Youtube-dl - How to proxy?

[CinnamonCat]

Yet again with another question, there's a video that I want to download from Youtube but it isn't available in my country (Mexico), so I thought "maybe I can download it even if I can't watch it in the browser", welp apparently it doesn't work that way, and I'm getting this message:

C:\Users\PC\1\bin>youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqzkN0kSmmo
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading webpage
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: The uploader has not made this video available in your country.
You might want to use a VPN or a proxy server (with --proxy) to workaround.

I'm really lost, I wanna do the proxy thing but I don't know how or what do I need, I already know good VPNs aren't free and free ones have the data limited.

How can I setup a proxy for youtube-dl? or is there any other alternative? thank you

[jimdagys]

I used this proxy site:
http://spys.ru/free-proxy-list/GB/
and chose this proxy as my first choice (good guess because it is downloading fine):
89.36.222.170:88
Proxies change all the time, so it may not work later. Free proxies can be problematic.
Put into youtube-dl to get available resolutions:

youtube-dl --proxy "89.36.222.170:88" -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqzkN0kSmmo

I chose 640x360 (which corresponds to 18) from below list on command line output.
Final code for download:

youtube-dl --proxy "89.36.222.170:88" -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqzkN0kSmmo

Direct link to video:
https://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/cm.mp4 (161MB)
Command line output:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\default>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>cd youtube-dl

C:\youtube-dl>youtube-dl --proxy "89.36.222.170:88" -F https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=kqzkN0kSmmo
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading webpage
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for kqzkN0kSmmo:
format code extension resolution note
139 m4a audio only DASH audio 50k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.4
0.5@ 48k (22050Hz), 10.15MiB
249 webm audio only DASH audio 61k , opus @ 50k, 9.89MiB
250 webm audio only DASH audio 72k , opus @ 70k, 12.22MiB
171 webm audio only DASH audio 88k , vorbis@128k, 17.59MiB
251 webm audio only DASH audio 117k , opus @160k, 21.65MiB
140 m4a audio only DASH audio 129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.4
0.2@128k (44100Hz), 27.10MiB
278 webm 256x144 144p 116k , webm container, vp9, 25fps, vide
o only, 21.09MiB
160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 119k , avc1.4d400c, 25fps, video
only, 23.66MiB
133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 253k , avc1.4d4015, 25fps, video
only, 52.38MiB
242 webm 426x240 240p 257k , vp9, 25fps, video only, 48.98MiB

243 webm 640x360 360p 486k , vp9, 25fps, video only, 90.51MiB

134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 641k , avc1.4d401e, 25fps, video
only, 133.87MiB
244 webm 854x480 480p 891k , vp9, 25fps, video only, 166.83Mi
B
135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 1178k , avc1.4d401e, 25fps, video
only, 246.13MiB
247 webm 1280x720 720p 1751k , vp9, 25fps, video only, 335.85Mi
B
136 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 2351k , avc1.4d401f, 25fps, video
only, 491.05MiB
248 webm 1920x1080 1080p 3202k , vp9, 25fps, video only, 600.30M
iB
137 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 4409k , avc1.640028, 25fps, video
only, 921.79MiB
17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k
36 3gp 320x180 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2
43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k
18 mp4 640x360 medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k
22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)

C:\youtube-dl>youtube-dl --proxy "89.36.222.170:88" -f 18 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=kqzkN0kSmmo
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading webpage
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
[youtube] kqzkN0kSmmo: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] Destination: Conor McGregor v Nate Diaz _ UFC 196 _ Full Fight-kqzkN0
kSmmo.mp4
[download] 39.5% of 157.25MiB at 126.20KiB/s ETA 12:51

[CinnamonCat]

I used this proxy site:
http://spys.ru/free-proxy-list/GB/
and chose this proxy as my first choice (good guess because it is downloading fine):
89.36.222.170:88
Proxies change all the time, so it may not work later. Free proxies can be problematic.

Ohhh I see, so I don't have to install anything, I just have to put the IP from a proxy list, do you know if there's any danger in using proxys?

It worked, thank you a lot for the help, I already like this community

[jagabo]

I used this proxy site:
http://spys.ru/free-proxy-list/GB/
and chose this proxy as my first choice (good guess because it is downloading fine):
89.36.222.170:88

How did you know to use port 88?

[CinnamonCat]

How did you know to use port 88?

It's listed like that already on the link he provided


Or what do you mean?

[jagabo]

It didn't show up for me:



But I figured out why. I use NoScript and it was blocking their javascript. After enabling scripting for their site I could see the port number, like in your picture. Thanks.

[hideme]

i have qustion if i want to download with this command line Youtube-dl -i "URl" -u "user" -p "password" -r "720p" proxy
can u please show me how

[jagabo]

Something like this, I think:

youtube-dl --proxy 89.36.222.170:88 http://whatever?u=user&p=password&r=720p

[hideme]

it doesn't work

[jagabo]

Do not put spaces after the &. And you left out the ? between the URL and the arguments.

I don't know what ShareAnime.exe is but the instructions I gave were for youtube-dl. Don't expect the same format to work for other programs.

[hideme]

i try it with youtube-dl and here what it tell

[hideme]

i used this code youtube-dl -i "URl" u"user" p"password" -r"720p" and it download only 480p even though i have Premium Memberships and when i add '' --proxy ......'' dont work at all

[Alex_ander]

Is it possible to specify two proxies in chain for youtube-dl?

The reason I need this is that I'm only able to bypass BBC regional blocking using two socks4 proxies in Firefox (via FoxyProxy). Free UK VPNs (like those provided by Chris PC software) don't work for me anymore.

[naim2007]

@Alex_ander
Are you see the date or not. (6th Sep 2017 22:36)
its very old thread bro...

[[ss]vegeta]

@Alex_ander
Are you see the date or not. (6th Sep 2017 22:36)
its very old thread bro...

So what?
He has a question that is specific and entirely connected to the original topic.

[october262]

Is it possible to specify two proxies in chain for youtube-dl?

The reason I need this is that I'm only able to bypass BBC regional blocking using two socks4 proxies in Firefox (via FoxyProxy). Free UK VPNs (like those provided by Chris PC software) don't work for me anymore.

see post #9 - https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/392097-Is-There-Any-Way-To-Download-Stuff-From-the-BBC
try using --geo-bypass-country UK

[Alex_ander]

see post #9 - https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/392097-Is-There-Any-Way-To-Download-Stuff-From-the-BBC
try using --geo-bypass-country UK

Thanks for your suggestion, I've just tried it.
Still, it doesn't work for me: if I specify the playback page, youtube-dl first downloads playback scripts, then gets the answer from BBC: 'geolocation'. If I use the link to .mpd (or .m3u8) instead (which worked when I was able to use a proper VPN), it tries to request HEAD and gets error 403 'Forbidden'. In Firefox (with 2 proxies in chain), both .mpd & .m3u8 are downloadable and playback (it uses mpd) works.

[Alex_ander]

Update: solved!
I've added a single proxy (one of those two I need for playback in Firefox) just before the geo-bypass command and used the link to playback page. Now it works, thanks again!

[filipino]

How can I download streaming with streamlink through proxy?

[jagabo]

How can I download streaming with streamlink through proxy?

https://streamlink.github.io/cli.html#proxy-support

[filipino]

How can I download streaming with streamlink through proxy?

https://streamlink.github.io/cli.html#proxy-support

Thanks I'll try