Youtube always fails on mp4 1080p or 720p download "youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: requested format not available"

Author: MoltresriderCreated Mar 31, 2020Updated Feb 23, 2023

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Bug report

If the problem occurs when downloading a URL please provide the full verbose output as follows:

  1. Restart youtube-dl-gui
  2. Go to Options > Extra tab
  3. Enable Debug youtube-dl
  4. Go to Options > Advanced tab and Clear your log content
  5. Try to download the URL
  6. Copy the whole log content and insert it between the ``` part below
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] System config: []
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] User config: []
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] Custom config: []
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] Command-line args: ['--newline', '-i', '-o', 'C:\\Users\\Arceist Justin\\%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-f', '37', '-v', '--ignore-config', '--hls-prefer-native', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNqtfFXq00k']
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2
[03/30/20 21:12:26] [debug] Proxy map: {}
[03/30/20 21:12:26] ERROR: requested format not available
[03/30/20 21:12:26] Traceback (most recent call last):
[03/30/20 21:12:26]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 808, in extract_info
[03/30/20 21:12:26]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 863, in process_ie_result
[03/30/20 21:12:26]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1636, in process_video_result
[03/30/20 21:12:26] youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: requested format not available
[03/30/20 21:12:26] 

What operating system do you use ?

Windows 7

List of actions to perform to reproduce the problem:

  1. .. Select "mp4 1080p or mp4 720p" from the drop down list
  2. .. Copy a URL to a Youtube video THAT DOES have 720p and 1080p available
  3. .. click download and watch YouTube DLG instantly fail to download the file

What is the expected behaviour ?

YouTube DLG should download the video

What happens instead ?

nothing but "error" every time/every video


Feature request (request for a new functionality)

Please make sure that the requested feature is NOT already in the TODO list

  • I've verified and i assure that my requested feature is NOT in the TODO list

What operating system do you use ?

Windows 7

Any time I try to download a video in 720p or 1080p, YouTube DLG always fails with "error". YouTube DLG no longer downloads videos in HD by default (downloading them in 360p instead) and manually selecting any HD mp4 option always fails

Source: MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui