Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: youtube-dl
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System
-> About Ubuntu.
> lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy
packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.
> apt-cache policy youtube-dl
youtube-dl:
Installed: 2010.04.04-1
Candidate: 2010.04.04-1
Version table:
*** 2010.04.04-1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) What you expected to happen
a) Run: youtube-dl -b -o Foo.mp4 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebUzEhSLBI'
b) Program downloads video from YouTube and saves it as Foo.mp4
4) What happened instead
a) Run: youtube-dl -b -o Foo.mp4 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebUzEhSLBI'
b) Got:
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 37 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 22 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 35 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 18 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 34 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 5 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 17 not available
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Format 13 not available
If I remove the '-b' (best quality) flag, I get:
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] OebUzEhSLBI: Extracting video information
ERROR: format not available for video
Version 2010.08.04 of youtube-dl (currently the latest version) works
correctly. It's available from http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-
dl/wiki/Home, but it isn't available as a .deb in the Ubuntu
repositories yet.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: youtube-dl 2010.04.04-1
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-020634-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 28 16:03:37 2010
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: youtube-dl
** Affects: youtube-dl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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youtube-dl will not download, reports "Format X not available" instead
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626051
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