I downloaded a video using Youtube-dlg its was a HLS stream and it downloaded fully except Youtube-dlg told me there was an error when it finished.. I presume that the site i downloaded from made it this way so to discourage downloading.. anyway I have a 200 mb file sitting in my pc waiting to get fixed .. has anyone happen to have any experience with this ??
1 Answer
Yes, I have experienced this many a times. Sometimes, when we download a mp4 file, it may result in errors due to several reasons including interruption while downloading the MP4 videos, improper system termination while editing . mp4 file, transfer error, network inconsistency etc. etc.
But, we still get a large chunk of the file and seems like it'll eventually find its place in recycle bin without even giving us a chance to watch a single bit. So, is there a way to play the incompletely downloaded file in any way? I think there is one. Since, tons of video players are available online, and assuming that you didn't try all of them, I think you left out VLC player.
VLC player is a great tool with ability to decode different types of corrupted media files. Just open the VLC player and drag the incompletely downloaded media into the VLC Player. In almost all the cases, this should do the trick. I have tried this while playing several incompletely downloaded media from YouTube. This should work for you too.
-
2Also.. SMPlayer (based on linux mplayer).. sometimes.. I can get an open in vlc.. sometimes.. SMPlayer with a corrupted file. Most of it depends on a complete header. Apr 25, 2020 at 20:03
yesmovies
(.ag).. and I believe any show u try to download would have the same result.. you get the m3u8 link from Devtools>network then paste it in youtube-dlg