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Youtube: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xb9 in position 21: ordinal not in range(128) #5356

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mateon1 opened this issue Apr 3, 2015 · 2 comments
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Youtube: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xb9 in position 21: ordinal not in range(128) #5356

mateon1 opened this issue Apr 3, 2015 · 2 comments

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@mateon1 mateon1 commented Apr 3, 2015

Hello, I tried using youtube-dl installed from chocolatey to download a playlist from Youtube.

I am constantly getting errors thrown while downloading. Impossible to leave the program on for a longer while as it crashes within an hour of starting.

Youtube-dl's version in this report is 2015-03-28, but I tried doing this again in the 2015-04-03. It continued the download on the first episode and finished, downloaded the second episode without error, and crashed while downloading the third, with the same error message at 6.1% into the file.

Logs included with a couple download retries, as well as ffmpeg --version, also installed from Chocolatey.
Sorry for the awful line wrapping, but the Windows console doesn't want to work well with longer lines of text.

youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham" -o "D:\Youtube\%(uploader)s\%(upload_date)s %(title)s - %(id)s\%(title)s [%(forma
t)s].%(ext)s" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham', u'-o', u'D:\\Youtube\\%(uploader)s\\%(upload_date)s %(title)s
- %(id)s\\%(title)s [%(format)s].%(ext)s', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.28
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.5.2, ffprobe 2.5.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Cities Skylines: Lets Play With Xisuma
[youtube:playlist] playlist Cities Skylines: Lets Play With Xisuma: Collected 32 video ids (downloading 32 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 32
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {43} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {18} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {5} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {36} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {17} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {298} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {302} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {135} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {244} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {134} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {243} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {133} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {242} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {160} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {140} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {171} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-5uh5o-f5fz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl=yes&mime=video%2Fmp4&ip=89.239.97.69&ratebypass=yes&ipbits=0&spara
ms=dur%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&id=o-AE1VFwjmpLvzEnTMT6t4cWSjwaXLXFbN
72jWzVLD3o1W&ms=au&gcr=pl&mv=m&dur=1226.849&key=yt5&sver=3&expire=1428092295&source=youtube&pl=20&fexp=900720%2C905652%2C907263%2C924637%2C934954%2C9407565%2C9407663%2
C9407758%2C9408102%2C9408192%2C947243%2C948124%2C948605%2C948703%2C951703%2C952612%2C952634%2C952635%2C957201%2C961404%2C961406%2C966201&upn=0PUoXLAewoc&initcwndbps=10
25000&itag=22&mm=31&mt=1428070594&signature=3555A4150B277760499F90348DC7426583B727D9.C2E5B435CF2CA4A9DDDD2830695C69EBA2909397'
[download] Destination: D:\Youtube\xisumavoid\20150303 Cities Skylines 01 Mayor Xisuma - p8SwN4L12m0\Cities Skylines 01 Mayor Xisuma [22 - 1280x720].mp4
[download]  17.1% of 213.91MiB at 46.31KiB/s ETA 01:05:21Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 408, in main
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 398, in _real_main
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1446, in download
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 662, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 821, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 715, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 662, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 708, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1150, in process_video_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1381, in process_info
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xb9 in position 21: ordinal not in range(128)

C:\Users\Mateusz>youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham" -o "D:\Youtube\%(uploader)s\%(upload_date)s %(title)s - %(id)s\%
(title)s [%(format)s].%(ext)s" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham', u'-o', u'D:\\Youtube\\%(uploader)s\\%(upload_date)s %(title)s
- %(id)s\\%(title)s [%(format)s].%(ext)s', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.28
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.5.2, ffprobe 2.5.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Cities Skylines: Lets Play With Xisuma
[youtube:playlist] playlist Cities Skylines: Lets Play With Xisuma: Collected 32 video ids (downloading 32 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 32
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {43} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {18} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {5} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {36} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {17} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {298} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {302} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {135} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {244} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {134} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {243} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {133} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {242} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {160} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {140} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {171} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-5uh5o-f5fz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?initcwndbps=1056250&gcr=pl&upn=bRIZmCq46C4&source=youtube&sver=3&dur=1226.849
&ipbits=0&expire=1428093130&ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&ip=89.239.97.69&ms=au&mime=video%2Fmp4&sparams=dur%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmime%2Cmm%
2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mv=m&mt=1428071434&pl=20&key=yt5&id=o-AACaaCZd-oERN2_38M9MVE2_qxedItWtl_-iEq0DqTdE&mm=31&itag=22&fexp=
900720%2C907263%2C934954%2C937407%2C9406089%2C9406921%2C9407751%2C9407873%2C9408101%2C947243%2C948124%2C948703%2C951703%2C952612%2C957201%2C961404%2C961406&signature=4
6F20AF7C3F6DAED68B3D60681E1D5BAACBF3496.18404837E8F76C046064A12C5D21B049B6ED5D6F'
[download] Resuming download at byte 38343073
[download] Destination: D:\Youtube\xisumavoid\20150303 Cities Skylines 01 Mayor Xisuma - p8SwN4L12m0\Cities Skylines 01 Mayor Xisuma [22 - 1280x720].mp4
[download]  29.7% of 213.91MiB at 243.36KiB/s ETA 10:32  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 408, in main
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 398, in _real_main
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1446, in download
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 662, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 821, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 715, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 662, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 708, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1150, in process_video_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1381, in process_info
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xb9 in position 21: ordinal not in range(128)

