name : Ask question
description : Ask yt-dlp related question
labels : [ question]
body :
- type : checkboxes
id : checklist
attributes :
label : Checklist
description : |
Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp :
options :
- label : I'm asking a question and **not** reporting a bug/feature request
required : true
- label : I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
required : true
- label : I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
required : true
- label : I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions including closed ones
required : true
- type : textarea
id : question
attributes :
label : Question
description : |
Ask your question in an arbitrary form.
Please make sure it's worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
Provide any additional information and as much context and examples as possible.
If your question contains "isn't working" or "can you add", this is most likely the wrong template
placeholder : WRITE QUESTION HERE
validations :
required : true
- type : textarea
id : log
attributes :
label : Verbose log
description : |
If your question involes a yt-dlp command, provide the complete verbose output of that command.
Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
It should look similar to this :
placeholder : |
[debug] Command-line config : [ '-vU' , 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc' ]
[debug] Portable config file : yt-dlp.conf
[debug] Portable config : [ '-i' ]
[debug] Encodings : locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
[ debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.01 (exe)
[ debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
[debug] exe versions : ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
[debug] Optional libraries : Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
[debug] Proxy map : {}
yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.01)
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