[youtube] Youtube Red videos fail with '403: Forbidden'

[sa7mon]

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Downloading of Youtube Red videos appears to be broken. The following is a log of an attempt with a valid Youtube Red account with 2FA disabled to rule out that possibility. It seems like it attempts to get it, fails, and then falls back to downloading the trailer. I can provide credentials via PM in the IRC channel.

Tested on: OS X 10.12.3

bash-4.4$ ./youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3M5JN1uhg --username (username) --password (password) --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3M5JN1uhg', u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.11
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Darwin-16.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.4, ffprobe 3.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Downloading login page
[youtube] Logging in
[youtube] XD3M5JN1uhg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] XkVczL-rBSY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] XkVczL-rBSY: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] XkVczL-rBSY: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
[youtube] {22} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {43} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {18} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {36} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {17} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {137} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {248} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {136} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {247} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {135} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {244} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {134} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {243} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {133} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {242} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {160} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {278} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {140} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {171} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {249} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {250} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] {251} signature length 46.40, html5 player en_US-vflaxXRn1
[youtube] XkVczL-rBSY: Downloading player https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflaxXRn1/base.js
[youtube] XkVczL-rBSY: Downloading MPD manifest
WARNING: [youtube] XkVczL-rBSY: Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Failed to download MPD manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.',)
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r15---sn-5hnedn7r.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&gir=yes&gcr=nl&id=o-AKa1twzBgQ_Lug1oKQtZarJ0c0kmaaHwwkAETExl9Mmk&keepalive=yes&mn=sn-5hnedn7r&mm=31&mv=m&mt=1492075284&itag=248&ms=au&initcwndbps=3908750&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&upn=xtp-bvMdZpY&ip=145.74.162.103&ei=eUPvWIyQBcrL1wKh5Y7ACg&pl=15&mime=video%2Fwebm&expire=1492096985&clen=22141700&dur=141.224&source=youtube&lmt=1476124593692380&key=yt6&signature=5A111F2878A8C40E5E04BBA6B432FDFD05BC304E.D97160F8A2CB5EDEF75F162D43459EA04C37C09A&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.f248.webm
[download] 100% of 21.12MiB in 00:08
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r15---sn-5hnedn7r.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&gir=yes&gcr=nl&id=o-AKa1twzBgQ_Lug1oKQtZarJ0c0kmaaHwwkAETExl9Mmk&keepalive=yes&mn=sn-5hnedn7r&mm=31&mv=m&mt=1492075284&itag=251&ms=au&initcwndbps=3908750&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&upn=xtp-bvMdZpY&ip=145.74.162.103&ei=eUPvWIyQBcrL1wKh5Y7ACg&pl=15&mime=audio%2Fwebm&expire=1492096985&clen=2274202&dur=141.261&source=youtube&lmt=1476124337350623&key=yt6&signature=DF8DBA25A3275280E2F26A41A49C41F8283A6B9C.A895FEBB7B5F6A1753702F3BDD84341060005E64&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.f251.webm
[download] 100% of 2.17MiB in 00:00
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.webm"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.f248.webm' -i 'file:The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.f251.webm' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'file:The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.temp.webm'
Deleting original file The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.f248.webm (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file The Thinning - Free Preview-XkVczL-rBSY.f251.webm (pass -k to keep)
bash-4.4$

[dstftw]

Post the output with --dump-pages.

[sa7mon]

@dstftw Here we are: youtube.txt

(A bit more of a backstory: I'm currently not in my home country and think I may have triggered a security check the first time I tried it)

This time it seemed like it was working, but I was connected through my home VPN which is very slow and I didn't want to wait 13 hours. The file size seems like it might have been the right video? Unless the preview is also in 4K and is somehow ~700MB.

[goochkc]

I have an issue that looks to be the same. I am in the US and am using the US YouTube. I am running youtube-dl 2017.04.17 on Ubuntu 16.04. I am attempting to download a video on YouTube that I paid for and I am also getting

Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Failed to download MPD manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError());

I end up with a file that has no video and the audio appears to be dead air. I am attaching the output: yt-dl_err.txt

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[thermodyn]

I have the same issue with purchases on regular youtube.

When trying to downloaded purchased videos I get this in the log window:

WARNING: [youtube] 0vubfaM2QXk: Skipping DASH manifest: ExtractorError(u'Failed to download MPD manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError());

The video downloads but I get no audio and black screen only when I try to play back.

Here is the verbose output: ytdl-verbose.txt

I am running on a system with Ubuntu 16.04 Server.

[Mortal]

I have the same issue with a purchase made in Denmark and trying to download in the US. The free preview is downloaded instead.

Output with -v --dump-pages: youtubedl.txt

EDIT: Downloading in Denmark works just fine.

[Hrxn]

But a download in Denmark would work?

[Mortal]

Yes, I can download the video in Denmark.