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authorPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2015-03-01 12:04:39 +0100
committerPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2015-03-01 12:04:39 +0100
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[README] Document HTTP 429 (Closes #5092)
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@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ YouTube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not suppo
In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence in a string that was misinterpreted by old versions of youtube-dl. See [above](#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube-dl.
+### HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
+
+These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--network-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address.
+
### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
The error