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Bug

Hello.

Actually, when I want to connect on V2C, there is this message : 

Please file an issue in GitHub: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1949, in full_dispatch_request rv = self.dispatch_request() File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1935, in dispatch_request return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/src/../../../video2commons/frontend/app.py", line 194, in loginredirect redirecturl, request_token = handshaker.initiate() File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mwoauth/handshaker.py", line 89, in initiate user_agent=self.user_agent) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mwoauth/functions.py", line 93, in initiate request_token = process_request_token(r.content) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mwoauth/functions.py", line 118, in process_request_token "{0}".format(repr(credentials))) OAuthException: MediaWiki response lacks token information: {u'information.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class': [u'"footer"><p>If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.</p><p class=\'text-muted\'><code>Request from 172.16.3.59 via cp1075.eqiad.wmnet, ATS/8.0.5<br>Error: 504, Connection Timed Out at 2020-01-26 20:51:08 GMT</code></p></div>\n</html>\n'], u' }\n</style>\n<div class': [u'"content" role="main">\n<a href="https://www.wikimedia.org"><img src="https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo.png" srcset="https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo-2x.png 2x" alt="Wikimedia" width="135" height="101">\n</a>\n<h1>Error</h1>\n<div class="content-text">\n<p>Our servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical problem.\n\nPlease <a href="" title="Reload this page" onclick="window.location.reload(false)'], u'<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang': [u'"en">\n<meta charset="utf-8">\n<title>Wikimedia Error</title>\n<style>\n* { margin: 0']}

Somebody could resolve it ?

Thanks a lot.


--ComputerHotline (talk) 20:57, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Can't reproduce. Error message looks like a temporary issue --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 23:27, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Exact. --ComputerHotline (talk) 08:39, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

I have the same issue. Yesterday worked fine but today can't log in and upload the video, just getting the message "Please file an issue in GitHub: Traceback (most recent call last… etc"  :( --Sillerkiil (talk) 12:16, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Probably due to the use of old PWB. Chico Venancio (talk) 17:01, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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Task Error - Exitcode: 1

I got this when I tried to convert https://av.voanews.com/Videoroot/Pangeavideo/2020/07/3/3f/3f6e536b-0c77-43c9-9c12-060dfc72ee90_720p.mp4 .
An exception occurred: TaskError: /mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-project/gentoo-prefix/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i /srv/v2c/output/5a10554277e32d3a/dl.mp4 -max_muxing_queue_size 4096 -threads 16 -row-mt 1 -qmin 19 -qmax 19 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -tile-columns 4 -auto-alt-ref 1 -lag-in-frames 25 -speed 4 -f webm -ss 0 -an -pass 1 -passlogfile /srv/v2c/output/5a10554277e32d3a/dl.mp4.vp9.webm.log /dev/null Exitcode: 1
( --RZuo (talk) 13:00, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
I have the same problem:
An exception occurred: TaskError: /mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-project/gentoo-prefix/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i /srv/v2c/output/52b2cb6b66dec6a1/dl.mp4 -max_muxing_queue_size 4096 -threads 16 -row-mt 1 -qmin 19 -qmax 19 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -tile-columns 4 -auto-alt-ref 1 -lag-in-frames 25 -speed 4 -f webm -ss 0 -an -pass 1 -passlogfile /srv/v2c/output/52b2cb6b66dec6a1/dl.mp4.vp9.webm.log /dev/null Exitcode: 1
source file: https://static.spokesperson.gincher.net/storage/j6_JtiYNA98KT_0BiB61V.mp4 -- Geagea (talk) 00:11, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm experiencing a similar error uploading a video from my computer. It seems to be the same one listed in the common errors section on the project page. DoSazunielle (talk) 01:32, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
@RZuo: I keep getting one of two errors after ffmpeg pass 2 trying this for you:
  1. An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b'[Errno 2] No such file or directory'
  2. An exception occurred: AttributeError: b"'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'"
  — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:25, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
@RZuo: I see you got it uploaded as File:香港差佬喺元朗商場截停遊行示威人士.webm.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:56, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
@Geagea: The same for your file.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:27, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
@Geagea: I uploaded your file successfully as File:J6 JtiYNA98KT 0BiB61V.webm, please modify as needed.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:39, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
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Video2commons does not work

Hello, recently i view that Video2commons does not work correctly, when i try to import a audio o video file from a external site to commons, it leaves the following error:

Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/The_Age_of_Insignificance/Spray_paint_it_Gold

Could you resolve this error? Thanks. --Rodney Araujo (talk) 21:04, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

That's not a video, but I uploaded it to File:Little Glass Men - Spray paint it Gold.mp3 anyway.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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TaskError

Hello.

When I want to use it, there is this message :

An exception occurred: TaskError: pywikibot.Error: APIError: stashfailed: Internal error: Server failed to publish temporary file. [help:See https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce> for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes.]

Could you resolve it ?

Thanks a lot.

