Specific song not recognized despite being recognized in earlier spotdl versions

[Forever-A-Hermit]

System OS

Windows

Python Version

3.11 (CPython)

Install Source

pip / PyPi

Install version / commit hash

v4.1.2

Expected Behavior vs Actual Behavior

For the song to be recognized, downloaded, & not produce an error

Steps to reproduce - Ensure to include actual links!

Run:

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e

Traceback

Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
LookupError: No results found for song: Kado - Tired Eyes'

Other details

The song is available on Youtube Music at https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DKu9fWMpK3A

[yzalvov]

Hi @Forever-A-Hermit, make sure YouTube Music is available for your IP address (area). Switching on a VPN service with a proper IP address fixed the issue for me.

[Forever-A-Hermit]

YouTube Music is available for my IP address & I can properly listen to the song manually at the specified YouTube Music URL without using a VPN. I can also download additional songs in my Spotify playlist using the 'sync' command, just not this one. Is it possible something went wrong in my '{filename}.spotdl' file?

[yzalvov]

Hard to tell what's wrong with your particular setup. But my experience with your song URL on a freshly cloned project on macOS is like:

[Forever-A-Hermit]

Is it possible something went wrong in my '{filename}.spotdl' file?

I guess that was silly for me to say, as I can't even get it to work with just the download command.

I uninstalled spotdl using this to start fresh:

pip uninstall spotdl
Found existing installation: spotdl 4.1.2
Uninstalling spotdl-4.1.2:
  Would remove:
    c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages\spotdl-4.1.2.dist-info\*
    c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages\spotdl\*
    c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\scripts\spotdl.exe
Proceed (Y/n)? Y
  Successfully uninstalled spotdl-4.1.2

Reinstalled using this:

pip install spotdl
Successfully installed spotdl-4.1.2

Then, once again, ran:

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e

Issue persists.

Screenshot of Youtube Music URL https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DKu9fWMpK3A without using a VPN:

[xnetcat]

Youtube search results aren't consistent, and can vary across different countries. They can even change even after sending the exact same search request.

That's why some song can be found and some can not.

I will try to patch this for the next release.

[xnetcat]

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e

Works fine for me Polish IP, try using vpn with US IP

[Forever-A-Hermit]

What's interesting, & I didn't even realize it until now, is that the song downloaded in earlier spotdl versions had a very weak match on Youtube Music--almost as if the old song was an original (audibly slower) & the one on Youtube now that I linked to is a remix/updated copy. The old copy no longer exists.

If the patch doesn't fix it in the next release, I'll go ahead & test with a VPN with US IP, but I'm not sure how that would change things, considering I am from the US.

[xnetcat]

Should be fixed in v4.1.4

[Forever-A-Hermit]

Should be fixed in v4.1.4

Issue persists.

spotdl -v
4.1.4

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
LookupError: No results found for song: Kado - Tired Eyes

Should I try with a VPN now, or would that be rather pointless?

[xnetcat]

Yeah you can give it a try

[Forever-A-Hermit]

From USA VPN, which fails

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Failed to get results for Tired Eyes - Kado, Powfu, Promoting Sounds, vict molina: Expecting value: line 1 column 1
(char 0)
LookupError: No results found for song: Kado - Tired Eyes

From Poland VPN, which works, but with errors

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Failed to get results for Tired Eyes - Kado, Powfu, Promoting Sounds, vict molina: Expecting value: line 1 column 1
(char 0)
Downloaded "Kado - Tired Eyes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKu9fWMpK3A

[xnetcat]

From USA VPN, which fails

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Failed to get results for Tired Eyes - Kado, Powfu, Promoting Sounds, vict molina: Expecting value: line 1 column 1
(char 0)
LookupError: No results found for song: Kado - Tired Eyes

From Poland VPN, which works, but with errors

spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MSLJOWljfQr067PYyndK9?si=259dacb8a475409e
Failed to get results for Tired Eyes - Kado, Powfu, Promoting Sounds, vict molina: Expecting value: line 1 column 1
(char 0)
Downloaded "Kado - Tired Eyes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKu9fWMpK3A

Can you upload more logs with --log-level DEBUG? I haven't seen this error before o.O

[Forever-A-Hermit]

Here is the log file output. This is from a USA VPN server.

[xnetcat]

Failed to get results for Tired Eyes - Kado, Powfu, Promoting Sounds, vict molina: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

I meant this one Failed to get results for Tired Eyes - Kado, Powfu, Promoting Sounds, vict molina: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) (Poland VPN)

[Forever-A-Hermit]

I cannot reproduce the error using a Poland VPN. Everything works fine with it now, surprisingly.

[beh-10257]

I have the exact same problem so should I mix and match vpns and check if some of them work

[xnetcat]

I cannot reproduce the error using a Poland VPN. Everything works fine with it now, surprisingly.

That was a debug log indicating that the lyrics provider failed to get the lyrics. You won't see it again.

[xnetcat]

I have the exact same problem so should I mix and match vpns and check if some of them work

For now that's the best option

[Forever-A-Hermit]

That was a debug log indicating that the lyrics provider failed to get the lyrics. You won't see it again.

Ah, it seems like you're right. I got the error message to appear again using a Poland VPN, but the file downloaded just fine.

Poland VPN debug log: https://privatebin.net/?37b4d4e4d0476584#caAFyYTFPCznEaKz4e4ef9J3QBzj5cotgdR8R4CsVEK

I guess the VPN hopping option will have to do for now regarding audio download completion. Hopefully this is able to be resolved in future versions, but it's such a rare occurrence that I can't complain much. Thank you for all your support on this. I really appreciate it.

[xnetcat]

I guess the VPN hopping option will have to do for now regarding audio download completion. Hopefully this is able to be resolved in future versions, but it's such a rare occurrence that I can't complain much. Thank you for all your support on this. I really appreciate it.

Let's pray that youtube finally fixes their shitty search results