[mdlug] YT-DLP Problem

[Richard L]

I have a desktop icon which runs the following:

/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=run.sh
io.github.aandrew_me.ytdn

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 16:30 Raymond Ingles <sorceror171 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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