Videos won't download anymore

[Scyhigh]

Videos won't download anymore

[axcore]

Both youtube-dl and youtube-dl-gui are abandoned, and should not be used any more.

Instead, use yt-dlp and any of these GUIS.

[SlyCooperReloadCoded]

I found this fork:

https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui

Literally solves every issue I've ever had with this software.

Streams only downloading the first 4 hours? Fixed.

Ludicrously slow downloads? Fixed.

Videos downloading but then erroring before it can merge the video and audio? Fixed.

Videos failing to start downloading at all? Fixed.

[muzza-r]

I found this fork:

https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui

Literally solves every issue I've ever had with this software.
Streams only downloading the first 4 hours? Fixed.
Ludicrously slow downloads? Fixed.>
Videos downloading but then erroring before it can merge the video and audio? Fixed.
Videos failing to start downloading at all? Fixed.

This worked for me immediately. It is a different package of YT-DLG and it is working as of 1st August 2023. Thank you!

[axcore]

There's no other alternatives.

Here is a list of over 20 alternatives.

[Scyhigh]

I would also like to mention that this issue only started yesterday. Ever since the 17th, I haven't been able to download anything. I'll note down if anything works, but this feels really bizarre for it to just all of a sudden not work

[ArchonTal]

Same here, stopped working yesterday. Hopefully this gets fixed.

[Scyhigh]

Same here, stopped working yesterday. Hopefully this gets fixed.

I think I found the issue. I checked the program log and saw that every output was the same

Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

I tried using the built-in option to update, but it didn't fix the issue. I even tried redownloading the program... nothing is fixing it.

It looks like youtube-dl did get an update, but the GUI hasn't added it yet.

[bamtan]

Alternative option while you wait for youtube-dl to merge fix is to use this fork, which uses yt-dlp (fixes already merged)

https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui

[tahutoa]

Oh. I thought it was a problem on my end, but it turns out I swapped to a new laptop during the exact window this issue was cropping up for people.

[Weisskralle]

Had similar problems, but after updating it. It fixed itself.

[SlyCooperReloadCoded]

I had similar problems, but only for some videos. After updaing, every single video on YouTube INSTANTLY errors.

[soom-lupulus]

haha，same here，I think it's abandoned, can't be used anymore

[dizzysizzy]

I found this fork:
https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui
Literally solves every issue I've ever had with this software.
Streams only downloading the first 4 hours? Fixed.
Ludicrously slow downloads? Fixed.>
Videos downloading but then erroring before it can merge the video and audio? Fixed.
Videos failing to start downloading at all? Fixed.

This worked for me immediately. It is a different package of YT-DLG and it is working as of 1st August 2023. Thank you!

not anymore as of today, anyone else got the same problem?

[SlyCooperReloadCoded]

Oh wow, it worked 100% perfectly 100% of the time until today. There's no other alternatives.