[SRU, precise] Current version (2012.02.27) doesn't work anymore

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Confirmed. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688997

Fixed in quantal:
youtube-dl | 2012.09.27-1 | quantal/universe | source, all

This should be updated in precise, marked as High -> triaged per dlentz on IRC

harshil@ubuntu:~$ wget https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/raw/2012.09.27/youtube-dl
--2012-10-07 11:24:51-- https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/raw/2012.09.27/youtube-dl
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 207.97.227.239
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|207.97.227.239|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://raw.github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/2012.09.27/youtube-dl [following]
--2012-10-07 11:25:03-- https://raw.github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/2012.09.27/youtube-dl
Resolving raw.github.com (raw.github.com)... 207.97.227.243
Connecting to raw.github.com (raw.github.com)|207.97.227.243|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 41023 (40K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `youtube-dl'

100%[======================================>] 41,023 9.77K/s in 4.1s

2012-10-07 11:25:13 (9.77 KB/s) - `youtube-dl' saved [41023/41023]

harshil@ubuntu:~$ chmod +x ./youtube-dl
harshil@ubuntu:~$ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Kfja5-7Fw74
[1] 2959
harshil@ubuntu:~$ [youtube] Setting language
WARNING: unable to set language: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
[youtube] watch: Downloading video webpage
ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
^C
[1]+ Exit 1 youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage
harshil@ubuntu:~$ youtube-dl -t http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa-0gDAO9As&feature=relmfu
[1] 3073
harshil@ubuntu:~$ [youtube] Setting language
WARNING: unable to set language: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
[youtube] xa-0gDAO9As: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] xa-0gDAO9As: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
^C
[1]+ Exit 1 youtube-dl -t http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa-0gDAO9As
harshil@ubuntu:~$ youtube-dl -t http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa-0gDAO9As&feature=relmfu
[1] 3159
harshil@ubuntu:~$ [youtube] Setting language
[youtube] xa-0gDAO9As: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] xa-0gDAO9As: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] xa-0gDAO9As: Extracting video information

ERROR: unable to download video
harshil@ubuntu:~$

now what i have to do?????

Solution / Work-around
---------------------------------

Update your version of youtube-dl by running the command:
$ sudo youtube-dl -U

I had the same problem and this solved it.

I'm running Kubuntu 12.10 and here's what I get, using what I believe to be the very latest version of youtube-dl:

pa@morchella:~/Downloads$ ./youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqGRROao5-M
[youtube] Setting language
WARNING: unable to set language: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory>
[youtube] EqGRROao5-M: Downloading video webpage
ERROR: unable to download video webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable>
pa@morchella:~/Downloads$ ./youtube-dl --version
2012.11.29

I do no better with the version in the repositories:

pa@morchella:~/Downloads$ youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeXaxiDZ2zk
[youtube] Setting language
WARNING: unable to set language: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory>
[youtube] UeXaxiDZ2zk: Downloading video webpage
ERROR: unable to download video webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable>
pa@morchella:~/Downloads$ youtube-dl --version
2012.09.27

On precise with version 2012.02.27-1, I can reproduce the failure to download youtube videos:

  $ youtube-dl -t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmNRN-l-BJw
  [youtube] Setting language
  [youtube] kmNRN-l-BJw: Downloading video webpage
  [youtube] kmNRN-l-BJw: Downloading video info webpage
  [youtube] kmNRN-l-BJw: Extracting video information

  ERROR: unable to download video

This is an instance of this upstream bug:

  https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/427

Which is fixed with this commit:

  https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commit/9ca667065e7371322e0970421fb4e03f8bd00b9e

With that change applied, the test case passes:

  $ sudo dpkg -i youtube-dl_2012.02.27-1ubuntu0.1_all.deb
  (Reading database ... 240033 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace youtube-dl 2012.02.27-1 (using youtube-dl_2012.02.27-1ubuntu0.1_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement youtube-dl ...
  Setting up youtube-dl (2012.02.27-1ubuntu0.1) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...

  $ youtube-dl -t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmNRN-l-BJw
  [youtube] Setting language
  [youtube] kmNRN-l-BJw: Downloading video webpage
  [youtube] kmNRN-l-BJw: Downloading video info webpage
  [youtube] kmNRN-l-BJw: Extracting video information
  [download] Destination: MechWarrior_Online_Video_Preview-kmNRN-l-BJw.mp4
  [download] 100.0% of 61.84M at 2.09M/s ETA 00:00

Hello sash_, or anyone else affected,

Accepted youtube-dl into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/2012.02.27-1ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I can confirm that the proposed package fixes this bug. I can successfully download videos from YouTube again.

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package youtube-dl - 2012.02.27-1ubuntu0.1

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youtube-dl (2012.02.27-1ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add 100-youtube-signature.patch: Add 'signature' to youtube URLs.
    Fixes failure to download youtube videos.
    (LP: #1060813)
 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Sun, 05 May 2013 20:37:17 -0700