X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=4f54a52401b4b6083147701a31a35217aa1000e6;hb=b9e5f872916a7d753ae237459b10622c1c2c3471;hp=c39b13616946fbb1c07377e1bc74a39a3dfc4ee5;hpb=d9d3a5a816253f14ee33623662690293365013e0;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c39b13616..4f54a5240 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -752,8 +752,8 @@ As a last resort, you can also uninstall the version installed by your package m Afterwards, simply follow [our manual installation instructions](https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html): ``` -sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl -sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl +sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl +sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl hash -r ``` @@ -835,7 +835,9 @@ In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence in a str ### HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required -These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--source-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address. +These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Usually this is a soft block meaning that you can gain access again after solving CAPTCHA. Just open a browser and solve a CAPTCHA the service suggests you and after that [pass cookies](#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl) to youtube-dl. Note that if your machine has multiple external IPs then you should also pass exactly the same IP you've used for solving CAPTCHA with [`--source-address`](#network-options). Also you may need to pass a `User-Agent` HTTP header of your browser with [`--user-agent`](#workarounds). + +If this is not the case (no CAPTCHA suggested to solve by the service) then you can contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--source-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address. ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character