Bind to specific IP

[pola]

Hi. How can I bind youtube-dl so that it uses a specific IP/interface, instead of the default one, while downloading?

[phihag]

Sorry, there is no option for that at the moment. You're welcome to contribute one though 😉 . Note that for many IEs, the extracted information is just valid for the specified external IP address, so this should affect both IEs and the actual download.

[jcarlosgarciasegovia]

I do not see the need to add that option to youtube-dl
There are 3rd party solutions available:
http://superuser.com/questions/241178/how-to-use-different-network-interfaces-for-different-processes
Will that work for you?

[FiloSottile]

I would use external tooling here, too.

[phihag]

Starting from youtube-dl 2015.01.10.1, you can make use of the --source-address option. See our FAQ if you need help updating.

[codaman]

has anybody tried --source-adress option ? i cant use it

youtube-dl.exe --source-adsress [IP] -g [url] not working

[dstftw]

@codaman open a new issue with all necessary information.

[codaman]

may be it is not a problem may be its my fault. youtube-dl.exe --source-adsress [IP] -g [url] is correct ?

[phihag]

@codaman How do you expect us to diagnose the problem when you don't show us even the error message? In any case, to answer your question, yes, I have tried the --source-address option after writing it. Also note that you seem to mistype it, it is --source-address, not --source-adsress.

[codaman]

youtube-dl --source-address 195.46.137.11 -g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-qlQe8R2Cs

i'm getting this error

ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 49] Can't assign requested address> (caused by URLError(error(49, "Can't assign requested address"),))

[phihag]

@codaman Please open a new issue. Don't forget to include other helpful debugging information, for example the output of ipconfig on Windows or ip a on Linux.

[codaman]

@phihag thank you for advice. i've created a new issue