Error: This video is unavailable

[bougarfaoui]

Hi thanks for this amazing repo, this library works for some video ids but when I used this id : GBfJIxe3vyQ it throws an error.
here's the code :

      ytdl.getInfo('GBfJIxe3vyQ', {}, (err, info) => {
        if (err) {console.warn(err); return;}
        let audioFormats = ytdl.filterFormats(info.formats, 'video');
        ...
      });

here's the error :
[Error: This video is unavailable]

this video id GBfJIxe3vyQ works fine with node-ytdl-core library.

Please someone fix this.

[vht090]

1. at info.js, line 106, edit function parseFormats
   `const parseFormats = (info) => {

const streamingData = info.player_response.streamingData;

const formats = [];

streamingData.adaptiveFormats.map(format => {
const cipher = querystring.parse(format.cipher)
formats.push({
...format,
...cipher
})
})
return formats;
};
2. file util.js, line 36, const getBitrate....., edit to:const getBitrate = (c) => {
if (typeof c.bitrate === 'string') {
let s = c.bitrate.split('-');
return parseFloat(s[s.length - 1], 10);
} else if (typeof c.bitrate === 'number') {
return c.bitrate;
} else {
return 0;
}
};`

[bougarfaoui]

thanks. I hope someone merge it with the master

[AbelTesfaye]

Hi @bougarfaoui,

Is this issue fixed in the new release?

[umithyo]

The issue seems to persist for me after the update.

[AbelTesfaye]

The issue seems to persist for me after the update.

I don't understand whats causing this problem. Are you sure the node ytdl library works with the YouTube video id you're testing? (please send the videoId as well so I can debug with it)

[umithyo]

The issue seems to persist for me after the update.

I don't understand whats causing this problem. Are you sure the node ytdl library works with the YouTube video id you're testing? (please send the videoId as well so I can debug with it)

Hello, thanks for your reply. It happened with every youtube video the last I tried. I had to start using a different streaming service for the videos.

[AbelTesfaye]

@umithyo that's strange. Could the issue be with your client-side configurations? Maybe a bad VPN, firewall or proxy setting?

[umithyo]

@umithyo that's strange. Could the issue be with your client-side configurations? Maybe a bad VPN, firewall or proxy setting?

I'm sorry for the late reply, I have been using a different video service since I had to fix the problem quickly. It might be a clientside issue, I'm not so sure now. All I know is, it has been working without any problems until the last update.

[we-over-i]

I'm having the same problem. Surprisingly it only happens when I'm on data. On my home's wifi everything works fine.

@umithyo which service are you using now?

[umithyo]

Hello @we-over-i
My app heavily depended on weekly cycled videos so, admin user inputs a video id on an angular app, I download the video with https://www.npmjs.com/package/ytdl-core on a dedicated server, then fetch the video when in need. It might not be optimal for every system but it fits my need.