Cannot play youtube audio: EDL specifies no segments.'

[sourav-majumdar-math]

Important Information

mpv 0.35.1

Arch Linux

Reproduction steps

mpv --ytdl-format="bestaudio" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI

Expected behavior

Play audio of the youtube video

Actual behavior

Get error

EDL specifies no segments.'
EDL parsing failed.
Error in EDL.
No video or audio streams selected.

Log file

[cplayer] Command line options: '-v'
[cplayer] mpv 0.35.1 Copyright © 2000-2023 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
[cplayer]  built on Mon Feb 20 07:38:49 2023
[cplayer] FFmpeg library versions:
[cplayer]    libavutil       57.28.100
[cplayer]    libavcodec      59.37.100
[cplayer]    libavformat     59.27.100
[cplayer]    libswscale      6.7.100
[cplayer]    libavfilter     8.44.100
[cplayer]    libswresample   4.7.100
[cplayer] FFmpeg version: n5.1.2
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Configuration: meson configure build -Dprefix=/usr -Dbuildtype=plain -Doptimization=plain
[cplayer] List of enabled features: alsa av-channel-layout build-date cdda cplayer cplugins cuda-hwaccel cuda-interop dmabuf-interop-gl dmabuf-interop-pl dmabuf-wayland drm drm-is-kms dvbin dvdnav egl egl-drm egl-helpers egl-x11 ffmpeg ffnvcodec gbm gl gl-wayland glibc-thread-name glob glob-posix gpl iconv jack javascript jpeg jpegxl lcms2 libarchive libass libavdevice libbluray libdl libm libmpv-shared libplacebo libplacebo-next librt linux-fstatfs luajit manpage-build memfd_create noexecstack pipewire plain-gl posix pulse rubberband rubberband-3 shaderc stdatomic threads uchardet vaapi vaapi-drm vaapi-egl vaapi-libplacebo vaapi-wayland vaapi-x-egl vaapi-x11 vdpau vector vt.h vulkan wayland wayland_protocols_1_24 x11 xv zimg zlib
[cplayer] Reading config file /etc/mpv/encoding-profiles.conf
[cplayer] Applying profile 'default'...
[cplayer] Setting option 'v' = '' (flags = 8)
[cplayer] mpv 0.35.1 Copyright © 2000-2023 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
[cplayer]  built on Mon Feb 20 07:38:49 2023
[cplayer] FFmpeg library versions:
[cplayer]    libavutil       57.28.100
[cplayer]    libavcodec      59.37.100
[cplayer]    libavformat     59.27.100
[cplayer]    libswscale      6.7.100
[cplayer]    libavfilter     8.44.100
[cplayer]    libswresample   4.7.100
[cplayer] FFmpeg version: n5.1.2
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Usage:   mpv [options] [url|path/]filename
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Basic options:
[cplayer]  --start=<time>    seek to given (percent, seconds, or hh:mm:ss) position
[cplayer]  --no-audio        do not play sound
[cplayer]  --no-video        do not play video
[cplayer]  --fs              fullscreen playback
[cplayer]  --sub-file=<file> specify subtitle file to use
[cplayer]  --playlist=<file> specify playlist file
[cplayer]
[cplayer]  --list-options    list all mpv options
[cplayer]  --h=<string>      print options which contain the given string in their name
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
(ins)sourav@istina:~$ mpv -v --ytdl-format="bestaudio" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI
[cplayer] Command line options: '-v' '--ytdl-format=bestaudio' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI'
[cplayer] mpv 0.35.1 Copyright © 2000-2023 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
[cplayer]  built on Mon Feb 20 07:38:49 2023
[cplayer] FFmpeg library versions:
[cplayer]    libavutil       57.28.100
[cplayer]    libavcodec      59.37.100
