when trying to download terry davis videos off youtube, I get an error ( conspiracy )

submitted by israelmossadjewgold

I tried youtube download program and the websites that convert and dl it for you...

it's says object reference not set to an instance of an object wtf...

it lets me download other vidoes though just not terry

this is the one I want to download

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6x3yLpmXsY

KillYourTelevision

only chiming in because I've gotten the same error and also only on a video I thought was particularly odd or otherwise meaningful for archive. Not sure why.

but for yours its probably because its age-restricted and your downloader cant (or isnt) logging in to youtube

israelmossadjewgold

oh yeah it's probably the age restriction. I followed this guide but even using the cookies from youtube it won't work

https://daveparrish.net/posts/2018-06-22-How-to-download-private-YouTube-videos-with-youtube-dl.html

then it says google has some new thing that lets you use a password for it

well I tried that and then it said The setting you are looking for is not available for your account.

then I found out there is a new patched version that is a fork of youtube-dl called youtube-dlc and that one was just taken down by the dcma

https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/

jesus fucking christ

damn cia niggers

KillYourTelevision

I honestly suspected the binary was changing, and not for the better, since I had a few older copies still installed which ALL WORK on some laptops, but all my fresh installs are wonky. Good tip, I'm gonna go archive that binary.