On Wednesday, 28 October 2020 23:15:21 GMT Dale wrote: > David Haller wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Dale wrote: > > [..] > > > >> ERROR: 'ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' is not a > >> valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl > >> "ytsearch:ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best" ) to > >> search YouTube > >> [youtube] byTOZIvyXPo: Downloading webpage > > > > Please run again with -v, such as: > > > > $ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTOZIvyXPo > > > > and then check at the top for the lines: > > > > [debug] System config: [] > > [debug] User config: [ .. THIS IS WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN .. ] > > [debug] Custom config: [] > > [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', > > u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzPxJK4drcc'] [..] > > [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.20 > > > > and mail them here ... One should see there how yt-dl parses your > > config and hopefully what goes wrong with it. > > > > HTH, > > -dnh > > Finally getting thing back to normal. Been checking out the quality of > new power supply and the age of my mobo. Mobo is 7 years old. May > start digging around for one of those soon. o_0 > > Searched for test video and grabbed the first hit. Here is the complete > output. > > > dale@fireball ~/Desktop $ youtube-dl -v > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0DPdy98e4c > [debug] System config: [] > [debug] User config: ['ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best'] > [debug] Custom config: [] > [debug] Command-line args: ['-i', '-v', > 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0DPdy98e4c'] > [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 > [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1 > [debug] Python version 3.7.9 (CPython) - > Linux-5.6.7-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-8350_Eight-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2. > 7 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1, ffprobe 4.3.1 > [debug] Proxy map: {} > ERROR: 'ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' is not a > valid URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl > "ytsearch:ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best" ) to > search YouTube > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line > 797, in extract_info > ie_result = ie.extract(url) > File > "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line > 530, in extract > ie_result = self._real_extract(url) > File > "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line > 2277, in _real_extract > % (url, url), expected=True) > youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: > 'ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' is not a valid > URL. Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run youtube-dl > "ytsearch:ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best" ) to > search YouTube > > [youtube] C0DPdy98e4c: Downloading webpage > [debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best > WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged > into mkv. > [debug] Invoking downloader on > 'https://r2---sn-5uaeznd7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1603948129&ei > =AfqZX8i_DJPqigTpkoDYAw&ip=74.188.248.51&id=o-AH8t98t1pWRhfF0y-tZC-qs49qI_zv > ZaKyBkU50HBe2G&itag=244&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C278 > %2C394%2C395%2C396%2C397&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=m8&mm=31%2C26&mn=s > n-5uaeznd7%2Csn-q4flrn7s&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=2&pl=20&initcwndbps=1165000&vp > rv=1&mime=video%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=294311&dur=16.560&lmt=1449553649983144&m > t=1603926401&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Caita > gs%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8w > RQIhAKZU6AYMDnJ3MkiGZrpNIARGZ1wcxQIuhv8RefWrUPJEAiBIWn9PA40XVnnUclzEp_nV18Ah > 1PswHBQjNzNtA0Negg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcw > ndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhAKvXqCZKwVUndAMo_5bv6VxIvB7fMndYKg1QSCR0Tqu2AiEAp32rZ > ZE_hPo5cb1uRjg4PozYqTvXkkjWIaPEj7A9aog%3D&ratebypass=yes' [download] > Destination: TEST VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.f244.webm > [download] 100% of 287.41KiB in 00:02 > [debug] Invoking downloader on > 'https://r2---sn-5uaeznd7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1603948129&ei > =AfqZX8i_DJPqigTpkoDYAw&ip=74.188.248.51&id=o-AH8t98t1pWRhfF0y-tZC-qs49qI_zv > ZaKyBkU50HBe2G&itag=140&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=m8&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn > -5uaeznd7%2Csn-q4flrn7s&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=2&pl=20&initcwndbps=1165000&vpr > v=1&mime=audio%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=280597&dur=17.600&lmt=1509088061399864&mt= > 1603926401&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2 > Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIg > Zi7NlmQITSpxyahnu-mmF0TTQU4tTrjKNeNypYfUZS0CIQC25F6S6QoiRZ8g7HJf5HI1Ch6GBVpT > S8QogQBmpR4xWA%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbp > s&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhAKvXqCZKwVUndAMo_5bv6VxIvB7fMndYKg1QSCR0Tqu2AiEAp32rZZE_h > Po5cb1uRjg4PozYqTvXkkjWIaPEj7A9aog%3D&ratebypass=yes' [download] > Destination: TEST VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.f140.m4a > [download] 100% of 274.02KiB in 00:02 > [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "TEST VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.mkv" > [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i > 'file:TEST VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.f244.webm' -i 'file:TEST > VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.f140.m4a' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'file:TEST > VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.temp.mkv' > Deleting original file TEST VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.f244.webm (pass -k to keep) > Deleting original file TEST VIDEO-C0DPdy98e4c.f140.m4a (pass -k to keep) > dale@fireball ~/Desktop $ > > > So you don't have to look back to old message, conf file again. > > > --format 'bestvideo[ext=webm,ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best' > > > Question. I have other lines in there that I commented out using the > usual #. Is that correct or does it use some other character for > comments? Maybe is is seeing those lines as active when I don't want > them to be?? Other than that, I see the options in the user config line > above. It's seeing it at least. > > Thoughts? > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Commented lines are not taken into account. The format you specify above is correct. The problem seems to be with the youtube-dl version you are using. I get no such problems with youtube-dl version 2020.09.20.
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