--convert-subtitles and --embed-subs failing on vimeo

[tkfu]

youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/73309361 --write-sub

will successfully download WebVTT formatted subtitle file, but

youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/73309361 --write-sub --convert-subtitles srt

or

youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/73309361 --write-sub --embed-subs

yields

ERROR: Severinas-73309361.en.vtt: Invalid data found when processing input

[yan12125]

Both commands work for me:

$ youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/73309361 --write-sub --convert-subtitles srt -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://vimeo.com/73309361', '--write-sub', '--convert-subtitles', 'srt', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.07.07
[debug] Git HEAD: a38436e
[debug] Python version 3.4.3 - Linux-4.1.1-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.7.1, ffprobe 2.7.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 73309361: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 73309361: Extracting information
[vimeo] 73309361: Downloading webpage
[info] Writing video subtitles to: Severinas-73309361.en.vtt
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://pdlvimeocdn-a.akamaihd.net/20380/217/186181999.mp4?token2=1437118038_d8f537aa2a9c4fdd01a029b08bcbf7f1&aksessionid=bb7d4fb2ffa631c3'
[download] Severinas-73309361.mp4 has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 191.40MiB
[ffmpeg] Converting subtitles
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i Severinas-73309361.en.vtt -f srt Severinas-73309361.en.srt

$ youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/73309361 --write-sub --embed-subs -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://vimeo.com/73309361', '--write-sub', '--embed-subs', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.07.07
[debug] Git HEAD: a38436e
[debug] Python version 3.4.3 - Linux-4.1.1-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.7.1, ffprobe 2.7.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 73309361: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 73309361: Extracting information
[vimeo] 73309361: Downloading webpage
[info] Writing video subtitles to: Severinas-73309361.en.vtt
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://pdlvimeocdn-a.akamaihd.net/20380/217/186181999.mp4?token2=1437118056_6b465511afcc967176220cf523a37df2&aksessionid=f42c70fc10699428'
[download] Severinas-73309361.mp4 has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 191.40MiB
[ffmpeg] Embedding subtitles in 'Severinas-73309361.mp4'
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i Severinas-73309361.mp4 -i Severinas-73309361.en.vtt -map 0 -c copy -map -0:s -c:s mov_text -map 1:0 -metadata:s:s:0 language=eng Severinas-73309361.temp.mp4
Deleting original file Severinas-73309361.en.vtt (pass -k to keep)

Please post the full verbose log with -v so that we can identify the problem.

[przemyslawpluta]

Same here ... youtube-dl version 2016.02.05

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--skip-download', u'--write-sub', u'--convert-subtitles', u'srt', u'--sub-lang=en', u'--no-warnings', u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=179MiZSibco']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.02.05
[debug] Python version 2.7.2 - Darwin-12.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.4, avprobe 11.4, ffmpeg 2.8.2, ffprobe 2.8.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 179MiZSibco: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 179MiZSibco: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 179MiZSibco: Extracting video information
[youtube] 179MiZSibco: Downloading DASH manifest
[youtube] 179MiZSibco: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Writing video subtitles to: 1 1 1-179MiZSibco.en.vtt

[luluman]

You can either use --prefer-ffmpeg or remove avconv from $PATH.

This could be help #9356

[yan12125]

@przemyslawpluta I see no error from your log, and your didn't use --embed-subs, so the case is different from @tkfu's. Please open a new issue and describe what's your expectation.

For this ticket, as @tkfu does not provide sufficient information and as @luluman said, it occurs only with avconv, so I'm closing it here.

[wamatt]

You can either use --prefer-ffmpeg or remove avconv from $PATH.

Thanks. That worked for me on OSX 10.11.6 and youtube-dl 2016.11.08.1 (brew installed)