2 description: Ask yt-dlp related question
7 label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
8 description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
10 - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
15 ### Make sure you are **only** asking a question and not reporting a bug or requesting a feature.
16 If your question contains "isn't working" or "can you add", this is most likely the wrong template.
17 If you are in doubt whether this is the right template, **USE ANOTHER TEMPLATE**!
23 Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
25 - label: I'm asking a question and **not** reporting a bug or requesting a feature
27 - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
29 - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.13** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
31 - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
33 - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
38 label: Please make sure the question is worded well enough to be understood
39 description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
40 placeholder: Provide any additional information and as much context and examples as possible
46 label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
48 - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
49 - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
51 - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
55 label: Complete Verbose Output
57 It should start like this:
59 [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
60 [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
61 [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
62 [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.13 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
63 [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
64 [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
65 [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
66 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
67 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
69 [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
70 Latest version: 2023.10.13, Current version: 2023.10.13
71 yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.13)