--ComputerHotline (talk) 17:42, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

There is always this error :
An exception occurred: TaskError: pywikibot.Error: APIError: stashfailed: Internal error: Server failed to publish temporary file. [help:See https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce> for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes.]
--ComputerHotline (talk) 16:47, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
I get the same error now. My last successful upload was March 20. (I am only trying to upload files from my computer.) Ainali (talk) 12:07, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
"I am only trying to upload files from my computer." : me too. --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:09, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
I got the same message while trying to do import of a file from vimeo. The conversion proceeded for about 2 hours with a progress bar going to 100%, then later when I expected it to finish this error message appeared. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:44, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
There is always this error :
An exception occurred: TaskError: pywikibot.Error: APIError: stashfailed: Internal error: Server failed to publish temporary file. [help:See https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce> for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes.]
--ComputerHotline (talk) 18:46, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

This was either using old PWB or the problems with large uploads. Chico Venancio (talk) 16:58, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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Unable to extract video data II: The Revenge

Hey there, as this was a topic back in November 2019, and had a ticket on phabricator (phab:T236446), i'm only coming here to say that the error messsage "An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: tsnTyEq-Pfs: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data" is appearing everytime i try to send a YouTube video, and has been this way for the last couple of days. Thank you for the tool, and hope this one is a quick fix! Parzeus (talk) 22:57, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

I am also getting this error. I tried many different videos and none worked. GhostP. (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Does someone know how to fix this? GhostP. (talk) 18:23, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
Parzeus, GhostP.: This is likely to be a continuing intermittent issue. Google is blocking v2c from downloading. Chico Venancio (talk) 16:55, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
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File size constraints

Error: Is the video too large? The file size is 5 and a half gigabytes. 2021

I have got an error: "Is the video too large?", see screenshot. --Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 08:01, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

4GiB is a hard limit for file size
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Error

Can´t login: 

Please file an issue in GitHub: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1949, in full_dispatch_request rv = self.dispatch_request() File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1935, in dispatch_request return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/src/../../../video2commons/frontend/app.py", line 194, in loginredirect redirecturl, request_token = handshaker.initiate() File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mwoauth/handshaker.py", line 89, in initiate user_agent=self.user_agent) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mwoauth/functions.py", line 91, in initiate headers={'User-Agent': user_agent}) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 110, in post return request('post', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 56, in request return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 488, in request resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 609, in send r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs) File "/data/project/video2commons/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 497, in send raise SSLError(e, request=request) SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:581)

MiguelAlanCS (talk) 14:15, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Me too. --ComputerHotline (talk) 19:25, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
There is another error now about json. --ComputerHotline (talk) 12:12, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
Me also. Tried for a few days now. 4 to 7 October, 2021. Please fix if possible. This is a wonderful tool. Thank you to all the code contributors for your support. Dorevabelfiore (talk) 00:07, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
Same here. Haven't been able to upload a video via video2commons for a couple of days now --Sillerkiil (talk) 12:49, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, the uploader still doesn't work. Now I can log in and get to the part where I can write the name and description of the file, but if I try to go further I get an error saying An exception occurred: TypeError: b'Object of type bytes is not JSON serializable'. -- Syrio posso aiutare? 07:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

+1--A1Cafel (talk) 10:22, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Now there is this error : An exception occurred: TypeError: b"'NoneType' object has no attribute '__getitem__'" --ComputerHotline (talk) 06:42, 27 October 2021 (UTC)


  • V2c needs to update pywikibot from 5 to 6.
  • Uploads of more than ~50MB do not work for some time now (everywhere)
  • 4GiB is a hard limit for file size
  • V2c still does not save metadata
  • MW does still not display MetaData at file description pages
  • MW does still not include MetaData in transcoded videos.

--C.Suthorn (talk) 12:37, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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Unable to upload video following an error

I only reviewed the copyright for "Saps in Chaps" last time. I tried to upload a video of it grabbed from the Internet Archive to Wikimedia Commons, then this happens where V2C fails due to an error like this.

What will you do to resolve this coding issue?

HarvettFox96 (talk) 11:42, 16 November 2021 (UTC), edited 00:49, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@HarvettFox96
This has been fixed
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An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b'[Errno 2] No such file or directory'

Hello.

When I want to use V2C, there is this error : An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b'[Errno 2] No such file or directory'.

Regards.

--ComputerHotline (talk) 18:53, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I had the same error on November 6th. See above. Yann (talk) 19:44, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
@ComputerHotline: This has been fixed
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Error: An exception occurred: AttributeError: b"module 'guess_language' has no attribute 'guessLanguage'"

I received the above error message when trying to upload this video. It doesn't seem that anyone has run into it before, as far as this talk page and archive go. ✗plicit 14:49, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

@Explicit: You are not alone. I got the same error with that video.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:08, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
@Explicit: Please see File:밀워키 이달의 선수 5월 - 이태석 인터뷰 & 제품 언박싱까지!.webm.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:13, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
Idem with [1]. Yann (talk) 19:21, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
probably all youtube videos return results like this. youtube videos import has been impossible for a few years already right (because of ip bans)?--RZuo (talk) 23:30, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
@Yann: I tried transferring that video (without the spammier sections of the description), and after hours of downloading got "An exception occurred: DownloadError: b'ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden'" 3 times. Another restarted task is progressing slowly, "Downloading to /srv/v2c/output/aa7c6473055e8ad0/dl.f248.webm.part".   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:22, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

@Explicit, Jeff G., Yann, and RZuo: I uploaded File:202111191719581 月食 ビデオカメラで撮って観たが やっぱりその通り 月は動き回りピンボケ 最高の撮れ高が？？・・.webm via Video2Commons, which is successful. It seems that not all videos from YouTube or other sites are facing this error. --A1Cafel (talk) 10:40, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

@RZuo and A1Cafel: I uploaded File:FC서울 신인 심원성 & 이태석 첫 인터뷰.webm directly from YouTube from the same FC Seoul account that night without any problems. The issue seems to stem from the linked video specifically. My success with V2C varies, but this particular error message was a first for me. ✗plicit 11:31, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
videos with descriptions shorter than 100 would skip the problematic guesslang thing.--RZuo (talk) 12:40, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
@Chicocvenancio: could you please take a look? thx!--RZuo (talk) 12:40, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
This was thought to be fixed in https://github.com/toolforge/video2commons/pull/145 and deployed on December 2. Checking if the error persists. Chico Venancio (talk) 16:32, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
Fixed the virtualenv, should be working again. Chico Venancio (talk) 16:48, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
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unable to download video data

