Cannot connect to YouTube

[jeang35]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2016.04.24. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• [X ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2016.04.24

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

• [X ] At least skimmed through README and most notably FAQ and BUGS sections
• [X ] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

What is the purpose of your issue?

• [X ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

[debug] System config: []

[debug] User config: []

[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--restrict-filenames', u'-o', u'C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\JTemp\Temp/%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'http://r7---sn-25ge7nl7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?dur=311.054&mt=1461587941&ms=au&ip=2.12.218.51&shardbypass=yes&fexp=9405348,9416126,9416891,9422596,9425362,9426927,9428398,9429854,9430027,9431012,9432206,9432360,9432411,9433045,9433096,9433261,9433273,9']

[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out None, pref cp1252

[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.04.24

[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-8-6.2.9200

[debug] exe versions: none

[debug] Proxy map: {}

[generic] videoplayback?dur=311.054&mt=1461587941&ms=au&ip=2.12.218: Requesting header

WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://r7---sn-25ge7nl7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?dur=311.054&mt=1461587941&ms=au&ip=2.12.218.51&shardbypass=yes&fexp=9405348,9416126,9416891,9422596,9425362,9426927,9428398,9429854,9430027,9431012,9432206,9432360,9432411,9433045,9433096,9433261,9433273,9: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[generic] videoplayback?dur=311.054&mt=1461587941&ms=au&ip=2.12.218: Downloading webpage

ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 388, in _request_webpage

File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1942, in urlopen

File "urllib2.pyo", line 437, in open

File "urllib2.pyo", line 550, in http_response

File "urllib2.pyo", line 475, in error

File "urllib2.pyo", line 409, in _call_chain

File "urllib2.pyo", line 558, in http_error_default

[yan12125]

Use YouTube URLs

youtube-dl -v "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXX"