that worked. strangely enough. ---snip--- yt-dlp.exe --restrict-filenames --trim-filenames 30 --format "bestvideoext=mp4+bestaudioext=m4a/mp4" -i "JQgKhZZyBYg"

that worked. strangely enough. ---snip--- yt-dlp.exe --restrict-filenames --trim-filenames 30 --format "bestvideoext=mp4+bestaudioext=m4a/mp4" -i "JQgKhZZyBYg" Monday, January 1, 2024 10:46:45 AM [youtube] Extracting URL: JQgKhZZyBYg [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading webpage [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading ios player API JSON [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading android player API JSON [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading m3u8 information [info] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading 1 format(s): 22 [download] Resuming download at byte 130048 [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10462009 more expected. Retrying (1/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10052978 more expected. Retrying (2/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10373389 more expected. Retrying (3/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10107360 more expected. Retrying (4/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10307771 more expected. Retrying (5/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10202520 more expected. Retrying (6/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10455655 more expected. Retrying (7/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 9968301 more expected. Retrying (8/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10027086 more expected. Retrying (9/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10392472 more expected. Retrying (10/10)... [download] Got error: 0 bytes read, 10022086 more expected. Giving up after 10 retries Monday, January 1, 2024 10:46:51 AM --- snip --- yt-dlp.exe "JQgKhZZyBYg" Monday, January 1, 2024 10:48:03 AM [youtube] Extracting URL: JQgKhZZyBYg [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading webpage [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading ios player API JSON [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading android player API JSON [youtube] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading m3u8 information [info] JQgKhZZyBYg: Downloading 1 format(s): 247+251 [download] Destination: Jet crashes at Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport [JQgKhZZyBYg].f247.webm [download] 100% of 8.37MiB in 00:00:00 at 17.44MiB/s [download] Destination: Jet crashes at Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport [JQgKhZZyBYg].f251.webm [download] 100% of 599.52KiB in 00:00:00 at 3.53MiB/s [Merger] Merging formats into "Jet crashes at Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport [JQgKhZZyBYg].webm" Deleting original file Jet crashes at Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport [JQgKhZZyBYg].f247.webm (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Jet crashes at Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport [JQgKhZZyBYg].f251.webm (pass -k to keep) Monday, January 1, 2024 10:48:07 AM