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murrty / youtube-dl-gui

Download/Convert videos from websites without needing to learn command line
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"A caught WebException occurred." #189

Open LifesGottaBeFun opened 10 months ago

LifesGottaBeFun commented 10 months ago

A caught WebException occurred.

Message: The remote name could not be resolved: 'api.github.com' Type: System.Net.WebException Response: Source: System Target Site: Byte[] DownloadDataInternal(System.Uri, System.Net.WebRequest ByRef) Stacktrace: at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request) at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(Uri address) at youtube_dl_gui.UpdateChecker.GetJSON(String Url) at youtube_dl_gui.UpdateChecker.RefreshRelease(Version CurrentVersion, Boolean PreReleases) at youtube_dl_gui.UpdateChecker.CheckForUpdate(Boolean ForceCheck, Boolean AllowSkip, Form ParentHandle)

========== OS INFO ========== Current Version: 3.3.0-1 Current Culture: English (Canada) System Caption: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro System Version: 10.0.22621 Service Pack Major: 0 Service Pack Minor: 0 ========== END INFO ==========

murrty commented 9 months ago

Does this still occur for you? It looks like a problem on your end since the update checks work on my side.

nai888 commented 9 months ago

I ran into this issue at first. Running as an administrator fixed it.

LifesGottaBeFun commented 9 months ago

Ah, good to know - thank you!