download of all a user's videos on youtube fails for all videos after the first error

[canavan]

If youtube-dl encounters an error while downloading a complete channel, all subsequent download attempts will fail as well with a generic error message (ERROR: unable to download video) even if -i is set. The videos can be downloaded individually with separate invocations of youtube-dl.

Example:

$ youtube-dl  -i http://www.youtube.com/user/lindseystomp
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] user lindseystomp: Downloading video ids from 1 to 51
[youtube] user lindseystomp: Collected 35 video ids (downloading 35 of them)
[youtube] sf6LD2B_kDQ: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] sf6LD2B_kDQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] sf6LD2B_kDQ: Extracting video information
[download] sf6LD2B_kDQ.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] _oNpmSAvpGQ: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] _oNpmSAvpGQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] _oNpmSAvpGQ: Extracting video information
[download] _oNpmSAvpGQ.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] 0HJoNXWWMuA: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] 0HJoNXWWMuA: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 0HJoNXWWMuA: Extracting video information
[download] 0HJoNXWWMuA.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] TCL94-MsxYc: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] TCL94-MsxYc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] TCL94-MsxYc: Extracting video information
[download] TCL94-MsxYc.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] YpRyJBoEiMg: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] YpRyJBoEiMg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] YpRyJBoEiMg: Extracting video information
[download] YpRyJBoEiMg.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] ar7brs0qOG8: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] ar7brs0qOG8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] ar7brs0qOG8: Extracting video information
[download] ar7brs0qOG8.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] 0g9poWKKpbU: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] 0g9poWKKpbU: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 0g9poWKKpbU: Extracting video information
[download] 0g9poWKKpbU.mp4 has already been downloaded
[youtube] PEKFx5zwVjw: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] PEKFx5zwVjw: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: YouTube said: Unfortunately, this SME-music-content is not available in Germany because GEMA has not granted the respective music publishing rights.
[youtube] BSLPH9d-jsI: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] BSLPH9d-jsI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BSLPH9d-jsI: Extracting video information

ERROR: unable to download video
[youtube] a4m5BfETSOs: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] a4m5BfETSOs: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] a4m5BfETSOs: Extracting video information

ERROR: unable to download video
[youtube] aHjpOzsQ9YI: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] aHjpOzsQ9YI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] aHjpOzsQ9YI: Extracting video information

[jaimeMF]

This is working for me:

youtube-dl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncazAp-WIRs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w' --simulate  -i
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['--keep-video', '--verbose', '--write-info-json', '--write-thumbnail']
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncazAp-WIRs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w', '--simulate', '-i']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.09.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-11.4.2-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w: Downloading page #2
[youtube:playlist] UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w: Downloading page #3
[youtube:playlist] UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w: Downloading page #4
[youtube:playlist] UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w: Downloading page #5
[youtube:playlist] UUPkOaQ4-Vg5dt9_z7thik_w: Downloading page #6
[download] Downloading playlist: Uploaded videos
[youtube:playlist] playlist 'Uploaded videos': Collected 202 video ids (downloading 202 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 202
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] fs9i1jVTjUY: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] fs9i1jVTjUY: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 334, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 103, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1311, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError(u'YouTube said: %s' % video_info['reason'][0], expected=True)
ExtractorError: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

[download] Downloading video #2 of 202
[youtube] AKDlXclM2ak: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] AKDlXclM2ak: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 334, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 103, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1311, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError(u'YouTube said: %s' % video_info['reason'][0], expected=True)
ExtractorError: YouTube said: The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

Could you check with a more recent version of youtube-d? If it fails, please post the output if you ran the command with the --verbose option.

[canavan]

The -i switch was actually what I was missing. Please close this bug.

[jaimeMF]

Thanks for checking it.