2168, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 431, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 449, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1086, in https_open
    req, **kwargs)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1200, in do_open
    r = h.getresponse(buffering=True)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1132, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 453, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 409, in _read_status
    line = self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 480, in readline
    data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 734, in recv
    return self.read(buflen)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 621, in read
    v = self._sslobj.read(len or 1024)

[Hrxn]

[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-16.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit

Likely a Python version that's too old.

[casoetan]

@Hrxn you are absolutely right. The system default python does not work. Using homebrew version resolved this for me.

Thanks