Stopped Downloading July 2012

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I've been using RSS Handler successfully for several years now when it just 
stopped working a few days ago (late July 2012)--more specifically I'm still 
getting the (updated) list of videos, but the video downloads are failing. Did 
YouTube change something that broke this for everyone? If so, do we know what 
the problem is and can we get an ETA on a fix? Thanks so much!

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

3.0.1 Beta 3 on Windows 7 64-bit (3.0.1 Beta 4 had a showstopping bug for me 
which was never fixed, hence why I'm still using the prior beta--although I 
just tried using beta 4 now and it still doesn't fix the problem)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by da...@davidrehm.com on 21 Jul 2012 at 8:44

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I faced the same issue here as well. It happened on the 19th July 2012 to be 
exact. YouTube interface change ?

Original comment by software...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2012 at 1:47

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Looks like Google changed something. Also stopped on the 19Th for me. Some 
weeks back Google got a hard-on for sites that aided in downloading YouTube 
videos. So I am sure this was done purposely. I do understand Google's 
position. It cost money to provide the service. If the Ads are not viewed they 
loose money. I just want Google to know that some of us with low end DSL with 
multi-users just can't use Youtube in real time. maybe we can come up with a 
compromise. Provide channel feeds and attach a pre-roll ads to the video.

I am off topic. To get back on topic; Yep it's broke.

Original comment by sigm...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2012 at 2:22

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I faced the same issue 

Original comment by morfiyc on 24 Jul 2012 at 11:49

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I did a little more poking around, and it seems that in at least one of the 
cases, the url it's trying to resolve just has an extra "http//" in it like so:

http://http//o-o---preferred---comcast-iad3---v2---lscache5.c.youtube.com/videop
layback? ...

Manually removing the dud "http//" allows me to access the video just fine.

If you've been following along, this is actually the same problem that has 
existed with Beta 4 for some time, which had caused me to revert to Beta 3 -- 
see issue 45: http://code.google.com/p/rsshandler/issues/detail?id=45 -- but 
now apparently the latest change from YouTube is causing the same problem to 
happen on Beta 3 also, and leaving us no other option in the meantime. =(

This really seems like a simple text parsing issue. Can anyone please fix it? 
(I'm afraid I'm not a coder, just a different kind of geek..)

Original comment by da...@davidrehm.com on 25 Jul 2012 at 8:18

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I can't find the dud "http//". Just got back from a trip and I have 20 
something videos I have to download. Can someone provide a fix? Please?

Original comment by stratofa...@gmail.com on 25 Jul 2012 at 3:59

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Checkout the fix in http://code.google.com/p/rsshandler/issues/detail?id=48 and 
let me know how it goes.

Motasim

Original comment by MotaSay on 26 Jul 2012 at 7:12

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Thank you very much. Installing 
http://code.google.com/p/rsshandler/issues/detail?id=48 helped.

Original comment by morfiyc on 26 Jul 2012 at 7:56

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This issue was closed by revision 7ae7ee64bce2.

Original comment by MotaSay on 30 Jul 2012 at 2:58

• Changed state: Fixed