YouTube descriptions are truncated

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v --write-description ju2kcMzALkc
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-f', u'bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=?1080]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best', u'--audio-format', u'mp3', u'--audio-quality', u'0', u'--ignore-errors', u'--no-mtime', u'--output', u'%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--write-info-json']
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--write-description', u'ju2kcMzALkc']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.05.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-4.2.0-35-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-15.10-wily
[debug] exe versions: avconv 2.7.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, avprobe 2.7.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, ffmpeg 2.7.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, ffprobe 2.7.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] ju2kcMzALkc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] ju2kcMzALkc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] ju2kcMzALkc: Extracting video information
[youtube] ju2kcMzALkc: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Writing video description to: Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.description
[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.info.json
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-q4f7sned.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=8eeda470ccc02e47&itag=137&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mn=sn-q4f7sned&mm=31&nh=IgpwcjAxLmRmdzA2KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&ms=au&pl=20&mv=m&initcwndbps=2091250&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=82530401&lmt=1462209445483138&dur=240.740&mt=1462548663&key=dg_yt0&sver=3&fexp=9416126,9416891,9419451,9422596,9428398,9428769,9429050,9429379,9431012,9431136,9431311,9432056,9432715,9433096,9433656,9433726,9433809,9433946,9433969,9434344,9434552,9434622,9435394,9435948,9436051,9436120&signature=06EDCFEE5BCE38202719F2E41741C425CC7E92B3.75117CE4F669E710ACCB72C3EB4A9810C8E5E967&upn=CcOfuKPD2f4&ip=206.255.15.7&ipbits=0&expire=1462570491&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mn,mm,nh,ms,pl,mv,initcwndbps,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Destination: Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.f137.mp4
[download] 100% of 78.71MiB in 00:23
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-q4f7sned.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=8eeda470ccc02e47&itag=140&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mn=sn-q4f7sned&mm=31&nh=IgpwcjAxLmRmdzA2KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&ms=au&pl=20&mv=m&initcwndbps=2091250&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/mp4&gir=yes&clen=3825805&lmt=1462209390029015&dur=240.837&mt=1462548663&key=dg_yt0&sver=3&fexp=9416126,9416891,9419451,9422596,9428398,9428769,9429050,9429379,9431012,9431136,9431311,9432056,9432715,9433096,9433656,9433726,9433809,9433946,9433969,9434344,9434552,9434622,9435394,9435948,9436051,9436120&signature=9A95D48DF1493D4E7D4438DA1F2C3847DCC84A3E.4A7D47D254D4948F7A1329F7EFFA53D0B1803267&upn=CcOfuKPD2f4&ip=206.255.15.7&ipbits=0&expire=1462570491&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,mn,mm,nh,ms,pl,mv,initcwndbps,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Destination: Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.f140.m4a
[download] 100% of 3.65MiB in 00:01
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: avconv -y -i 'file:Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.f137.mp4' -i 'file:Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.f140.m4a' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'file:Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.temp.mp4'
Deleting original file Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.f140.m4a (pass -k to keep)

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Before 2016.05.01, the entire description was extracted. Now it is truncated after 158 characters. This is just one example, but it does the same on all YouTube videos. I need the entire description extracted as before.

$ cat "Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer.description"
Remember the last time you used your phone and it left a nice warm spot on your face? - Is that causing cancer? Michael Aranda tells you all about the radiat...

Description on YouTube:
Remember the last time you used your phone and it left a nice warm spot on your face? - Is that causing cancer? Michael Aranda tells you all about the radiation on your cell phone.

Hosted by: Michael Aranda

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