commit 66dc9a3701cd97af44cf478e813d4f7eb0947edc parent 003c69a84b68cadb46aeb8e03115848a722fd675 Author: Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:04:39 +0100 [README] Document HTTP 429 (Closes #5092) Diffstat:
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md @@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ YouTube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not suppo In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence in a string that was misinterpreted by old versions of youtube-dl. See [above](#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube-dl. +### 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 `--network-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address. + ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ### The error