Chinese title was missing !

[steveyang331]

root@kangland:/var/www/ydy# youtube-dl -v w0dMz8RBG7g
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'w0dMz8RBG7g']
[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.04.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-2.6.32-042stab113.11-i686-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] w0dMz8RBG7g: Downloading webpage
[youtube] w0dMz8RBG7g: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] w0dMz8RBG7g: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] w0dMz8RBG7g: Downloading player https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vfli5QvRo/base.js
[youtube] {43} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {18} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {5} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {36} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {17} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {136} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {247} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {135} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {244} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {134} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {243} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {133} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {242} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {160} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {278} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {140} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {171} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {249} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {250} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[youtube] {251} signature length 41.43, html5 player en_US-vfli5QvRo
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r2---sn-a8au-vgqe.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ms=au&mt=1460039622&pl=40&mv=m&key=yt6&pte=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-a8au-vgqe&sver=3&fexp=9407059%2C9416126%2C9416891%2C9420452%2C9422596%2C9423662%2C9426926%2C9427902%2C9428398%2C9432364&ratebypass=yes&ipbits=0&initcwndbps=26957500&expire=1460061513&upn=NhCteH8M5OA&mime=video%2Fmp4&axtags=tx%3D9417362&id=o-AEE-ylzEiNeRWF2HIs5_rsDGUftXqgxkV7V0eUSq7oZ4&dur=214.111&source=youtube&ip=2602%3Aff62%3A104%3Ae6%3A%3A&sparams=axtags%2Cdur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cpte%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&requiressl=yes&lmt=1458219184364643&itag=22&signature=B1E1AF27412C916392FF49F1D60F0771145BE274.DA5587721204D947940DB57A584188E732C36433'
[download] Destination: Wanting  -  (You Exist In My Song) [Trad. Chinese] [Official Music Video]-w0dMz8RBG7g.mp4
[download] 100% of 32.20MiB in 00:00

root@kangland:/var/www/ydy# locale
LANG=
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=

root@kangland:/var/www/ydy# locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
POSIX
zh_CN.utf8
zh_HK.utf8
zh_TW.utf8

Run : youtube-dl -f 'best[height=360]' --restrict-filenames -i -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' PL1OKxDwI_y_AO1Lb-zO57wYdpWqhk7MUs

Result : [download] _/01 - _.mp4

How to fix chinese title ?

Thank you so much !

[dstftw]

Remove --restrict-filenames and setup your locale to UTF-8.

[steveyang331]

@dstftw @rg3 @ivan @blackwinter @aurium

Failed while remove --restrict-filenames.

root@kangland:/var/www/yyyy# youtube-dl -f 'best[height=360]' -i -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' PL1OKxDwI_y_AO1Lb-zO57wYdpWqhk7MUs


[youtube:playlist] PL1OKxDwI_y_AO1Lb-zO57wYdpWqhk7MUs: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: 
[youtube:playlist] playlist : Downloading 47 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 47
[youtube] FeHGGNSLyTQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] FeHGGNSLyTQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] FeHGGNSLyTQ: Extracting video information
[youtube] FeHGGNSLyTQ: Downloading MPD manifest


[download] /01 -  ''.mp4 has already been downloaded


[download] 100% of 15.82MiB
[download] Downloading video 2 of 47
[youtube] -AsYYN4pCBQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] -AsYYN4pCBQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] -AsYYN4pCBQ: Extracting video information
[youtube] -AsYYN4pCBQ: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] /02 - ----.webm has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 13.09MiB
[download] Downloading video 3 of 47
[youtube] QMSetA5UrEQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] QMSetA5UrEQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] QMSetA5UrEQ: Extracting video information
[youtube] QMSetA5UrEQ: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] /03 - 2012_03_21   .webm has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 259.48MiB
[download] Downloading video 4 of 47
[youtube] lv3_I-aSCg8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] lv3_I-aSCg8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] lv3_I-aSCg8: Extracting video information
[youtube] lv3_I-aSCg8: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] /04 - -1_5.webm has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 45.81MiB
[download] Downloading video 5 of 47
[youtube] eJcAQIMSjyw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] eJcAQIMSjyw: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] eJcAQIMSjyw: Extracting video information
[youtube] eJcAQIMSjyw: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] /05 - -2_5.webm has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 39.02MiB
[download] Downloading video 6 of 47
[youtube] Vz1Gt9Zq5SI: Downloading webpage
^C
ERROR: Interrupted by user

[yan12125]

setup your locale to UTF-8.

As @dstftw has said, prepend LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8 to the command.

[steveyang331]

Maybe It's a VPS issues that setup locale to UTF.8 failed.

[phihag]

If you read closely, you'll see the line

[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968

in your output. That means that your system is only configured to use ASCII characters. Check your locale. In a shell, you can write something like

export LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8

to make the whole shell use a Chinese locale, or

LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8 youtube-dl PL1OKxDwI_y_AO1Lb-zO57wYdpWqhk7MUs

to do that for just one command. Another way to go at it would be to add the --encoding utf8 option to youtube-dl; for example in the youtube-dl configuration file.

It is preferable though to serve your general issue of not having a correct locale.

As an aside, do not run youtube-dl as root! It should be run as a regular user.

[steveyang331]

Waooo! It works fine !

Thank you so much @phihag .

I like direct comment more than unclear comment .

The key is the lower utf8 of export LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8 and LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8 .

I setup to uppercase 'UTF-8' from locale that was failed .