[mdlug] YT-DLP Problem

[Raymond Ingles]

I'm using "yt-dlp version stable at 2023.07.06".

Seems to work for me, on AT&T fiber internet. It shouldn't matter, but I
use the command:

./yt-dlp --trim-filenames 128 --no-mtime [URL]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 4:17 PM LAP <mail1 at lapiet.info> wrote:

> Is there anyone using yt-dlp to download YouTube videos?
>
> Although I recognize that Youtube is a poor excuse for
> a video sharing site, I will occasionally use yt-dlp
> to download a documentary of interest.
>
> But to my great surprise, yt-dlp failed with the following
> (abbreviated) error:
>
> "Unable to download API page: [Errno -3] Temporary
> failure in name resolution (caused by TransportError...)"
>
> This can't some fault on my system because other sites
> like vimeo.com will download without problem.
>
> Are others experiencing this problem with YouTube?
> If so, it may mean that YouTube is attempting to
> thwart free downloads again.
>
> I have searched the web but found nothing similar
> top my current problem.
>
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