What causes "não consegui baixar o áudio para transcrever" in tonhowtf/omniget?

Run yt-dlp manually with the same URL/cookies to see the real underlying error.

não consegui baixar o áudio para transcrever

Error message

não consegui baixar o áudio para transcrever

What it means

`download_audio` builds a yt-dlp command (with optional cookies from the session's Netscape file) to extract audio to a known output path. After `run_ytdlp` returns, it verifies the file actually exists; if yt-dlp exited without producing the file, this error is thrown. It guards against yt-dlp failing silently or writing to an unexpected path.

Solutions

Run yt-dlp manually with the same URL/cookies to see the real underlying error.
Update yt-dlp (app update function or `yt-dlp -U`) — YouTube breakages are frequent.
Refresh the Netscape session cookies in `opts.session_netscape` if the video requires login.
Verify the URL is a valid, public video and disk space/permissions allow writing the output.
Check `is_flatpak()` sandboxing: the Flatpak runtime may not expose yt-dlp to this call.

Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

Validate before calling

if !Path::new(&cookie_file).exists() && video_requires_login(&url) {
    return Err("refresh session cookies before downloading audio");
}

Try / catch

match download_audio(&opts).await {
    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("não consegui baixar o áudio") => {
        // update yt-dlp, refresh cookies, retry once
    }
    other => other?,
}

Prevention

Keep yt-dlp up to date — YouTube layout changes break old versions frequently.
Refresh Netscape session cookies regularly for login-required content.
Test the URL manually with yt-dlp CLI before automating.
Ensure disk space and write permissions for the output directory.

When it happens

Trigger: yt-dlp exits (possibly with code 0 or a swallowed error) but the expected output file is absent: bad URL, video unavailable, network failure, cookies expired, or output path changed.

Common situations: Private/deleted videos, geo-blocked content, expired `session_netscape` cookies, yt-dlp out-of-date against a YouTube change, or disk/path issues preventing the file from being created.

Understand the failure class

Background: "File not found" and ENOENT errors: why libraries can't find a file that should exist — this error's family across 50 libraries.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of tonhowtf/omniget@8600b91f42 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/17ad2b4d44c5d257. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src-tauri/omniget-core/src/core/tools/yt_notes.rs:668

    Ok(found)
}

async fn download_audio(opts: &Options) -> anyhow::Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
    let out = super::temp_dir().join(format!("yt-notes-{}.m4a", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
    let mut args = vec![
        "-f".to_string(),
        "bestaudio/best".to_string(),
        "--no-warnings".to_string(),
        "--no-playlist".to_string(),
        "-o".to_string(),
        out.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
    ];
    let cookie = super::yt_archive::CookieFile::new(opts.session_netscape.as_deref())?;
    cookie.push_args(&mut args);
    args.push(opts.url.trim().to_string());
    super::yt_archive::run_ytdlp(&args).await?;
    if !out.exists() {
        return Err(anyhow!("não consegui baixar o áudio para transcrever"));
    }
    Ok(out)
}

/// O Whisper devolve o `Cue` do `subtitle_merge` (ms sem sinal); aqui tudo
/// trabalha com o `Cue` do módulo de legenda.
struct Transcript {
    cues: Vec<Cue>,
    language: String,
    seconds: f64,
}

async fn transcribe(
    input: &std::path::Path,
    opts: &Options,
    progress: super::ProgressFn,
) -> anyhow::Result<Transcript> {
    let r = super::whisper::transcribe(

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