Changing proxy settings for youtube-dl
I installed youtube-dl a few months back and it worked perfectly fine when connected to internet through public wifi hotspots. But I am unable to download videos when these's proxy authentication required while accessing internet. I have gone through the youtube-dl documentation, but I couldn't find my solution there. The error I get now is this:
[youtube] Setting language WARNING: unable to set language: HTTP Error 407: Proxy Authentication Required [youtube] BFtv5qe5o3c: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 407: Proxy Authentication Required Please help me out, since I am a newbie. |
My knowledge on this is not extensive. But I did through necessity manage to get youtube-dl to work on the authenticated proxy at the local university. Your http_proxy environment variable needs to be set with your specifics for username/password, and the IP-address/port of the proxy. If you export that in the shell prior to using youtube-dl, then it should work.
See below for the general format for setting http_proxy, and a generic example. I hope that helps. Code:
export http_proxy=http://username:password@yourproxyaddress:proxyport |
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