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unsanitized youtube url throws error #700

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5shekel opened this issue Feb 22, 2013 · 3 comments
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unsanitized youtube url throws error #700

5shekel opened this issue Feb 22, 2013 · 3 comments

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@5shekel
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@5shekel 5shekel commented Feb 22, 2013 

$youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qJQ7KK-tsIc 
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] watch: Downloading video webpage
ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
'v' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

removing the "feature=player_embedded&" d/l just fine.
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@glisignoli glisignoli commented Feb 22, 2013

You need to Wrap the url with " ", due to bash's interpretation of some characters. This is standard practice when passing any URL as a parameter in bash.
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@phihag phihag commented Feb 22, 2013

Yes, & is a shell meta-character and therefore interpreted before youtube-dl can do anything about it. Call

youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qJQ7KK-tsIc"
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@5shekel 5shekel commented Feb 22, 2013

cool thanks
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