Lecturio Error: ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[cr7mmsa]

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

youtube-dl -v --cookies cookies.txt https://app.lecturio.com/medical-courses/sympathetic-nervous-system-hypothalamus-as-sympathetic-output-driver-and-horners-syndrome.lecture
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--cookies', 'cookies.txt', 'https://app.lecturio.com/medical-courses/sympathetic-nervous-system-hypothalamus-as-sympathetic-output-driver-and-horners-syndrome.lecture']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Lecturio] sympathetic-nervous-system-hypothalamus-as-sympathetic-output-driver-and-horners-syndrome: Downloading webpage
[Lecturio] sympathetic-nervous-system-hypothalamus-as-sympathetic-output-driver-and-horners-syndrome: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://d31o3fxohn22zc.cloudfront.net/1606232300-120216-o-20160608_01_04_Neuroanatomy_Canby_Craig-v1-st1.mp4?Expires=1544654246&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJXIJCNEVQLT2FFDQ&Signature=YWzTuD8mNGw68iB-QbOoTD9KBqucYYpqxAqmTZWEdTgk51qxFF5QkHKEus6cYZAklaRvWbZwpa29i0KOW1AdxS6fANZTAMoWlKGsOg8bv3iAkRwkf99aXh1HZTGPJ11L00WAsIdgw5akp~PwkuAHm4dQafsfBsQ~Z-LGRZBhMNE_'
ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) - Hypothalamus as Sympathetic Output Driver and Horners Syndrome-24454.mp4.part'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 250, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 458, in sanitize_open
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) - Hypothalamus as Sympathetic Output Driver and Horners Syndrome-24454.mp4.part'

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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[dstftw]

The error message is self-explanatory.

[freecorvette]

I was intrigued to get this particular error (ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 2] No such file or directory) while running youtube-dl from a specific directory, but not from another. It turned out that the movie had a long name and, along with the first directory name, led to a path that was longer than the maximum path length allowed in Windows, which is 260 characters:

In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character.

[THE-DSR]

I was intrigued to get this particular error (ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 2] No such file or directory) while running youtube-dl from a specific directory, but not from another. It turned out that the movie had a long name and, along with the first directory name, led to a path that was longer than the maximum path length allowed in Windows, which is 260 characters:

In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character.

ffmpeg problem i guess

[dirkf]

See #29912.