Hi, I don't know if it is related to errors mentioned above, but I get An exception occurred: DownloadError: b'ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden with Rojulu Marayi Telugu Full Movie, already mentioned earlier. Yann (talk) 12:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

@Yann Hard to track this one down. I can find the error in the logs, but manually downloading the file with youtube-dl on the same server works, even using the same cache directory as v2c is using. In attempt to make it a little more robust, since there are several reports of local youtube-dl cache causing similar issues I'm setting v2c to retry on these errors without using a local cache. Let's see if that solves it or at least provides more info into the issue. Chico Venancio (talk) 18:15, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
@Yann and Chicocvenancio: I have gotten 4 of those errors so far for that file, plus a new one: "An exception occurred: WorkerLostError: b'Worker exited prematurely: signal 15 (SIGTERM) Job: 17.'" Trying again to /srv/v2c/output/6a209965d88d9b0c/dl.f248.webm.part...   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:50, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
@Yann and Chicocvenancio: The last attempt succeeded as File:Rojulu Marayi Telugu Full Movie - ANR - Waheeda Rehman - Sowcar Janaki - Old Movies - Divya Media.webm.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:57, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
Some 14 instances of retrying without cache. Hopefully it is the end of this bug.
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@Chico Venancio: Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:06, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Unable to upload video following an error (second attempt)

Again, is there something really wrong with V2C after I tried uploading a video grabbed from YouTube?

  • File:Seymour Kneitel - Noveltoons - The Stupidstitious Cat (1947) (restored raw HD version).webm: An exception occurred: TaskError: b'b\'pywikibot.Error: APIError: titleblacklist-custom-filename: \\xe2\\xa7\\xbctitleblacklist-custom-filename\\xe2\\xa7\\xbd\\n[stasherrors: [{\\\'message\\\': \\\'uploadstash-exception\\\', \\\'params\\\': [\\\'UploadStashBadPathException\\\', "Path doesn\\\'t exist."], \\\'code\\\': \\\'uploadstash-exception\\\', \\\'type\\\': \\\'error\\\'}];\\n invalidparameter: filename;\\n help: See https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at <https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-api-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/> for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes.]\''

HarvettFox96 (talk) 20:24, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

titleblacklist-custom-filename indicates it is matching against MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. On the logs I see the filename as "Seymour Kneitel - Noveltoons - The Stupidstitious Cat (1947) (restored raw HD version).webm.webm". The likely culprit there is the duplicated extension. Can you make sure the extension is not duplicated when you send the task? Chico Venancio (talk) 20:48, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
Never mind. I got it happening the filename had duplicated extension; I removed it and tried again.
HarvettFox96 (talk) 22:36, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
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429 error and unfriendly messages

Trying to upload a video, I got the error:

Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

which is far from user-friendly.

https://yt-dl.org/bug redirects to https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues - a page which is returning a 404 error.

I checked the WaybackMachne for that page, and was taken to a version with a prominent link which said:

READ THIS BEFORE OPENING ANOTHER YOUTUBE 429 ISSUE

I followed that link, and found the message:

Any attempt to open Youtube 429 issue ignoring instructions above will be considered spam with corresponding consequences.

There are no "instructions above".

Given that we direct people to use Video2commons using Commons' voice, I don't consider that this threat (nor the whole time-wasting chain ending in a 404 error) is an acceptable way to respond to those who encounter an unexpected (at least; by them) error massage and are making good-faith attempts to comply with the guidance given in that message.

How can it be improved? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:31, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

I agree with Andy. @Zhuyifei1999: I used the tool yesterday 6 times (workedwell!), so my youtube-dl worked (and it's today's version); it refused to work today c. 30 times since 3am - the problem is with the tool (or a server jam?), not the software on my computer. Yet, in order to inform GitHub of the error, I needed to copy and paste the inner workings of my laptop (including the small intestines), before anyone helps. And as Andy says, it's not at all friendly when an error occurs. In 2017 (above) you mentioned that mass upload was possible; I have >120 videos to upload 2 Commons. Anything I can do to help? Llywelyn2000 (talk) 15:11, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

429 error

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T236446

Lots of people are reporting the 429 error and have been since 2019. I read the past discussion and I think here is the story -

  • The error comes when transferring videos from Google's YouTube to Wikimedia Commons, not from non-Google services like Vimeo
  • If you get the error try again some hours or days later, many people report that it works sometimes
  • the problem is at Google. They only allow a certain number of video transfers per hour or day
  • Google will not tell us how many videos they allow, and also they change the number they allow often, so it is unpredictable
  • Google lawyers / policymakers will not talk with any Wikimedia lawyers / policymakers to negotiate allowing the video transfers, so Wiki people just have to accept whatever Google offers
  • Despite what the error message says, it is totally incomprehensible, there is no documentation or help to read, and there is no place to submit a report except here on wiki
  • If you submit a report on wiki then maybe someday it will get to Wikimedia lawyers / policymakers, and maybe someday Google lawyers / policymakers will grant them a meeting to request wiki video transfer allowance, but probably not
  • My own advice: in 2028 the mp4 file format comes off patent, and then we can upload to Wikimedia Commons easily. Just wait till 2028
  • alternatively consult Category:Astrology for aids in choosing the right time to submit the URL

Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:26, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Ha—thank you Bluerasberry, for this helpful rundown of the situation and the best available solutions, ay! Innisfree987 (talk) 19:09, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
+1 thanks Bluerasberry for the explanation! TJMSmith (talk) 00:32, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks - very helpful! Llywelyn2000 (talk) 11:33, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Unable to extract video data

Hi, I keep running into the following error when trying to upload any YouTube video:

Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: hMEJv5BUgTg: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

