Unable to add youtube videos

Screenly OSE
#1

Hi there

I am getting the following error message when trying to add any youtube video

Server Error: Command '[‘youtube-dl’, ‘-e’, u’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9eAtwcYlo’]’ returned non-zero exit status 1

any ideas?

Thanks

#2

Hi,

I was facing the same issue lately - looks like the youtube downloader in screenly OSE is outdated.

Check out:
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#installation

sudo -H pip install --upgrade youtube-dl and a reboot fixed it for me.

Cheers,
Albert

#3

That sounds like the proper soloution, @akimdarov. I imagine that “youtube-dl” is essentially playing Whac-A-Mole with the YouTube team. YouTube blocks them and “youtube-dl” works around it.

#4

sorted it now i reimaged the sd card with the latest version and all is good now

Thanks for your help chaps

#5

Hi I am having issues again downloading any YouTube videos now, any ideas?

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#6

My money would be on that it’s either an outdated youtube-dl or a broken SD card. I’d suggest starting a fresh with a new SD card and the latest developer version.

#8

use 4kdownloader (google it to find their site) to grab the video from YT and then upload it as a regular video. Never have to deal with YT whackamole again. Note, that a lot of videos require you to log into YT (google) and 4KDL has the ability to do that in settings. it has a 99% success rate if you do this.