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@@ -122,6 +122,27 @@ The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. 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`. +### 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`. + +### 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 + +means you're using an outdated version of Python.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 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. + # COPYRIGHT youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl Binary files differindex 55d649147..5e1512800 100755 --- a/youtube-dl +++ b/youtube-dl diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1 index 38e140e7e..00bae77a4 100644 --- a/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/youtube-dl.1 @@ -167,6 +167,37 @@ Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use 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 \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[]. +.SS ERROR: unable to download video +.PP +youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is +not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. +You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[]. +.SS SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character +.PP +The error +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +File\ "youtube-dl",\ line\ 2 +SyntaxError:\ Non-ASCII\ character\ \[aq]\\x93\[aq]\ ... +\f[] +.fi +.PP +means you\[aq]re using an outdated version of Python. +Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7. +.PP +To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you\[aq]ll have to manually check it +out like this: +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +git\ clone\ git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git +cd\ youtube-dl +python\ -m\ youtube-dl\ --help +\f[] +.fi +.PP +Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. .SH COPYRIGHT .PP youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. |