Getting "Downloads complete" message and errors

Author: IArnaut2Created Aug 5, 2020Updated Dec 9, 2025

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Bug report

I've tried downloading few videos from YouTube. I've entered a video link to the download list and started downloading, But I was told that downloads are complete and got error messages. It happens when trying to download some videos.

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
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] System config: []
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] User config: []
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] Custom config: []
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] Command-line args: ['--newline', '-i', '-o', 'C:\\Users\\Igor\\Videos\\%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-f', 'mp4', '-v', '--ignore-config', '--hls-prefer-native', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1d8sRMI8_w']
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp1251, pref cp1251
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.05.03
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2
[08/05/20 18:27:00] [debug] Proxy map: {}
[08/05/20 18:27:00] ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
[08/05/20 18:27:00] Traceback (most recent call last):
[08/05/20 18:27:00]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpybwhja3m\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
[08/05/20 18:27:00]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpybwhja3m\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
[08/05/20 18:27:00]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpybwhja3m\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 2394, in _real_extract
[08/05/20 18:27:00]   File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpybwhja3m\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1350, in _sort_formats
[08/05/20 18:27:00] youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
[08/05/20 18:27:00] 

What operating system do you use ?

Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit

List of actions to perform to reproduce the problem:

  1. Paste video URL.
  2. Add to the list.
  3. Choose file type.
  4. Click download button.

What is the expected behaviour ?

Video to be downloaded.

What happens instead ?

Gets a window that says that downloads are complete, but downloads error.

Source: MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui