The remote server returned an error

[bananarama42]

I keep running into this error quite often now. It starts downloading and then at a random percentage it throws this error. After a few tries it usually downloads everything though, but it makes it hard to download anything in a batch as I need to re-run it several times.

[Sion89]

Yes. Also quite often now.
401 or 403

[mike365sofresh]

Yes, same here. It has been happening randomly for the past several weeks, but today it will error every time.

[Sion89]

@rytsikau , we need your help again, nothing is downloading at all, only the first 10-13 MB, then - error "Forbidden 403". It started 20 hours ago.

[bananarama42]

I guess there aren't really any updates on this? ☹

[chengquan100]

Untitled.mp4

Does anyone have this problem? It's been bothering me for a long time :(
Cannot print exception string because Exception.ToString() failed

[Sion89]

Untitled.mp4
Does anyone have this problem? It's been bothering me for a long time :( Cannot print exception string because Exception.ToString() failed

Downloads only the first 10-13MB? I think it's the same 403 error just without a detailed description.

Please help with alternatives...

[Sion89]

any news?...

[bananarama42]

I was hoping it would have magically fixed itself, but still has a 100% fail rate.

[ststoshev]

I have discovered the workaround.
When downloading a clip of less than 1min 20 seconds, it manages to finish the streams before it breaks with 403 error. So to download a 10 minute clip, you need to download 10 streams each of 1 minute (for example), then by using ffmpeg to join (-concatenate) the 10 mp4 files in one concatenated big file (without recompression). Under fast internet connection we get around 50 megabytes of data or 1 min: 20 seconds at 1080 pixels resolution. On slower internet, it breaks with 403 and downloads smaller data. So I assume the 403 error is programmed to come up some seconds after the download start.
So we need to automate a large clip to be requested in 1 minute chunks or less, check if all 1-minute intervals are downloaded, and then concatenate the received mp4 files back to the initial clip. Currently I do it manually, but it can easily be automated.