[cplayer]    libavformat     59.27.100
[cplayer]    libswscale      6.7.100
[cplayer]    libavfilter     8.44.100
[cplayer]    libswresample   4.7.100
[cplayer] FFmpeg version: n5.1.2
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Configuration: meson configure build -Dprefix=/usr -Dbuildtype=plain -Doptimization=plain
[cplayer] List of enabled features: alsa av-channel-layout build-date cdda cplayer cplugins cuda-hwaccel cuda-interop dmabuf-interop-gl dmabuf-interop-pl dmabuf-wayland drm drm-is-kms dvbin dvdnav egl egl-drm egl-helpers egl-x11 ffmpeg ffnvcodec gbm gl gl-wayland glibc-thread-name glob glob-posix gpl iconv jack javascript jpeg jpegxl lcms2 libarchive libass libavdevice libbluray libdl libm libmpv-shared libplacebo libplacebo-next librt linux-fstatfs luajit manpage-build memfd_create noexecstack pipewire plain-gl posix pulse rubberband rubberband-3 shaderc stdatomic threads uchardet vaapi vaapi-drm vaapi-egl vaapi-libplacebo vaapi-wayland vaapi-x-egl vaapi-x11 vdpau vector vt.h vulkan wayland wayland_protocols_1_24 x11 xv zimg zlib
[cplayer] Reading config file /etc/mpv/encoding-profiles.conf
[cplayer] Applying profile 'default'...
[cplayer] Setting option 'v' = '' (flags = 8)
[cplayer] Setting option 'ytdl-format' = 'bestaudio' (flags = 8)
[cplayer] Waiting for scripts...
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[osd/libass] libass API version: 0x1701000
[osd/libass] libass source: commit: 0.17.1-0-ge8ad72accd3a84268275a9385beb701c9284e5b3-dirty
[osd/libass] Shaper: FriBidi 1.0.12 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 7.1.0 (COMPLEX)
[osd/libass] Setting up fonts...
[osd/libass] Using font provider fontconfig
[osd/libass] Done.
[osd/libass] libass API version: 0x1701000
[osd/libass] libass source: commit: 0.17.1-0-ge8ad72accd3a84268275a9385beb701c9284e5b3-dirty
[osd/libass] Shaper: FriBidi 1.0.12 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 7.1.0 (COMPLEX)
[osd/libass] Setting up fonts...
[osd/libass] Using font provider fontconfig
[osd/libass] Done.
[cplayer] Done loading scripts.
[cplayer] Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_load
[ytdl_hook] ytdl:// hook
[ytdl_hook] not a ytdl:// url
[ffmpeg] Opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[ffmpeg] Mime-type: 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
[demux] Trying demuxers for level=normal.
[lavf] No format found, try lowering probescore or forcing the format.
[demux] Trying demuxers for level=unsafe.
[lavf] No format found, try lowering probescore or forcing the format.
[cplayer] Opening failed or was aborted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI
[cplayer] Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_load_fail
[ytdl_hook] full hook
[ytdl_hook] No youtube-dl found with path yt-dlp in config directories
[ytdl_hook] Found youtube-dl with path yt-dlp in PATH
[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl succeeded!
[cplayer] Set property: file-local-options/user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/94.0.4606.41 Safari/537.36" -> 1
[ytdl_hook] format selection: youtube-dl (separate)
