[Redtube]An extractor error has occurred.

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2016.08.31. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.08.31
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...
<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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[root@m etc]# youtube-dl -v http://www.redtube.com/66418
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.redtube.com/66418']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.08.31
[debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Linux-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-6.8-Final
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-81437-g76d377d-static, ffprobe N-81437-g76d377d-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[RedTube] 66418: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Video 66418 has been removed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 347, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/redtube.py", line 33, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError('Video %s has been removed' % video_id, expected=True)
ExtractorError: Video 66418 has been removed

http://www.redtube.com/66418
youtube-dl returns all Redtube request as "ERROR, Video XXX has been removed". Redtube has changed its way of returning 404 videos.

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Post the output of youtube-dl -v http://www.redtube.com/66418 --dump-pages.

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While it seems redtube changed their page again and now youtube-dl is working now.

Except it, may I ask how to build youtube-dl myself? Sorry I'm good at C but really not familiar with python.

From the guide, it said:
"Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to youtube-dl.zip first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the main.py file. To recompile the executable, run make youtube-dl."

I can unzip the file and exectute the main.py file. But I can recompile the executable by running "make youtube-dl". It shows me:

[root@youtube test]# make youtube_dl
make: Nothing to be done for `youtube_dl'.

[yan12125]

Here's a typo in your command. It should be:

$ make youtube-dl

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Hello,

It still didn't work.

[root@youtube test]# make youtube-dl
make: *** No rule to make target `youtube-dl'.  Stop.
[root@youtube test]#

[yan12125]

Can you paste the content of Makefile?

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I think maybe this is the problem.

Under the folder 'youtube_dl', there's no Makefile. Below are the files in this folder:

[root@youtube youtube_dl]# ls -l
total 476
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 99783 Aug 30 19:38 YoutubeDL.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17955 Aug 30 19:38 __init__.py
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   467 Aug 30 19:38 __main__.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15211 Aug 30 19:38 aes.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2980 Aug 30 19:38 cache.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88570 Aug 30 19:38 compat.py
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep  2 03:39 downloader
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20480 Sep  2 03:39 extractor
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8904 Aug 30 19:38 jsinterp.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38341 Aug 30 19:38 options.py
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep  2 03:39 postprocessor
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8715 Aug 30 19:38 socks.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31483 Aug 30 19:38 swfinterp.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6923 Aug 30 19:38 update.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94371 Aug 30 19:38 utils.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    68 Aug 30 19:39 version.py

[yan12125]

Oh I forgot that the zipped file does not contain Makefile, as there's no need for end users to build it again. If you need Makefile, use git. Developer instructions should help.

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Thanks very much.

It works now!

[razor1907]

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Just wondering if your "own" copy of youtube-dl includes extracting extra metadata like "categories" and "tags".

If so, please share the command with the community. If not, feel free to consider this as a kind request to do so : )

thanks!

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@razor1907

I would suggest you use their hubtraffic.com to pull a CSV file and use youtube-dl to download videos only