12.04's youtube-dl version 2012.02.27 isn't able to download videos from youtube.
e.g
>> 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
Same error with http instead of https
upstream version 2012.09.27 works:
>> wget https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/raw/2012.09.27/youtube-dl
>> chmod +x ./youtube-dl
>> ./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 171.70k/s ETA 00:00
12.04's youtube-dl version 2012.02.27 isn't able to download videos from youtube. /www.youtube. com/watch? v=kmNRN- l-BJw
e.g
>> youtube-dl -t https:/
[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
Same error with http instead of https
upstream version 2012.09.27 works:
>> wget https:/ /github. com/rg3/ youtube- dl/raw/ 2012.09. 27/youtube- dl /www.youtube. com/watch? v=kmNRN- l-BJw Online_ Video_Preview- kmNRN-l- BJw.mp4
>> chmod +x ./youtube-dl
>> ./youtube-dl -t https:/
[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_
[download] 100.0% of 61.84M at 171.70k/s ETA 00:00
Please update.
>> apt-cache policy youtube-dl vesta.informati k.rwth- aachen. de/ftp/ pub/Linux/ ubuntu/ ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages dpkg/status
youtube-dl:
Installed: 2012.02.27-1
Candidate: 2012.02.27-1
Version table:
*** 2012.02.27-1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
>> lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04