[cplayer] Set property: stream-open-filename="edl://!mp4_dash,init=%967%https://rr8---sn-gwpa-5hqz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1678267722&ei=6gAIZMb0DZaSvQSTpYeACA&ip=2409%3A4041%3A2cc3%3Aa494%3Ab42%3Aa413%3A155e%3Aaaf8&id=o-AOoZFmMGjkX6u6rMoCO6SGDuRu7M15YBBATTu2pWC7Z0&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=od&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-gwpa-5hqz%2Csn-gwpa-cvhd&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=8&pcm2cms=yes&pl=41&initcwndbps=305000&spc=H3gIhhfFfP-Y-xrcVsfmsP2kgojVsWI&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=6639404&dur=385.741&lmt=1661874493540825&mt=1678245709&fvip=4&keepalive=yes&fexp=24007246&c=ANDROID&txp=4532434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhAPAesTA7CbZGdWv38kb3EISPpG9ImidxJdizAenR2UmZAiEA7zgJKAZUepAhNCpi0luYSxUaB0G4WLtGDOlpY-9dqME%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgcS8cXhCsG3Lq8rodYzc6DKJYZx7FQT_MNBO4c3-cEPYCIQCh2t3fxNOPyhHe7wAHsShbR853YXoh__8mq3qmQEHxAg%3D%3D&range=0-6639404;" -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: file-local-options/force-media-title="Metallica: Nothing Else Matters (Official Music Video)" -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: file-local-options/stream-lavf-o={} -> 1
[edl] Opening edl://!mp4_dash,init=%967%https://rr8---sn-gwpa-5hqz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1678267722&ei=6gAIZMb0DZaSvQSTpYeACA&ip=2409%3A4041%3A2cc3%3Aa494%3Ab42%3Aa413%3A155e%3Aaaf8&id=o-AOoZFmMGjkX6u6rMoCO6SGDuRu7M15YBBATTu2pWC7Z0&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=od&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-gwpa-5hqz%2Csn-gwpa-cvhd&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=8&pcm2cms=yes&pl=41&initcwndbps=305000&spc=H3gIhhfFfP-Y-xrcVsfmsP2kgojVsWI&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=6639404&dur=385.741&lmt=1661874493540825&mt=1678245709&fvip=4&keepalive=yes&fexp=24007246&c=ANDROID&txp=4532434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhAPAesTA7CbZGdWv38kb3EISPpG9ImidxJdizAenR2UmZAiEA7zgJKAZUepAhNCpi0luYSxUaB0G4WLtGDOlpY-9dqME%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgcS8cXhCsG3Lq8rodYzc6DKJYZx7FQT_MNBO4c3-cEPYCIQCh2t3fxNOPyhHe7wAHsShbR853YXoh__8mq3qmQEHxAg%3D%3D&range=0-6639404;
[demux] Trying demuxers for level=request.
[demux] Detected file format: Edit decision list
[demux] Stream is not seekable.
[demux] EDL specifies no segments.'
[demux] EDL parsing failed.
[demux] Error in EDL.
[cplayer] Opening done: edl://!mp4_dash,init=%967%https://rr8---sn-gwpa-5hqz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1678267722&ei=6gAIZMb0DZaSvQSTpYeACA&ip=2409%3A4041%3A2cc3%3Aa494%3Ab42%3Aa413%3A155e%3Aaaf8&id=o-AOoZFmMGjkX6u6rMoCO6SGDuRu7M15YBBATTu2pWC7Z0&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=od&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-gwpa-5hqz%2Csn-gwpa-cvhd&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=8&pcm2cms=yes&pl=41&initcwndbps=305000&spc=H3gIhhfFfP-Y-xrcVsfmsP2kgojVsWI&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=6639404&dur=385.741&lmt=1661874493540825&mt=1678245709&fvip=4&keepalive=yes&fexp=24007246&c=ANDROID&txp=4532434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhAPAesTA7CbZGdWv38kb3EISPpG9ImidxJdizAenR2UmZAiEA7zgJKAZUepAhNCpi0luYSxUaB0G4WLtGDOlpY-9dqME%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgcS8cXhCsG3Lq8rodYzc6DKJYZx7FQT_MNBO4c3-cEPYCIQCh2t3fxNOPyhHe7wAHsShbR853YXoh__8mq3qmQEHxAg%3D%3D&range=0-6639404;
[cplayer] Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_preloaded
[cplayer] No video or audio streams selected.
[cplayer] finished playback, no audio or video data played (reason 4)
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Exiting... (Errors when loading file)
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1

[christoph-heinrich]

That got fixed by 94c189d

[Dudemanguy]

Duplicate of #11392.