Youtube-dl library and ERROR 403: Forbidden when using generated direct link by youtube-dl from different locations

[vedmant]

I have a problem with youtube-dl library (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/). I use youtube-dl not for directly downloading videos by this library, instead I first generate link using command like this:

youtube-dl --simulate --dump-json --prefer-ffmpeg -- -CmadmM5cOk

I get needed format link from json answer, I use default format 1280x720 mp4. Links look like this "https://r4---sn-nto52nx-px8e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?lmt=1432339993780507&ip=x.x.x.x&key=yt6&fexp=9408710%2C9409069%2C9413137%2C9415365%2C9415485%2C9416023%2C9416126%2C941...".

Then I use this link to download video from different PC in different locations. For most links it works ok, but there are some videos, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmadmM5cOk, that I can't download from different server or PC, it returns ERROR 403: Forbidden.

So what I tried so far, I have 2 server and my local PC, all 3 of them are located in different countries, USA, England and Ukraine.

For example, I run youtube-dl and get link on Server 1 in the USA, I get link, I can it download in this Sever 1, but on Server 2 in London and my local PC in Ukraine it returns ERROR 403: Forbidden.

Another example, I generate link on Server 2 in London, I get different link, I can download it on the same server, but when I try on Server 1 or my local PC I get the same ERROR 403: Forbidden. The same when I generate link on local PC and try on servers.

This happens only with only some exact videos, but there are a lot of them. Some of videos that returns 403: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk.

Thank you, I appreciate any help!

[dstftw]

Final download URLs are only guaranteed to work on the same machine/IP where extracted. More on this.

[vedmant]

Thank you! Sorry I didn't find it there.

[dstftw]

In addition, you can probably track URLs that won't work from another IP using this approach in order to apply different logic/scenario for them.

[vedmant]

Cookies and user agent there don't play any role as I tried to download video using wget -O file.mp4 "{link}", it worked fine on the same server but didn't work on others. I will code simple relay on the server for downloading using -o - option. Thank you again!

[moktarul12]

how did u solve this problem . please help me to resolve this isssue

[vedmant]

I had to make it download from the same server where it makes requests for details