yt-dlp: [youtube] Unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
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Question
Hello. I have a problem downloading some videos from YouTube via yt-dlp. When I try to download it I get the following error: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden. I read about this error and some tips like remove cache (–rm-chache-dir), but it did not help. I even deleted the cache manually. Such error is not with all of them, but with some videos. I hope for your help. What i can do. Thank you in advance.
Verbose log
yt-dlp -U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCEafBfEEM
Latest version: 2022.05.18, Current version: 2022.05.18
yt-dlp is up to date (2022.05.18)
[youtube] YwCEafBfEEM: Downloading webpage
[youtube] YwCEafBfEEM: Downloading android player API JSON
[info] YwCEafBfEEM: Downloading 1 format(s): 313+251
[download] Resuming download at byte 1580517
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
About this issue
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- State: closed
- Created 2 years ago
- Comments: 64 (17 by maintainers)
If turn on vpn and try it, it’s downloading. The strange thing is that other videos can be downloaded without vpn.
@fillwithjoy1 you are running an old version
even if it’s not #1986, it’s almost certainly fixed by #1986
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