Any help? ƏXPLICIT 23:59, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

phab:T236446 sigh. We are trying to contact google about it. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 03:27, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Same error here. I guess you know but... still reporting. DRanville (WMF) (talk) 11:07, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
Same error --ComputerHotline (talk) 08:29, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
As far as I know, we have not heard back from google --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 07:46, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
Is there a way to get around this in the meantime? --PJ Geest (talk) 09:25, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
The best way I can think of is probably download the file to your local computer and then upload to v2c, if the downloaded file is not already in webm --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 19:06, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
I have the same problem with Youtube, even if I use a different software. So the problem must be with Youtube. --Killarnee (T•R•P) 18:08, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Still a problem unfortunately... GMGtalk 13:23, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Any specific workflow recommendations (sites/plug-ins), if this is likely to persist for the near future? czar 23:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
    It's likely to persist for the near future. YouTube thinks our use is against ToS, I responded to their email last Wednesday and have not received a response from them, so the IP blacklisting of Wikimedia Cloud Services is at the moment staying. Same origin policy on browsers also prohibits us from using the client's browser to fetch the video with the client's IP address. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 01:24, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
    In the longer term of another few weeks / months, if YouTube still won't respond, I'll actually think about using slimer. It will be massive code to get that to work. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 01:27, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Any news? So many good videos that we may loose in time... Thanx in advance, Sturm (talk) 03:31, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
News of what? Of the email correspondence? The foundation got one of their engineers to talk to google, but as far as I know, nothing really productive came out of it. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:54, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
This is absolutely outrageous! Since day 1 the Internet and the world of streaming has been filled with legal complications that quite frankly shouldn't exist. And now they're trying to keep us away from content in the public domain? Shame on you, Google! AllHailFreeMedia (talk) 17:23, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
NOTE: As a workaround, I'm doing YT downloads manually, with the command-line program called youtube-dl, which you can download here. I use the following command: youtube-dl -f webm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZdiUVb_um8, to automatically convert it into a WEBM file. Hope that helped anybody. AllHailFreeMedia (talk) 17:36, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
I have written a short script, which uses youtube-dl, and retrieves not only the file itself, but also all the information (description, tags, etc). User:Gone Postal/Youtube4Commons.sh. Enjoy. ℺ Gone Postal (〠 ✉ • ✍ ⏿) 17:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

Hello, when I try to upload video from youtube with suitable license, I'm facing this error message:
Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: "Video ID": YouTube said: Unable to extract video data
--Alaa :)..! 08:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

#Unable_to_extract_video_data --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 10:43, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
please reduce the confusion for the users by giving out better error messages. Vera (talk) 22:05, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

yt-dl error

Hi. I wanted to upload a YouTube video but it gave me a different error than before:

Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Wanted to let you know. --𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤 (talk) 15:15, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

#Unable_to_extract_video_data --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 03:59, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Import from youtube

Hello.

When I want to to upload from youtube, there is this message :

Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

--ComputerHotline (talk) 11:56, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Ah ha. Yes. That's what I was trying to remember. GMGtalk 14:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Unable to use Video2commons

Hello, I'm unable to use Video2commons everytime I'm trying to use and upload a video or audio files from youtube it just keep showing me this Error, message everytime. Could you please help regarding the tool. Thanks C1K98Vrespond 12:33, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Me too. What I do meanwhile is using the plugin of https://www.yourvideofile.org in Firefox to download the video and uploading with video2commons, filling the date, description and license ('Youtube') by hand. --Hannolans (talk) 15:57, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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Ambiguous language on page

This page currently says: "Tips: As of June 2021, it cannot process all YouTube videos."

Does this mean that there are some YouTube videos it can process and some it can't, or does it mean that every single YouTube video cannot be processed by this tool? Freelance-frank (talk) 16:48, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

In the meantime...

Since we do not know if/when v2c will be operational again, does anyone have recommendations on other software for converting video to webm or ogv? I'm using avidemux at the moment, but I'm dissatisfied with the results. — Huntster (t @ c) 07:05, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

The only reason to upload ogv would be, if the original is in ogv and therefore does not need to be transcoded for upload. Even the worst webm codec (VP8) ist better than ogv. MW transcodes all videos to webm and delivers only webm to readers. A good choice for converting is ffmpeg (command line), because ffmpeg outputs extensive information about the converrting process. Most FOSS video software uses ffmpeg as its core. C.Suthorn (talk) 13:12, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Download error

I am getting a download error as: ‘ERROR: This video is unavailable’. Any solution?

--Gpkp (talk) 07:42, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

@Gpkp: Why would you want to do that? Please see COM:ADVERT and COM:DW.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:20, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: , any solution if the same error message is received on videos which are allowed to be uploaded? --Gpkp (talk) 16:49, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
@Gpkp: I suppose there could be a solution, but I don't have one.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Too big?

Hi, While trying to import 1.7 GB this film (direct link), it says An exception occurred: TaskError: Sorry, but files larger than 4GB can not be uploaded even with server-side uploading. This task may need manual intervention. Weird, as the film while large is still way smaller than 4 GB. This may be related to phab:T292954. Any idea? Yann (talk) 12:45, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

