Another video is being downloaded along with required one #4610

kartikarora · 2015-01-01T18:43:07Z

Along with the required video from youtube, another video is automatically downloaded. This happened with me when I was downloading this video and has been happening since.

I'm using youtube-dl 2014.02.17.2 as per youtube-dl --version on Ubuntu 14.04.1 and its not getting updated beyond this version.

dstftw · 2015-01-01T18:49:06Z

Post the full output you get when running with --verbose option.

phihag · 2015-01-01T19:05:11Z

Additionally, see our FAQ for instructions on how to update.

kartikarora · 2015-01-01T19:45:54Z

@phihag I uninstalled youtube-dl and reinstalled using curl, its downloaded and installed 2014.12.17.2

@dstftw Here's the output. I downloaded this video. I tried this video downloading normally (without --verbose) and I wasn't able to reproduce the issue. Then I tried with this video again, and it asks for url keyword before the actual url and downloads the extra video before the required video.

Verbose Output

➜  ~  youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=A0Wk08f8mUU
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Wk08f8mUU']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.12.17.2
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-43-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.16-6, avprobe 9.16-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] A0Wk08f8mUU: Downloading webpage
[youtube] A0Wk08f8mUU: Extracting video information
[youtube] A0Wk08f8mUU: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r13---sn-qxa7en7e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?initcwndbps=137500&dur=346.697&mt=1420140708&signature=8A8D9C344C301BAEA7E6059387582E29B9A8936E.5310E7416E3C35022E93559DDABDA63D39C5DE51&ms=au&source=youtube&ratebypass=yes&mv=m&mm=31&requiressl=yes&upn=V7yLXeSzyhs&id=o-AMRPLdSWZPUGWCoiSpHlw_HSu2NWlrfCMYIot9QdDMSu&mime=video%2Fmp4&key=yt5&expire=1420162362&sver=3&ipbits=0&ip=117.212.72.5&itag=22&fexp=900718%2C905648%2C922243%2C924636%2C927622%2C932404%2C936928%2C9406041%2C943917%2C947209%2C947218%2C948124%2C952302%2C952605%2C952901%2C955301%2C957103%2C957105%2C957201&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire'
[download] Resuming download at byte 31744
[download] Destination: The Ultimate Parkour!-A0Wk08f8mUU.mp4
[download] 100% of 70.70MiB in 02:28

dstftw · 2015-01-01T19:53:51Z

Don't get it. Post the --verbose output of this

Then I tried with this video again, and it asks for url keyword before the actual url and downloads the extra video before the required video

kartikarora · 2015-01-01T20:05:29Z

I'll explain it.

There are three videos in consideration here. one is being downloaded automatically when downloading two. youtube-dl asks for an extra keyword url when downloading two, making the command look like youtube-dl -f 135+140 url https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk.

Verbose output for two using youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk

➜  ~  youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.12.17.2
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-43-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.16-6, avprobe 9.16-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] N_708QY7Obk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] N_708QY7Obk: Extracting video information
[youtube] N_708QY7Obk: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r19---sn-qxa7en7s.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?signature=442B28F12A8543AC19BB40EA8402B50807E3B753.2A56F5B866B953DD17C11D14AC19764B9A1B2161&fexp=900718%2C913439%2C927622%2C931368%2C932404%2C933229%2C938648%2C939981%2C941004%2C943917%2C947209%2C947218%2C948124%2C952302%2C952605%2C952901%2C955301%2C957103%2C957105%2C957201&sver=3&mt=1420142061&mv=m&id=o-AD6IYcwQ02eBoNKbW-DpbqcVfe5R2Uhj-Fa135PIEUiT&ms=au&mm=31&source=youtube&ip=117.212.72.5&ratebypass=yes&ipbits=0&key=yt5&itag=22&requiressl=yes&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1420163725&upn=fSPtexQaZmo&dur=666.598&mime=video%2Fmp4&initcwndbps=132500'
[download] Resuming download at byte 1308672
[download] Destination: The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.mp4
[download] 100% of 95.50MiB in 03:45

On downloading three with both --verbose and -f 135+140 options, no extra keyword was required and one was not downloaded automatically
Verbose output for three using youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=A0Wk08f8mUU

➜  ~  youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=A0Wk08f8mUU
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Wk08f8mUU']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.12.17.2
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-43-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.16-6, avprobe 9.16-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] A0Wk08f8mUU: Downloading webpage
[youtube] A0Wk08f8mUU: Extracting video information
[youtube] A0Wk08f8mUU: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r13---sn-qxa7en7e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?initcwndbps=137500&dur=346.697&mt=1420140708&signature=8A8D9C344C301BAEA7E6059387582E29B9A8936E.5310E7416E3C35022E93559DDABDA63D39C5DE51&ms=au&source=youtube&ratebypass=yes&mv=m&mm=31&requiressl=yes&upn=V7yLXeSzyhs&id=o-AMRPLdSWZPUGWCoiSpHlw_HSu2NWlrfCMYIot9QdDMSu&mime=video%2Fmp4&key=yt5&expire=1420162362&sver=3&ipbits=0&ip=117.212.72.5&itag=22&fexp=900718%2C905648%2C922243%2C924636%2C927622%2C932404%2C936928%2C9406041%2C943917%2C947209%2C947218%2C948124%2C952302%2C952605%2C952901%2C955301%2C957103%2C957105%2C957201&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire'
[download] Resuming download at byte 31744
[download] Destination: The Ultimate Parkour!-A0Wk08f8mUU.mp4
[download] 100% of 70.70MiB in 02:28

dstftw · 2015-01-01T20:24:46Z

youtube-dl asks for an extra keyword url

By url it implies a real URL or a string for a search query.

