From 63139673d7f1b994081ea73e0826d03de4f44099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Flores Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:24:26 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Add explanation and fix for YouTube SSL certificate error on Windows OS. --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3a4707227..ccba4b1e6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -531,6 +531,10 @@ By default, youtube-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally, if you ha Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the `-b` option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you're interested in. In that case, simply request it with the `-f` option and youtube-dl will try to download it. +### I get a [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] error when trying to download a YouTube page on my Windows computer. How do I fix this? + +Your computer likely has an expired Google security certificate. Go to https://pki.google.com and download the "Google Internet Authority G2" certificate file. Double click the downloaded file to install the certificate. You may need to restart your computer. The issue should be resolved. + ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We're [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.