This time, it stopped with the error: An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b'[Errno 2] No such file or directory'. :( Yann (talk) 08:14, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
@Yann: I'm glad you were finally able to upload it as File:The Lost World (1925), full.ogv.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:24, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Upload not possible on nov 6, uploaded on oct 24 and MOTD on oct 6. Is time now running backwards? --C.Suthorn (talk) 06:49, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
@C.Suthorn and Yann: Sorry, that may have been a different version of that movie/film which succeeded on 24 October.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:16, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Yes, that's a smaller version. I tried to upload this big version it to YouTube, but YT blocked it there. :( Yann (talk) 09:05, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
@Yann: File:Lost.webm - The transcoding with ffmpeg was a 36G file. So video2commons was correct, it is to big. With experimenting I was able to create this transcoding that I uploaded with the Rillke script but without description. I padded it to 1080p but kept the 4:3 ratio. --C.Suthorn (talk) 01:50, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
@C.Suthorn: WOW, great! I wonder how a 1.7 GB file can become a 36 GB one, but nevertheless, thanks. Yann (talk) 13:35, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
@C.Suthorn: Yann renamed that file to File:The Lost World (1925), full HD (1080p).webm without leaving a redirect, breaking your post.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
I am experienced enough with Commons to find a file I uploaded :-) But I would appreciate it if someone claimed phab:T286532 and phab:T286481. --C.Suthorn (talk) 15:18, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Manual archiving

i guess the original intention of this page was to archive sections only when they are resolved. but since it seems main developers have left the project, many sections wont be resolved for quite a few years to come. changing to time-dependent auto archiving is after all maybe ok for the time being.--RZuo (talk) 23:30, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@RZuo: I think so, five years is too long.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:53, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

[Feature request] Allow modification of filename and descriptions before restarting a failed task

it'll save uploaders' time and effort, and save the servers from downloading and converting again. RZuo (talk) 17:41, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Youtube subtitle not imported

i just uploaded File:President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Breakfast with the Secretary General of NATO.webm. i'm pretty sure i selected subtitles, and the video has an english sub, but it's not imported. why?--RZuo (talk) 14:20, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

It's unclear from the description whether subtitles are imported or not (it says they are "removed"; does this mean, deleted, or copied across?) but it seems obvious that subtitles should be imported. Some advice from the devs would be appreciated. --JimKillock (talk) 21:53, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Subtitles can be part of mp4 and webm files, but wikipedia (commons) does it another way: subtitles are seperate files in srt format. I don't know, if v2c is supposed to create srt files for imported videos, but that would be the way. --C.Suthorn (talk) 06:04, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
@JimKillock: what "says they are "removed""? RZuo (talk) 08:37, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
@RZuo: The intro to this page says "video2commons is a tool to upload videos from a url to Wikimedia Commons, it automatically converts the video to a Commons compatible format. It includes functions such as removing audio, subtitles, video" --JimKillock (talk) 11:39, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
@C.Suthorn: v2c imported subs. a most recent example i could find is TimedText:Welcome_to_the_Very_Large_Array.webm.en.srt. RZuo (talk) 08:37, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
@RZuo: When I created these files imported from Youtube:
the subtitle files (en, la) were not picked up, and I added them manually afterwards; I'm not sure if I should have added an option for this, or something, or whether it was an error. I haven't found any instructions about subtitle import options, or if these need to be applied. --JimKillock (talk) 11:42, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
every time you import something there're 3 options. it used to be that choosing the import sub option would import all subtitles present in the youtube video (youtube auto-detect subs are not imported).
something is broken i guess. RZuo (talk) 09:02, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
@RZuo: Thanks very much, I did not spot those options at all, and will report back if they work or have disappeared for me. --JimKillock (talk) 17:32, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
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Spam blacklist

I got the following error: "Error: b'Your file description matches spam blacklist! Matches: bit.ly/2MpRb0F' "

When I follow that bit.ly link, I get a Department of Conservation (NZ) page. Why would that possibly be on a spam blacklist? Michal, do you have the ability to take this off this blacklist? The video url in question is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUJSevYvEts Schwede66 09:40, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

The link triggers the spam filter of Commons. v2c can do nothing about it. But you can request that the link is removed from Commons list of forbidden links. --C.Suthorn (talk) 09:53, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
@Schwede66: Do you have the ability to change that bit.ly redirect to the target link? bit.ly is blacklisted here, and will probably remain so.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:17, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Bitly is only shown in the error message. I’m using the full YouTube URL as shown above. Schwede66 15:49, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Edit the file descritpion at the Youtube site to replace the bitly-url with the expanded url. Otherwise dwonload the video with youtube-dl and use any upload tool to upload to commons with an adapted file description. --C.Suthorn (talk) 16:02, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
@Schwede66: I was able to upload that video to File:Paparoa Track - Opening Highlights.webm by replacing that bitly URL with https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/west-coast/places/paparoa-national-park/things-to-do/tracks/paparoa-track/ in the "File description page" section during "Add task...".   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:22, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Awesome. I see; the offending url was in the description. I’ll watch out for that in future. Thanks for your help. Schwede66 19:35, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
@Schwede66: You're welcome. Thank you for reviewing the license, and thank you and Ixocactus for categorizing.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:42, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Thank you to whoever got the v2c tool going. That is so much easier than the previous pain of having to manually convert to a format suitable for Commons. Superb improvement! Schwede66 23:47, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
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Not importing subtitles from youtube

This has come up previously and a discussion item is in Archive1; it had previously been successfully resolved. I recently imported a bunch of videos from the Department of Conservation (New Zealand) and they all have subtitles. None of those were imported. Which is a shame for two reasons:

  • Some people struggle to understand the Kiwi accent
  • Some of those videos have passages in Māori

One of the videos, File:Paparoa Track, New Zealand.webm, is scheduled to be on the Main Page on 25 July. I've done the subtitles manually (by downloading the subtitles from YouTube, editing them to achieve the right format, and uploading them) but it would obviously be preferable if this functionality got fixed. Would anybody have any ideas what it is that needs mending? Schwede66 05:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

