ERROR: no known formats available for video

[tuyp]

I got the latest from http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/download.html
I renamed youtube-dl to youtube-dl.py got it to execute. But I get an error downloading a video.

C:>dir youtube-dl.py
Sun 03 Mar 2013 20:14 60,999 youtube-dl.py
C:>

C:>youtube-dl.py -t http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h523JATNik8
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] h523JATNik8: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] h523JATNik8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] h523JATNik8: Extracting video information
ERROR: no known formats available for video

C:\crp>

With verbose

C:\crp>youtube-dl.py -t -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h523JATNik8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.02.25
[debug] Python version 3.3.0 - Windows-7-6.1.7600
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] h523JATNik8: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] h523JATNik8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] h523JATNik8: Extracting video information
ERROR: no known formats available for video
File "C:\Python33\lib\runpy.py", line 160, in run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "C:\Python33\lib\runpy.py", line 73, in run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py__main.py", line 17, in
youtube_dl.main()
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl__init__.py", line 516, in main
real_main()
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl__init_.py", line 500, in _real_main
retcode = fd.download(all_urls)
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\FileDownloader.py", line 507, in downloa
d
videos = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\InfoExtractors.py", line 93, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\InfoExtractors.py", line 536, in _real_e
xtract
self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: no known formats available for video')
File "C:\crp\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\FileDownloader.py", line 230, in trouble

tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

C:\crp>

[phihag]

Sorry, the video in question is blocked both in Germany and the US, so I can't really debug this. Do you have a global testcase?

[tuyp]

It looks like there are two other examples that have been discussed here, that throw that error, but I suppose nobody has resolved them yet or at least, not to the level where I can download my one. I'm using the latest youtube-dl.py so I guess it hasn't been resolved yet.

Here are two others people have run into the issue with. I tried them and both give the same error for me too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJTBnIbAJI
#655

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOjtMxUW0s0
#343

[phihag]

#665 has been solved, and #343 is an RTMP URL. Is yours one as well? I.e. can you the video in a modern webbrowser without Flash?

[tuyp]

If I use the flashblock extension, for Chrome, then I can't even see the video in my browser.
It looks different to #343 'cos it doesn't say RTMP when it tries to download it.

this one is #655 not #665 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJTBnIbAJI

Do you run into the same error as I mention, when you try to download these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJTBnIbAJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOjtMxUW0s0

You can control-c if it even reaches 1%. For me it doesn't even get that far

C:>youtube-dl.py http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJTBnIbAJI
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] hoJTBnIbAJI: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] hoJTBnIbAJI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] hoJTBnIbAJI: Extracting video information
ERROR: no known formats available for video

C:>

[sthen]

Example for one of the above with --verbose:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOjtMxUW0s0']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.07.05
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - OpenBSD-5.4-amd64-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] xOjtMxUW0s0: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] xOjtMxUW0s0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] xOjtMxUW0s0: Extracting video information
ERROR: no known formats available for video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 312, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 92, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 581, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError(u'no known formats available for video')
ExtractorError: no known formats available for video; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[jaimeMF]

@sthen Thanks, this kind of video is being handled in #343

[dstftw]

All alive videos from this thread work with latest version.