when downloading [two], making the command look like youtube-dl -f 135+140 url https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk

So, this command results in youtube search query for "url" and downloading the first video it found (aMli33ornEU), plus it downloads the video pointed by this URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk. So this is why you got two videos.
Moreover, this youtube-dl -f 135+140 url https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk doesn't already work with latest version - you have to manually prepent search query with ytsearch: if you would like to do a search.

kartikarora · 2015-01-01T20:31:35Z

@dstftw
youtube-dl -f 135+140 url https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk is working for me on 2014.12.17.2. No need it prepent ytsearch:

Also, I'm getting this error when I don't use url for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk

➜  ~  youtube-dl -f 135+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk
Usage: youtube-dl [options] url [url...]

youtube-dl: error: you must provide at least one URL

But it works when I use youtube-dl -f 135+140 url https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk

dstftw · 2015-01-01T20:36:25Z

What if you enclose the URL in quotes and remove manual escaping?

phihag · 2015-01-01T20:38:28Z

Just to point out, when we asked for the output with --verbose, we meant adding --verbose to whatever arguments your're using (-f in your case). Can you post that output?

phihag · 2015-01-01T20:40:45Z

Also, the URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Ob doesn't look correct in the first place - there is no video there.

kartikarora · 2015-01-01T20:45:37Z

youtube-dl -f 135+140 "https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk"
[generic] watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk: Requesting header

WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
[generic] watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); 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.

Verbose output

➜ ~ youtube-dl --verbose -f 135+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-f', '135+140', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.12.17.2
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-43-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.16-6, avprobe 9.16-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] N_708QY7Obk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] N_708QY7Obk: Extracting video information
[youtube] N_708QY7Obk: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r19---sn-qxa7en7s.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=37fef4f1063b39b9&itag=135&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mv=m&ms=au&mm=31&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=44858711&lmt=1419622408997764&dur=666.541&upn=LZlTnNw7xY4&sver=3&mt=1420144739&signature=35C4C695062C831B7863A3CDE77C5966B74668D3.7A8D75D98C3FA56520610389842B8E046A3C41F5&fexp=900718,904847,916632,927622,931342,932404,939100,9405159,9405651,941004,943917,947209,947218,947602,948124,952302,952605,952901,955301,957103,957105,957201,962200&key=dg_yt0&ip=117.212.72.5&ipbits=0&expire=1420166405&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mv,ms,mm,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Resuming download at byte 523264
[download] Destination: The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.f135.mp4
[download] 100% of 42.78MiB in 01:26
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r19---sn-qxa7en7s.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=37fef4f1063b39b9&itag=140&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mv=m&ms=au&mm=31&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/mp4&gir=yes&clen=10702143&lmt=1419622380947482&dur=666.597&upn=LZlTnNw7xY4&sver=3&mt=1420144739&signature=7AE906888E1DA50C5D5344F16254E2EF7C826895.016AA36EE49FD1E5E66E3C304EB2E7EEE99A1719&fexp=900718,904847,916632,927622,931342,932404,939100,9405159,9405651,941004,943917,947209,947218,947602,948124,952302,952605,952901,955301,957103,957105,957201,962200&key=dg_yt0&ip=117.212.72.5&ipbits=0&expire=1420166405&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mv,ms,mm,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Destination: The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.f140.m4a
[download] 100% of 10.21MiB in 00:25
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.mp4"
WARNING: Your copy of avconv is outdated, update avconv to version 10-0 or newer if you encounter any errors.
[debug] ffmpeg command line: avconv -y -i 'The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.f135.mp4' -i 'The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.f140.m4a' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 -shortest 'The Depressing Episode - S1E8 - Cyanide & Happiness Show-N_708QY7Obk.mp4'

@phihag sorry if I made a mistake somewhere, its https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk

phihag · 2015-01-01T22:43:35Z

I'm not sure where you think the bug is. The output you get for

youtube-dl -f 135+140 "https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk"

looks right to me - that URL is invalid as well. Most likely, you simply want either of

youtube-dl -f 135+140 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk"
youtube-dl -f 135+140 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Obk'
youtube-dl -f 135+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=N_708QY7Obk
youtube-dl -f 135+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=N_708QY7Obk

When you add a parameter that literally says url, youtube-dl thinks you want to search for url (imagine someone calling youtube-dl "burping cow"). The next version will not do this for the precise string url.

If you do not want youtube-dl to auto-interpret arguments that are not URLs as search strings, you can also add --default-search error to your configuration file or command line.

Hopefully, this reduces confusion as in #4610.

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Hopefully, this reduces confusion as in #4610.

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Another video is being downloaded along with required one #4610

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