From 6a3ff26a01d3df58fd981daa10606d7146a1136d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:29:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add recent breakages to FAQ (#433) --- faq.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index 0f9926004..6387e1623 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  • I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
  • The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
  • ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
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  • ERROR: unable to download video
    • +
  • SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character
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    youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with sudo youtube-dl --update (or python youtube-dl --update).

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    ERROR: unable to download video

    + +

    youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with sudo youtube-dl --update (or python youtube-dl --update).

    + +

    SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character

    + +

    The error + +File "youtube-dl", line 2 +SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ... + +means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.

    + +

    To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out and run it like this: + +git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git +cd youtube-dl +python -m youtube-dl --help + +Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.

    + +