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  youtube-dl: way to deal with the size cap issue + new errors + issues ... lbrt chx _ gemale - 2011-11-12 19:06 +0000
    Re: youtube-dl: way to deal with the size cap issue + new errors + issues ... Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-11-12 23:54 +0000
    Re: youtube-dl: way to deal with the size cap issue + new errors + issues ... Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de> - 2011-11-21 22:14 +0100

#15631 — youtube-dl: way to deal with the size cap issue + new errors + issues ...

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 I did find my way (through a silly hack) to get all files within a size range without waiting for youtube-dl to be "enhanced". You could simply run youtube-dl in simulate mode and then parse that data to get the info
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$ youtube-dl --help | grep simulate
    -s, --simulate           do not download the video and do not write anything to disk
    -g, --get-url            simulate, quiet but print URL
    -e, --get-title          simulate, quiet but print title
    --get-thumbnail          simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
    --get-description        simulate, quiet but print video description
    --get-filename           simulate, quiet but print output filename
    --get-format             simulate, quiet but print output format
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 it turns out I needed the data anyway and %(uploader)s %(stitle)s and %(ext)s are helpful as well, for example, in case you decide to skip a certain uploader
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 I have also been getting errors reporting:
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 RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
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 What does it mean? Is it a youtube thing or a python/youtube-dl one (or both)? Could you fix that with some flag?
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 It would be very helpful if you could redirect youtube-dl errors to a separate file you would indicate via a flag
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 lbrtchx
 comp.lang.python: youtube-dl: way to deal with the size cap issue + new errors + issues ...
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// __ ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
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 downloading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-66LHJF9E
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] TD-66LHJF9E: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] TD-66LHJF9E: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] TD-66LHJF9E: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[download] Destination: ./LionsgateMovies-TD-66LHJF9E_Trading_Mom.flv
ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
~ 
 downloading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft5fFOktUno
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] Ft5fFOktUno: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] Ft5fFOktUno: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] Ft5fFOktUno: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[download] Destination: ./LionsgateMovies-Ft5fFOktUno_Speed_Racer_The_Movie.flv
ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
~ 
 downloading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRbAGrIjCr4
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] wRbAGrIjCr4: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] wRbAGrIjCr4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] wRbAGrIjCr4: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[download] Destination: ./LionsgateMovies-wRbAGrIjCr4_Jonah_A_VeggieTales_Movie.flv
ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
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 downloading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU0KpRBkeMY
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] yU0KpRBkeMY: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] yU0KpRBkeMY: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] yU0KpRBkeMY: Extracting video information
[youtube] RTMP download detected
[download] Destination: ./LionsgateMovies-yU0KpRBkeMY_Hercules_In_New_York.flv
ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
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On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:06:32 +0000, lbrt chx _ gemale wrote:

>  I have also been getting errors reporting:
> ~
>  RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
> ~
>  What does it mean? Is it a youtube thing or a python/youtube-dl one (or
>  both)? Could you fix that with some flag?

Try installing rtmpdump.

BTW, your first call before asking here about random problems should be 
to use the search engine of your choice to google for more information:

https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=rtmpdump



-- 
Steven

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As a general rule, feel free to contact youtube-dl developers and users
at https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/ . youtube-dl is just one
application, which happens to be written in Python.

lbrt@mail.python.org wrote:
>  I did find my way (through a silly hack) to get all files within a size range without waiting for youtube-dl to be "enhanced".
You may be able to send a HEAD request to the URL, but there's no
guarantee the response will contain a Content-Length header. In fact,
there will never be a Content-Lenght header for infinite HTTP streams.
Also, RTMP URLs are way more complicated.

>  I have also been getting errors reporting:
>  RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run
You need rtmpdump. See http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ for instructions on
how to install it.

>  It would be very helpful if you could redirect youtube-dl errors to a separate file you would indicate via a flag
If you think so, please open an issue. Do not forget to consider the
usefulness not only for your specific application, but also of other
applications. I think the command-line API
(https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/152) will be your best shot.
Note that you can already redirect youtube-dl's output to a file, just
like any other shell program:

$ youtube-dl uHlDtZ6Oc3s > log

will write a file log that contains all of youtube-dl's output. If the
return code is not 0, an error has occured.

Cheers,

Philipp
youtube-dl developer
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