from the NEW item in the package:

youtube-dl (2010.07.22-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  The upstream author has removed support for the -b ("best format") and
  the -d ("high def") command line options.
 
  The behavior now is to download the best quality for each video.
  If you experience a problem with youtube-dl downloading videos that are
  too large, you should consider using the --max-quality option to limit
  which format to use.
 
  The list of formats (in decreasing quality) can be found with:
 
      grep "available_formats =" /usr/bin/youtube-dl

 -- Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:07:03 -0300

(END)
 so the error MAY be from too large a file for the coded transfer protocol.  I tried using that option to download as WebM and got the same result.

Larry


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
Mine shows the same copyright test although the package I got this am from the ubuntu software center installed /var/cache/apt/archives/youtube-dl_2012.02.27-1_all.deb.  I get the same result as Michael although I can certainly play the video directly from the link included in the command line.

Mike, most programs have an option to display the version.  According to the youtube-dl man page it should be -v but it does not work.  It reacts as if you have provided wrong or insufficient parameters.  I would say maybe look for a different package to download youtube videos which have better or more uptodate maintenance.  Another option is to volunteer to help with the maintenance and/or documentation.


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
i just tried apt-get and it says my version is current. As for the version I'm not sure how to look that up. I did 'locate youtube-dl' and the only thing that might tell me is:

   /usr/share/doc/youtube-dl/copyright

This is what that file says:

This package was debianized by Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> on
Sun,  3 Sep 2006 19:43:27 -0400.

The current maintainer is Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>.

It was downloaded from:


Authors:

    * Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez: program core, YouTube.com InfoExtractor,
      metacafe.com InfoExtractor and YouTube playlist InfoExtractor.
    * Danny Colligan: YouTube search InfoExtractor, ideas and patches.
    * Many other people contributing patches, code, ideas and kind messages.
      Too many to be listed here. You know who you are. Thank you very much.

Copyright © 2006-2010 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez

License:

    The program is in the Public Domain.

    The packaging is licensed under the GNU GPL License:

        Copyright © 2006, Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org>.
        Copyright © 2009-2012, Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>.

For the text of the GPL License in a Debian system, please see
`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.


:-)~MIKE~(-:



On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Carruth, Rusty <Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com> wrote:

Mike - what version of youtube-dl are you using?

Lisa - same question.

 

That’s my guess as to why it works for her and not for you.  I’m assuming neither of you have anything ‘weird’ in your network setup…

 

 

From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Michael Havens
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:25 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: youtube-dl

 

Yeah.... I figured you guys would like it. It is the full uncut version too!

regardless... why can't i download it?
:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:

Great channel!

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

What is wrong with this command?

 

   youtube-dl -o MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.flv "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOfI88NKRzY"

 

It keeps telling me:

 

   [youtube] Setting language

   [youtube] eOfI88NKRzY: Downloading video webpage

   [youtube] eOfI88NKRzY: Downloading video info webpage

   [youtube] eOfI88NKRzY: Extracting video information

 

   ERROR: unable to download video

 

I've never had problems downloading videos before. I've tried getting rid of the '-o ...', getting rid of the quotes, getting rid of the space  after the '-o', but nothing works. What's wrong?

:-)~MIKE~(-:

 

 

Works for me! 

 

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