C:\Users\Mateusz>youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham" -o "D:\Youtube\%(uploader)s\%(upload_date)s %(title)s - %(id)s\%
(title)s [%(format)s].%(ext)s" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham', u'-o', u'D:\\Youtube\\%(uploader)s\\%(upload_date)s %(title)s
- %(id)s\\%(title)s [%(format)s].%(ext)s', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.28
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.5.2, ffprobe 2.5.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PL7VmhWGNRxKgwY_fiNKeleGxVlZOG6ham: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Cities Skylines: Lets Play With Xisuma
[youtube:playlist] playlist Cities Skylines: Lets Play With Xisuma: Collected 32 video ids (downloading 32 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 32
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {43} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {18} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {5} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {36} signature length 42.38, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading player https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/html5player-en_US-vfldudhuW/html5player.js
[youtube] {17} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {298} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {302} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {135} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {244} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {134} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {243} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {133} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {242} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {160} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {140} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] {171} signature length 42.40, html5 player en_US-vfldudhuW
[youtube] p8SwN4L12m0: Downloading DASH manifest
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-5uh5o-f5fz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?sparams=dur%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cms%2C
mv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&gcr=pl&mm=31&ip=89.239.97.69&ms=au&requiressl=yes&pl=20&itag=22&ratebypass=yes&mt=1428071936&dur=1226.849&sou
rce=youtube&mime=video%2Fmp4&id=o-AOhCN4bSBE0QoSEAoRUxzp3TjJo7iD2p7eDpX-SfO5Bw&initcwndbps=918750&ipbits=0&expire=1428093604&fexp=900720%2C902543%2C907263%2C934954%2C9
36118%2C9405627%2C9406795%2C9406923%2C9408093%2C9408101%2C9408260%2C9408344%2C947243%2C948124%2C948703%2C951703%2C952612%2C957201%2C961404%2C961406%2C966201&sver=3&upn
=xCuwXgcypis&key=yt5&mv=m&signature=AFBC7D6DE990F241FBC81D8247E0639AA5E1F94A.AB0A89029684FA0039590A117ED8A099CAE5D484'
[download] Resuming download at byte 66562353
[download] Destination: D:\Youtube\xisumavoid\20150303 Cities Skylines 01 Mayor Xisuma - p8SwN4L12m0\Cities Skylines 01 Mayor Xisuma [22 - 1280x720].mp4
[download]  93.8% of 213.91MiB at 74.50KiB/s ETA 03:02   Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 408, in main
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 398, in _real_main
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1446, in download
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 662, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 821, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 715, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 662, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 708, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1150, in process_video_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1381, in process_info
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xb9 in position 21: ordinal not in range(128)

C:\Users\Mateusz>

C:\Users\Mateusz>ffmpeg --version
ffmpeg version 2.5.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec 30 2014 17:18:09 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC)
  configuration: --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --ena
ble-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-
libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-lib
opencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-l
ibtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-l
ibwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib

  libavutil      54. 15.100 / 54. 15.100
  libavcodec     56. 13.100 / 56. 13.100
  libavformat    56. 15.102 / 56. 15.102
  libavdevice    56.  3.100 / 56.  3.100
  libavfilter     5.  2.103 /  5.  2.103
  libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
  libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
  libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
Unrecognized option '-version'.
Error splitting the argument list: Option not found

Oops, did --version instead of -version, but the output is basically the same, apart from the last two lines.
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@mateon1 mateon1 commented Apr 8, 2015

I have more information on this issue. I believe this is caused by the internet cutting out, or just being unstable. Instead of stopping and retrying the download it crashes (with the same message). I might try to reproduce the bug again if that's needed when I have the time.
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@dstftw dstftw commented Jan 31, 2016

This issue has been fixed quite some time ago.
@dstftw dstftw closed this Jan 31, 2016
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