Youtube-dl stopped working when I upgraded to MacOS Monterey 12.0.1

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support issue
• 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 bug reports including closed ones
• I’ve read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

> youtube-dl -f '(mp4)[height=720]' -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9ruBknk3Y
zsh: no matches found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9ruBknk3Y

(I realise that this does not look like the output you are looking for. I don't know why.)

Description

I installed youtube-dl via Homebrew on MacOS 10.5 Monterey (I newly updated to Monterey weekend). I am trying to download a youtube video for watching offline. I am sure that the URL works, and the syntax used to work and doesn’t give an error. In fact, the error appears with all URLs I tried on youtube at least.

I have no idea why MacOS 12.0.1 broke youtube-dl. Or maybe it is the switch to Zsh as default. Apple seems to have screwed up rather badly with this one.

[michealespinola]

Try putting the URL in quotes. This is a recurring issue in the zsh shell.

[ovvldc]

Youtube-dl works on Zsh on MacOS if you put the URL in quotes.

Note that Zsh is the default shell on MacOS now, so maybe someone can add that to the install notes on Homebrew?