From 03d31a55afddbff0d7eeff640be29c1776df5c87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mary Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:50:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] YouTube now gives 429 errors for CAPTCHAs As far as I can tell, I've only gotten 429s, so 402 might be an old response... --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c39b13616..c4fe427c3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -781,9 +781,9 @@ By default, youtube-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally, if you ha Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the `-b` option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you're interested in. In that case, simply request it with the `-f` option and youtube-dl will try to download it. -### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? +### I get HTTP error 402 or 429 when trying to download a video. What's this? -Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We're [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a web browser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl. +Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We're [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a web browser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restarting youtube-dl with the `goojf` cookie from the CAPTCHA submission. ### Do I need any other programs?