The format of youtube may have changed, or something in v2c may have broken. In either case it needs to be fixed by the maintainer. It seems the maintainer has not been doing anything at WM since he particapted in an argument and was unhappy with the outcome. If no one else becomes a maintainer of v2c and nothing happens that calms the current maintainers mood, it is unlikely that anything gets fixed on v2c. --C.Suthorn (talk) 07:35, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Oh. That's a shame. I have already commented in a thread above; v2c is an amazing tool. Much gratitude to whoever came up with it. Schwede66 10:10, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
@Schwede66: As a workaround, you could try either: (a) import from YT and publish to a Peertube instance, (maybe Sharetube qwhich invites this kind of CC republication?) which should bring across the subtitles so they are at least easy to get hold of; or (b) use the command line tools YTDL / and its more maintained fork YTDLP. Video2commons and Peertube both use these same tools to download YT videos for conversion and import. You can use the cmd line tool to download the subtitles onto your device. I'm going to try these methods for the same reason as you (I need to import videos with subs). --JimKillock (talk) 10:47, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
I’ve already solved my problem manually: downloaded subtitles manually and then figured out how they are handled by Commons. Works fine. Just a tad annoying that it’s manual. Schwede66 11:12, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
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PermissionError

I received this error: 

Error: An exception occurred: PermissionError: b"[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/data/project/video2commons/video2commons/frontend/static/uploads/a1899938-8b7f-11ec-be16-56dbdb266599'"

while trying to convert a quicktime .mov file (which I believe was just recorded with the default(?) MacOS screenrecorder software). I ended up using an alternative suggested tool, which worked (output).

I hope that bug-report helps, let me know if you need a copy of the original file to test with. :) Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 21:32, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

ERRORS DURING CONVERSION

Hello.

There is this error message : An exception occurred: TaskError: b'/mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-project/gentoo-prefix/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i /srv/v2c/output/7cdd843ccdc3e3fa/dl.mp4 -max_muxing_queue_size 4096 -threads 16 -row-mt 1 -crf 20 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -b:v 0 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -tile-columns 4 -auto-alt-ref 1 -lag-in-frames 25 -f webm -ss 0 -b:a 128000 -ar 48000 -acodec libopus -pass 2 -passlogfile /srv/v2c/output/7cdd843ccdc3e3fa/dl.mp4.vp9.webm.log /srv/v2c/output/7cdd843ccdc3e3fa/dl.mp4.vp9.webm\nExitcode: 137'

Please fix it.

Regards.

--ComputerHotline (talk) 14:25, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello.

When I convert large files, I have these errors :

An exception occurred: TaskError: b'/mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-project/gentoo-prefix/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i /srv/v2c/output/ba5673fc35f43c77/dl.mp4 -max_muxing_queue_size 4096 -threads 16 -row-mt 1 -crf 20 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -b:v 0 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -tile-columns 4 -auto-alt-ref 1 -lag-in-frames 25 -f webm -ss 0 -b:a 128000 -ar 48000 -acodec libopus -pass 2 -passlogfile /srv/v2c/output/ba5673fc35f43c77/dl.mp4.vp9.webm.log /srv/v2c/output/ba5673fc35f43c77/dl.mp4.vp9.webm\nExitcode: 137'

An exception occurred: OSError: b'[Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory'

An exception occurred: TaskError: b'/mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-project/gentoo-prefix/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i /srv/v2c/output/6c855c112e70476c/dl.mp4 -max_muxing_queue_size 4096 -threads 16 -row-mt 1 -crf 20 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -b:v 0 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -tile-columns 4 -auto-alt-ref 1 -lag-in-frames 25 -f webm -ss 0 -b:a 128000 -ar 48000 -acodec libopus -pass 2 -passlogfile /srv/v2c/output/6c855c112e70476c/dl.mp4.vp9.webm.log /srv/v2c/output/6c855c112e70476c/dl.mp4.vp9.webm\nExitcode: 137'

--ComputerHotline (talk) 13:34, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

@ComputerHotline: What source(s) are you using?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:40, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Is this software still maintained?

Hello,

I repeatedly get "Error: Something went wrong while uploading... try again?"

Should I report this and if so how can I get the detailed error message please? Or is this software no longer maintained? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:31, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Can you provide more info? Uploads of more than 600MB (the transcoded webm, not the original mp4) will often fail, >900 will fail nearly always. It looks like the uploading of a chunk fails. That is not the fault of v2c, but mediawiki. --C.Suthorn (talk) 10:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
It is about 2 seconds of video from my iphone - about 2.4 MB of .mov - do you know how I can get a more detailed error message please? I rarely have any problem uploading photos but this is the first time I have tried to upload video. When I tried directly from the iphone it just hung so I copied the file to my Chromebook and from there got the above error. Just tried again now from Chromebook and the progress bar went quickly to 100% uploaded then it said "Error: Something went wrong while uploading... try again?". Whereas from iphone bar goes to 100% then it shows the loading icon fora few mins then gives message.So it seems there might be something wrong with the progress bar too. Chidgk1 (talk) 18:45, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
I'm also having a problem uploading videos directly, looking at uploads they're all imported media from websites, none are from local files.Dr-Mx (talk) 18:49, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Same here. Stops at 7% - after a while the error message reads: "Error: Something went wrong while uploading... try again?" - hope its just temporary, but have Commonist in mind i fear its a again the same "improvement" of some software ...Sicherlich talk 20:34, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
I've got around the issue by uploading my mp4 file to a web server and pointing Video2commons to that. Not great, but it works. Dr-Mx (talk) 01:11, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
oh i'm not the only one.
mine stopped at 4%. it's a 94mb mp4.
i guess it must be a very specific bug, because i've tried both pc and mobile browsers, chrome and firefox, and they all stopped at 4% for my video. RZuo (talk) 16:24, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

V2c still maintained?

