HTTP error 503 Service Unavailable

[richardabear]

I am getting a very strange error that i cant seem to trap.

I am following this code from examples: https://github.com/fent/node-ytdl-core/blob/master/example/ffmpeg.js

I am testing it out with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CMp3iu7jGQ

The response i am getting from ffmpeg log:

0|npm      | [https @ 0x55fec65df540] HTTP error 503 Service Unavailable
0|npm      | https://rr2---sn-5uaezny6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1669721394&ei=0ZiFY7DBNcyp8wTM07LYCA&ip=69.164.221.14&id=o-AEcpiIpy2f8CJMeQIn4MS6fbNa4OFKfJSqKP14v-JBqM&itag=244&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C278&source=yt_otf&requiressl=yes&mh=PV&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-5uaezny6%2Csn-5uaezn6d&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=2&pl=24&initcwndbps=77500&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fwebm&ns=H69WeBU3-AyY7eTWhruQzAoJ&otf=1&otfp=1&dur=0.000&lmt=1669575792287325&mt=1669699530&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=WEB&txp=6210224&n=XuDtd_sVuoeUVw&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Cotf%2Cotfp%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIgQI5O5vUB3m0ym6Lo2RmqQ3VZITveC_HOGuHu5tojrg8CIQCrs87eUv-iEv3DKRP9jxZWZmFbrQD1SWnmH_o3UDwBag%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgZMnl7gWtlri1kwU8P6JbYkSPolLgpbsVMSVUuTfS_uMCIQCR6HgrVF-_qnIRjC4DmvpWCkVRtaod9AnrBZnJ2kis5Q%3D%3D: Server returned 5XX Server Error reply
0|npm      |
0|npm      |     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:399:12)
0|npm      |     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:526:28)
0|npm      |     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
0|npm      |     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5)

[richardabear]

UPDATE:

This is actually an issue with the "quality" preset

commenting out

 const video = ytdl(url, {
        filter: 'videoonly',
        // quality: 'highest',
        requestOptions: { agent },
      })

Fixes it but now im stuck with low quality videos which is not really good for my use case.

[richardabear]

Another update

if using an itag range instead of 'highest' or 'highestvideo' it works

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