---
name: Bug report
about: Report a bug unrelated to any particular site or extractor
-title: ''
+title: '[Bug] A short description of the issue'
+labels: ['triage', 'bug']
+assignees: ''
+
---
<!--
## Checklist
<!--
-Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of youtube-dl:
-- First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dl. Run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is %(version)s. If it's not, see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED.
+Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
+- First of, make sure you are using the latest version of yt-dlp. Run `yt-dlp --version` and ensure your version is %(version)s. If it's not, see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED.
- Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser.
-- Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in http://yt-dl.org/escape.
-- Search the bugtracker for similar issues: http://yt-dl.org/search-issues. DO NOT post duplicates.
-- Read bugs section in FAQ: http://yt-dl.org/reporting
-- Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x])
+- Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped.
+- Search the bugtracker for similar issues: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues. DO NOT post duplicates.
+- Read "opening an issue" section in CONTRIBUTING.md: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue
+- Finally, confirm all RELEVANT tasks from the following by putting x into all the boxes like this [x] (Dont forget to delete the empty space)
-->
-- [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
-- [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **%(version)s**
+- [ ] I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
+- [ ] I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s**
- [ ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
+- [ ] The provided URLs do not contain any DRM to the best of my knowledge
- [ ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
- [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
-- [ ] I've read bugs section in FAQ
+- [ ] I've read the opening an issue section in CONTRIBUTING.md
+- [ ] I have given an appropriate title to the issue
## Verbose log
<!--
-Provide the complete verbose output of youtube-dl that clearly demonstrates the problem.
-Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (`youtube-dl -v <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below. It should look similar to this:
+Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp that clearly demonstrates the problem.
+Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -v <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below. It should look similar to this:
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
- [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
+ [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
- [debug] youtube-dl version %(version)s
+ [debug] yt-dlp version %(version)s
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
```
PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE
+
```
+<!--
+Do not remove the above ```
+-->
## Description
projects / yt-dlp.git / blobdiff