Automatic captions aren't downloaded from some YouTube videos

fin-atem commented 6 years ago

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[debug] System config: []
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[debug] Command-line args: ['--ignore-config', '-i', '--skip-download', '--all-subs', '--write-auto-sub', '--external-downloader=aria2c', '-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5eHkoRQHnY']
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[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2, ffprobe 4.0.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] S5eHkoRQHnY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] S5eHkoRQHnY: Downloading embed webpage
[youtube] S5eHkoRQHnY: Refetching age-gated info webpage
[youtube] S5eHkoRQHnY: Looking for automatic captions
WARNING: Couldn't find automatic captions for S5eHkoRQHnY
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best

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on most youtube videos i try to download the automatic captions for, it usually downloads them with no issue. however, with this video in particular youtube-dl claims that there aren't any automatic captions, which is entirely false. i even have a screenshot to further prove my point here. not sure why this one video youtube-dl struggles with.

fin-atem commented 6 years ago

here's another video youtube-dl claims doesn't have automatic captions, when it definately does. (nsfw title and contains vulgar language in that video)

MiNH0 commented 5 years ago

It is definitively a problem with age-restricted/age-gated videos only. In actual version "2019.04.30" it is still not working. But for anyone interested, there is a workaround - download using JDownloader2.

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