[Error 10061]

[shubhamgupta1404]

C:\Users_________\Downloads>youtube-dl --verbose "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
q5nvr__J8bQ"

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5nvr
__J8bQ']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.06.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': 'http://localhost:9614', u'https': 'http://localhost
:9614'}
[youtube] q5nvr__J8bQ: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection co
uld be made because the target machine actively refused it> (caused by URLError(
error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively re
fused it'),))
File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 312, in _request_webpage
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1730, in urlopen
File "urllib2.pyo", line 404, in open
File "urllib2.pyo", line 422, in _open
File "urllib2.pyo", line 382, in _call_chain
File "youtube_dl\utils.pyo", line 713, in https_open
File "urllib2.pyo", line 1184, in do_open

Why is it giving this error and why is it downloading the webpage?

[yan12125]

What's the proxy software at localhost:9614?

[yan12125]

Are you using Xtreme Download Manager? Seems it's using port 9614.

[shubhamgupta1404]

I removed the proxy from my internet settings.
It's working now.
Thank You

[yan12125]

If you can watch videos in the browser with the original proxy settings, it should be possible to download them via youtube-dl. I'll examine the situation.

[yan12125]

Seems Xtreme Download Manager's proxy does not handle HTTPS connections properly. HTTPS is used extensively in youtube.com. Before Xtreme Download Manager implements full HTTPS support, there's nothing we can do in youtube-dl. Anyway, thanks for providing a workaround for the problem. Another possible workaround can be:

youtube-dl --verbose --proxy "" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5nvr__J8bQ"

Passing an empty string to --proxy makes youtube-dl ignore system proxy settings.

[shubhamgupta1404]

Great help.
Thanks