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youtube-dl playlist does not work anymore


in the past I have downloaded Youtube's playlists with youtube-dl without any problem. However, now it downloads 0 videos. Could it have something to do with RIAA's DMCA takedown? Any suggestion or solution? The code I usually use is

youtube-dl -i -f mp4 --write-auto-sub --yes-playlist --output './%(title)s.%(ext)s' UUdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ

I have tried with the web URL or the playlist ID, both give me this result:

[youtube:playlist] UUdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: UUdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ
[youtube:playlist] playlist UUdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ: Downloading 0 videos
[download] Finished downloading playlist: UUdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ

Also, I have uninstalled/updated youtube-dl (just in case) without improve. Thank you in advance,


Solution

  • It is an issue with youtube-dl, however the youtube-dlc fork has already fixed it.

    You can download directly from GitHub or else download it with pip:

    python3 -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc
    

    UPDATE: youtube-dl has been restored.