Super slow downloads & other problems

[TENTHARSOS]

Checklist

• [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
• [ x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE

C:\Users\MR\Downloads\youtube dl 2>youtube-dl --update
ERROR: can't find the current version. Please try again later.

C:\Users\MR\Downloads\youtube dl 2>youtube-dl --verbose --update
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--update']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.04.26
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2020-08-31-4a11a6f, ffprobe git-2020-08-31-4a11a6f
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1183, in do_open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1137, in request
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1182, in _send_request
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1133, in endheaders
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 963, in _send_output
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 898, in send
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1287, in connect
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\ssl.py", line 362, in wrap_socket
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\ssl.py", line 580, in init
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\ssl.py", line 807, in do_handshake
ConnectionResetError: [WinError 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpeav8wi2f\build\youtube_dl\update.py", line 46, in update_self
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpeav8wi2f\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 2737, in https_open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1185, in do_open
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [WinError 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host>

ERROR: can't find the current version. Please try again later.

C:\Users\MR\Downloads\youtube dl 2>

Description

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I can not update and i have other problems as well but can't even see if updating might fix them.

[uunnxx]

I've the same issue, and I'd checked all closed 'slow download' issues

[a2468834]

Personally, I use the following two ways to mitigate the situation (have still not found the solution)
(1) [Manually] observe the speed and re-download when needed, [Auto] run the python script to detect the speed and re-download.
(2) Use the flag --http-chunk-size 10M (see here), the size would vary and could combine with python script to randomly choose a number from 1M to 10M.

[Osaym]

Personally, I use the following two ways to mitigate the situation (have still not found the solution)
(1) [Manually] observe the speed and re-download when needed, [Auto] run the python script to detect the speed and re-download.
(2) Use the flag --http-chunk-size 10M (see here), the size would vary and could combine with python script to randomly choose a number from 1M to 10M.

doesn't work. still very slow

[ghost]

Personally, I use the following two ways to mitigate the situation (have still not found the solution) (1) [Manually] observe the speed and re-download when needed, [Auto] run the python script to detect the speed and re-download. (2) Use the flag --http-chunk-size 10M (see here), the size would vary and could combine with python script to randomly choose a number from 1M to 10M.

Sir. Many people who open issues here are not terminal friendly & tech savvy as you. If there's a way to fix this, devs could already done it. If not, why don't they just update the documentation manual & put a note that the download speeds are currently slow, & wait for the fixes ?

[dirkf]

put a note that the download speeds are currently slow, & wait for the fixes ?

That much should be clear from the original issue #29326 that OP @TENTHARSOS should have found by searching open issues about Youtube.

However OP and possibly @uunnxx have the additional problem that the built-in update function isn't working. The relevant URLs are all working but it's possible that a certificate issue is blocking the connection.

Not that it would fix the main problem in the issue title, but the latest version can be obtained at http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html (OP should use the link 'Windows exe'). OP should try that and report back whether it works.

[uunnxx]

@TENTHARSOS look at this one:
This yt-dlp fork works just fine.

[Det87]

Is youtube-dl dead now? The fork's where it's at?

[uunnxx]

Is youtube-dl dead now? The fork's where it's at?

Of course, not dead. You can 'for now' just replace it with yt-dlp fork.

As says fork's about page:

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes
The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

[Det87]

Of course, not dead. You can 'for now' just replace it with yt-dlp fork.

How long's "for now" gonna be, if last commit was 4 months ago?

[yonderbread]

Try combining aria2 with youtube-dl:

alias ytdl-fast="youtube-dl -f best --external-downloader aria2c --external-downloader-args \"-j 16 -s 16 -x 16 -k 1M\" $1"

[noahbroyles]

You can try my hella fast version

All credit to @dirkf for his PR which I implemented. I have no problems with licensing.