not able to download youtube video after installing youtube-dl

Asked by deepak

i'm getting the following result in my terminal pls give me a correct solution

deepak@deepak-desktop:~$ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FpDDEVWtk&feature=channel
[1] 5429
deepak@deepak-desktop:~$ [youtube] Setting language
[youtube] B2FpDDEVWtk: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] B2FpDDEVWtk: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] B2FpDDEVWtk: Extracting video information
ERROR: unable to download video (format may not be available)
clear
[1]+ Exit 1 youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FpDDEVWtk
deepak@deepak-desktop:~$ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FpDDEVWtk&feature=channel
[1] 5529
deepak@deepak-desktop:~$ [youtube] Setting language
[youtube] B2FpDDEVWtk: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] B2FpDDEVWtk: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] B2FpDDEVWtk: Extracting video information
ERROR: unable to download video (format may not be available)
^C
[1]+ Exit 1 youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FpDDEVWtk
deepak@deepak-desktop:~$

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said :
#1

Probably bug 688219, but I haven't tried it myself.

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ringofyre (robbecker39) said :
#2

Interesting, dailymotion gives - ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname but metacafe seems to working fine. I found this started this morning and upgraded (-U) to no avail.

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mycae (mycae) said :
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deepak (deearcmclaren) said :
#4

i tried with with quotes but didn't get i'm getting the same rsponse.

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deepak (deearcmclaren) said :
#5

i tried with with quotes but didn't get i'm getting the same rsponse.

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mycae (mycae) said :
#6

Try using the firefox extension "unplug"

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2254/

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ringofyre (robbecker39) said :
#7

Just done "sudo youtube-dl -U", all fixed with youtube but still getting the nickname error on dailymotion.

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Anakin Starkiller (sunrider) said :
#8

I've got the same issue on Arch Linux...
And I can't upgrade with -U option, as the package on archlinux is based on python2 (not python, because of http://www.archlinux.org/news/python-is-now-python-3/)

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ringofyre (robbecker39) said :
#9

I did notice yesterday that it upgraded to "github" version rather than a version number whereas now I have - youtube-dl -v
2010.12.09.
Get it here - http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/download.html

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HASHIR (h2hashir) said :
#10

Try to Update youtube-dl. It may help you

"sudo youtube-dl -U"

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HASHIR (h2hashir) said :
#11

thanks

FTER UPDATING YOUTUBE-DL my problem solved

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Charles Roberts (charlesdroberts) said :
#12

You can easily download your video from
<a href="https://yt1s.co">https://yt1s.co</a>

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luna jessica (lunajessica) said :
#13

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mistresssaralee (mistresssara) said (last edit ):
#14

in ubuntu, except youtube dl package, there are many other packages that not
<a href="https://cpstest.us/minecraft-circle-generator/">like this</a>

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mistresssaralee (mistresssara) said (last edit ):
#15

A few months back, When I installed ubuntu, it shows me that you must have to install youtube-dl to run youtube. So, for that, I have to install that as well for proper working of youtube. But after sometime, youtube doesn't working. I have searched for it but didn't find the accurate result then I came to know a perfect guide named as https://vimeotomp4.com . That helps me a lot .

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mistresssaralee (mistresssara) said (last edit ):
#16

This problem happens to me yesterday but I resolve that issue in no time by the help of this guide https://cpstest.us/minecraft-circle-generator/. You can also resolve all of your ubuntu and youtube related issue from this guide.

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