Cannot use authenticated download

[Kane York]

Attempting to use the -u and -p options results in an AttributeError,

Addtl info:
 - Account has 2-factor auth enabled
 - The provided password is a app-specific password generated at https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens

Log:

$ youtube-dl -u username -p app_specific_password private_video_id
[youtube] Setting language
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 6, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 666, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 650, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 573, in download
    videos = self.extract_info(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 324, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 102, in extract
    self.initialize()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 97, in initialize
    self._real_initialize()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 129, in _real_initialize
    if not self._login():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 97, in _login
    login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in login_form_strs.items())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 97, in <genexpr>
    login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in login_form_strs.items())
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

This will be difficult to troubleshoot and verify unless a public test case can be provided. Kane, can you upload such a video (one that is set to private but for which you can grant access to testers)?

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Your best bet is probably to talk to upstream about it. If you do, please let us know the URL to track the progress.

[Pander (pander)]

Yeah, if this is still an issue, better report it upstream at https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues

Best to close it here as Ubuntu doesn't do more than build and package this and this is not package or build related.