`--proxy` not working properly .

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support
• I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-F', '-v', '--proxy', 'socks4://149.56.1.48:8181/', 'https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1930912835522']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython) - Linux-5.11.0-25-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': 'socks4://149.56.1.48:8181/', 'https': 'socks4://149.56.1.48:8181/'}
[ThePlatform] 1930912835522: Downloading SMIL data
[ThePlatform] 1930912835522: Checking video URL
[ThePlatform] 1930912835522: Checking video URL
[ThePlatform] 1930912835522: Checking video URL
[ThePlatform] 1930912835522: Checking video URL
[ThePlatform] 1930912835522: Checking video URL
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 475, in main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in _real_main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2068, in download
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 808, in extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 847, in __extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 891, in process_ie_result
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 808, in extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 308, in _real_extract
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 54, in _extract_theplatform_smil
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1993, in _parse_smil_formats
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1472, in _is_valid_url
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 542, in _open
    result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 2735, in https_open
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 1354, in do_open
    h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1252, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1298, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1247, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1007, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 947, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 2703, in connect
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/socks.py", line 270, in connect
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/socks.py", line 266, in _make_proxy
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/socks.py", line 167, in _setup_socks4
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/socks.py", line 126, in recvall
EOFError: 8 bytes missing

Description

I was trying to see all resolutions of a video from cbc.ca using --proxy, but it is showing the above message . But for another video from the same website (cbc.ca) and using the same proxy I was able to see resolutions list, still while trying to download it (by removing -F) it showed ffmpeg does not support SOCKS proxies. Downloading is likely to fail. Consider adding --hls-prefer-native to your command. ffmpeg version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers. After adding --hls-prefer-native it showed the above verbose output. Can anyone help me resolve it ?

[other-half]

Thank you.

[ghost]

Never works with ffmpeg because it doesn’t support socks proxy.