V2c has been written by one user. This user participated last year in an argument about the CU blocking of another user and was unhappy with the outcome of the argument. Them user page says, the user is no longer active at commons and there actually is very few activity by the user since. Some edits about POTY voting, some phabricator comments, but not much else. There have been no commits by the user to v2c at github since 2020 (and other github users mainly only contributed to translation). It looks like this tool has become a zombie and another commited user has been alienated and left the project. --C.Suthorn (talk) 12:42, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

That is unfortunate, and a bit of a problem I would say. Video usage on WM seems to be growing, it appears to be very popular on pages where it is deployed, at least from the stats, albeit these may be misleading. If we want users to import video tho, tools like this are incredibly important. I could point people to this tool, and expect them to use it, but explaining how to download YT files with websites, then convert to WebM with Handbrake, extract subtitle files, walk through through the nineteen fields of the upload tool, etc. would be wasting my time. --JimKillock (talk) 17:31, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Unable to extract uploader id

It's been a few days that I cannot upload anything from Youtube. This is the message I get: Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: b'ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.' HeminKurdistan (talk) 17:43, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

i confirm the problem as i just tested using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb_8Lhg6TDM .
looking at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&tagfilter=OAuth+CID%3A+394&limit=500&days=30&title=Special:RecentChanges&urlversion=2 , it seems the last from youtube was File:Ольга Шарий- Давление на КРТ — это цензура! Власть "давит" неугодных, националисты ликуют!.webm (12:19, 16 February 2023). RZuo (talk) 19:11, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
Having the exact same problem. I assume this is something on yt-dl's end? I really hope it gets fixed, there's some videos I'd love to upload. OmegaFallon (talk) 23:24, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
i just downloaded the exe from https://github.com/ytdl-patched/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2023.03.12.40298 , which could successfully download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb_8Lhg6TDM .--RZuo (talk) 18:56, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
The linux version works also. C.Suthorn (talk) 19:09, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
That's great news! Now I just need to figure out how to use the dang thing... well, that's my problem. Best of luck to the rest of you all. OmegaFallon (talk) 20:29, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
here's a guide: Commons_talk:Video2commons/Archive_1#v2c_on_Windows_for_Dummies. RZuo (talk) 21:09, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
I already managed to figure it out myself through trial and error, but thank you! OmegaFallon (talk) 21:46, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
@Gabriel Classon, Chicocvenancio, and Martin Urbanec: could you please help update v2c's youtube-dl to a new version as per https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31530#Description ? thx a lot.
quoting @dirkf's 19 feb message for the record

The problem, which was revealed by a change in the metadata served by YouTube, applied to both youtube-dl and yt-dlp and has been fixed in both programs.
There is a release of yt-dlp that includes the fix. See #31535 for discussion of whether this would be a good choice for you.
See below for ways to update to a fixed version of youtube-dl. Using -U doesn't (yet) work. A new release may be created, including the final fix, some time later than now.

RZuo (talk) 11:21, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
sorry for the ping. with my very limited coding skills i took a quick look at v2c codes. it seems it'll be too troublesome to update it manually. i guess we should just wait for youtube-dl update, unless changing youtube-dl to yt-dlp is feasible.--RZuo (talk) 19:13, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
User:Chicocvenancio, thank you so much for fixing it!--RZuo (talk) 22:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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DownloadError: b'ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id

I get Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: b'ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id. RodRabelo7 (talk) 04:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

This error has occurred before. I assume you're trying to upload from YouTube? YouTube doesn't like direct downloads of videos from its platform, and tries to keep up with blocking software that allows this to happen. Video2commons uses youtube-downloader to extract videos from YouTube, which itself keeps updating to outpace YouTube blocking it. Seems it's in a down period at the moment. You can report the issue, but they're probably aware. Kingsif (talk) 02:25, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
Kingsif, you’re right. I’m trying to upload from YouTube. Still not working, unfortunately. RodRabelo7 (talk) 10:30, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
Also having the same issue. Shame YouTube sucks so bad. OmegaFallon (talk) 23:27, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm now getting the same trying to upload from Vimeo. - Jmabel ! talk 22:57, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

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Error: Task is pending for more than 24 hours

Uploads have been stuck, saying "Task is pending" for more than 24 hours. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 23:11, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

plz check again. should be fixed now. thx to User:Chicocvenancio .--RZuo (talk) 22:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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It is working again, ty ty. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 03:46, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

What the deal is with not being able to extract uploader ID

I want to start a discussion about this. @Llywelyn2000 has posted on Commons talk:YouTube files that they tried contacting the developer of Video2commons with no luck. youtube-dl itself hasn't updated since 2021. The alternative youtube2mediawiki hasn't been updated since 2015, so there's no alternative avenue either.

From all the error logs it seems this is an issue with youtube-dl, and I think I have a theory as to why it's broken, namely that YouTube has sort of stopped using channel IDs and switched to a Twitter-like @ system. Though, honestly, knowing what's broken helps us very little. Our only real hope is to contact "Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez" or one of the other "youtube-dl developers."

I'd like this thread to remain open to anybody with ideas on potential solutions to this problem, as several people have posted here with a desire to upload videos but can't because of the current tools being broken. Any ideas on solutions or ways to move forward would be greatly appreciated.

