ytdl-org/youtube-dl · error · ExtractorError

Video %s does not exist

Error message

Video %s does not exist

What it means

Error "Video %s does not exist" thrown in ytdl-org/youtube-dl.

Source

Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/odatv.py:43

        'only_matching': True,
    }, {
        # no video
        'url': 'http://odatv.com/mob_video.php?id=8E900',
        'only_matching': True,
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
        video_id = self._match_id(url)
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)

        no_video = 'NO VIDEO!' in webpage

        video_url = self._search_regex(
            r'mp4\s*:\s*(["\'])(?P<url>http.+?)\1', webpage, 'video url',
            default=None if no_video else NO_DEFAULT, group='url')

        if no_video:
            raise ExtractorError('Video %s does not exist' % video_id, expected=True)

        return {
            'id': video_id,
            'url': video_url,
            'title': remove_start(self._og_search_title(webpage), 'Video: '),
            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
        }

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Solutions

1. Verify the video URL; the video may have been removed.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/odatv.py:43 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of ytdl-org/youtube-dl@956b8c5855 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ff7a63f1cfcb6a70. Report an issue: GitHub.