no video format available on youtube

[David Banner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUrrLaF5aUY

I tried to download this with youtube dl. It says no video format available. I think its a series of photos wit the sound.

I tried to stream/concert to mp3 with vlc. I only want the sound as mp3. A quick flash of the first photo is all there is.

[poisondeathray]

youtube-dl works ok for me on that video

Maybe you are using older version? Try updating

[David Banner]

youtube-dl works ok for me on that video

Maybe you are using older version? Try updating

when i try to update i get cannot find the current version try later. I have the version 2020.3.24.0

[poisondeathray]

If update now working, you can DL youtube-dl from a videohelp mirror

If you scroll down there is a link
https://www.videohelp.com/software/youtube-dl

[David Banner]

OK thanks YTDL update worked. Then removed audio wuth vlc

[codehound]

OK thanks YTDL update worked. Then removed audio wuth vlc

Permanent URL for fresh download of youtube-dl executable for Windows:

http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

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To just download the audio from a Y/T vid:

Use capital F to view Formats:

youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUrrLaF5aUY

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Choose 'best' audio format with lowercase f:
Note: be wary of using bestaudio option in this scenario - better to choose specific number

youtube-dl -f 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUrrLaF5aUY

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To grab/convert the Mp3 version as you said you only wanted the sound in this specific format (you will need ffmpeg.exe https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ in same folder as youtube-dl, or a specified Path in Windows environment table:

youtube-dl --ignore-errors -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUrrLaF5aUY"

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