Mentioning some people who may want to participate in this discussion: @Kingsif @HeminKurdistan @Rzuo OmegaFallon (talk) 00:52, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

I want to also state that although my technical knowledge is limited I have tried youtube2mediawiki and youtube-dl via the command line on my Windows machine, the former of which gave me syntax errors suggesting that it's incompatible with the 3.11 version of Python I'm running, and the later of which gave me the same error we're all getting with Video2commons, i.e. the uploader ID error. So I'm nearly certain this isn't an issue with Video2commons, it's an issue with youtube-dl. OmegaFallon (talk) 00:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
I deleted youtube-dl from my linux machine and installed new from github. I was not able to download videos that had been uploaded to youtube in the last week, and i was not able to download a 15 year old video. With the Android app "LibreTube" however, i can download youtube videos without problems. C.Suthorn (talk) 12:11, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
Di was nice enough to direct me towards a useful tool: this site converts to WEBM without any strings attached as far as I can tell, other than it being a tad slow. This appears to be our best option currently. OmegaFallon (talk) 13:01, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
@OmegaFallon: All of my tries with that tool so far have resulted in "There was an issue with the YouTube link you submitted. Please try again." :(   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:30, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
I found a patched fork of youtube-dl and have been using that. I don't remember where I got any of it though, sorry. OmegaFallon (talk) 20:12, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
yt-dlp is a fork of the original youtube-dl. It works perfectly and is extremely fast. Pinging relevant users that may be interested: @OmegaFallon, @C.Suthorn, @Jeff G. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 02:46, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
Youtube-dl works also (you probably still have to use the patched version, the youtube-dl people seemed to want to wait for a stable situation at youtube before making a new official version). The problem is, that the maintainer of v2c no longer maintains v2c. If no one else "adopts" v2c it is more or less dead. C.Suthorn (talk) 04:28, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
thx to User:Chicocvenancio, code has switched to using yt-dlp and been working again.--RZuo (talk) 22:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
Resolved by moving to yt-dlp. Chico Venancio (talk) 21:04, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
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Error message

Hi, I'll get the following error message when trying to upload a video: 

Error: An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/data/project/video2commons/video2commons/frontend/static/uploads/e7b09232-50ef-11ed-8b57-66fb5a932327'"

What can I do? CKibelka (WMF) (talk) 03:26, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

An exception occurred

I got the message Full Flight ATR72 600 - Real Pilot EYE POV GoPro - Cockpit video - Garuda-Indonesia An exception occurred: DownloadError: b'ERROR: giving up after 10 retries' while trying to upload [2]. Yann (talk) 16:58, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Again now: Error: An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/data/project/video2commons/video2commons/frontend/static/uploads/3d501b24-7cb8-11ed-8b57-66fb5a932327'" Yann (talk) 20:42, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

TypeError: b 'NoneType' object is not iterable

Hi, I saw a new (to me) error: An exception occurred: TypeError: b"'NoneType' object is not iterable"

Context/Reproduction-steps: I was trying to upload a file from GoogleDrive, if that's relevant? It initially recognized the file-type, and let me fill in the {information} box, but then once it was in the 2nd-step on the Task screen it failed after a few seconds.

I've added a mention on the project page, with an empty "Meaning" parameter. I didn't see the error mentioned above or in the archives. Thanks. Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 22:56, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

File not found

I am trying to upload from the disk and I am receiving an error File not found. How to debug? --Juandev (talk) 09:30, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The maintainer of v2c seems to have left. So proably there is no way to debug. You could say the file size and file type, also if the filename contains "funny" characters and the encoding and encoder of the file. you could upload a screenshot of the error. You could encode the file to webm (vp9) locally and upload with another upload tool. C.Suthorn (talk) 12:19, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

I'm getting Error: An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/data/project/video2commons/video2commons/frontend/static/uploads/cf3490de-c6a9-11ed-8805-12dffaea8a17'" on a file called "Racehorse Falls 01.mp4". No "funny" filenames there. 9 seconds of video, 15.4MB. - Jmabel ! talk 23:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Error uploading file from computer

Good day. I am trying to upload a mp4 video (502 Mb) from my local PC, but no matter what I try I keep getting the error "Error: An exception occurred: FileNotFoundError: b"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/data/project/video2commons/video2commons/frontend/static/uploads/66607222-03a3-11ed-921f-82d0630f66a4'" during the upload process. Anyone understand this error and how to get around it? — Huntster (t @ c) 18:42, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

This may be a temporary malfunction of the tool. Otherwise only the maintainer of v2c can fix it. If you want to get the file uploaded soon, your best bet would be to transcode the file to webm locally, than upload with any other tool. --C.Suthorn (talk) 19:24, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, hopefully that's the case. Unfortunately uploading locally doesn't seem to be an option either; I have a webm version of the file, and Upload Wizard errors out as well. Oh well. — Huntster (t @ c) 21:30, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@Huntster: A MW-server has been restarted. Uploading with Upload Wizard should work again. --C.Suthorn (talk) 06:38, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Yep, converted one of the files last night. Thanks for the update. Btw, do you know if the 4Gb upload limit imposed by Chunked also applies to this tool? — Huntster (t @ c) 14:18, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
@Huntster: I believe that is imposed by the backend filesystem.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:24, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, Jeff! — Huntster (t @ c) 16:28, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Actually the limit is imposed by the MW database storing file size as a 32bit unsigned integer value (=4GiB). The whole DB scheme of MW needs to be evaluated/changed (to 64bit integer for file size) to overcome this limit. --C.Suthorn (talk) 04:32, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Very interesting. Has there been any serious consideration express by WM toward updating to 64 bit? — Huntster (t @ c) 06:18, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
@Huntster: I don't know. Considering by Commons:Village_pump#MP4_patents_expiration_date, user:Donald Trungs remark about MP4, I doubt that there will be done something soon. However the Offroader upload tool splits video files into parts of less than 4GiB before upload. --C.Suthorn (talk) 12:57, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
That's very true. The lack of Foundation support for things like this is frustrating, considering MP4 being the dominant video format and the resources required to properly convert to another format. Offroader looks very useful but I don't use a mobile device for editing or for file storage. Insert sadface. — Huntster (t @ c) 17:26, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Unfortunately, getting the same error again. If restarting the MW server is what fixes this, would it be possible to create a regular restart schedule? — Huntster (t @ c) 22:49, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
Getting this error as well just now. Vera (talk) 15:40, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
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