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Youtube-DLG not working on Windows 10 (tested with youtube links)

See original GitHub issue
  • I think my problem is NOT with youtube-dl
  • I’ve verified and i assure that I’m running youtube-dl-gui 0.4
  • I assure that i am using the latest version of youtube-dl
  • Searched bugtracker
  • I’ve read the FAQs file

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Bug report

If the problem occurs when downloading a URL please provide the full verbose output as follows:

  1. Restart youtube-dl-gui
  2. Go to Options > Extra tab
  3. Enable Debug youtube-dl
  4. Go to Options > Advanced tab and Clear your log content
  5. Try to download the URL
  6. Copy the whole log content and insert it between the ``` part below
delete me and insert your log content here

  -> There are nothing in the log content. The download stay at 0% and show the video file as "finished"

What operating system do you use ?

-> Windows 10 Pro - 64 bits

List of actions to perform to reproduce the problem:

  1. Open Youtube DLG on Windows 10
  2. Copy a youtube video link
  3. Paste it on Youtube-DLG
  4. Add
  5. Download

What is the expected behaviour ?

It should download the video correctly (it was tested on the same computer with Windows 8.1 family - 64 bits before and it was working).

What happens instead ?

It immediatly tells you the video has finished downloading while it is at 0% and there are no trace of any files in the folders


Screenshot: < https://sta.sh/0oysoigdggq > github - youtube dlg - issue win 10

Issue Analytics

  • State:open
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:25

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georgiMihalevcommented, Oct 6, 2018

Remember youtube-dl requires Python version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+ to work except for Windows exe.

Windows exe requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) and does not require Python that is already embedded into the binary.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=5555 this solve problem for me

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ZOIONETcommented, Sep 15, 2021

so funciona no windows 7, instale o win 7 no virtual box e seja feliz.

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