From 66dc9a3701cd97af44cf478e813d4f7eb0947edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:04:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [README] Document HTTP 429 (Closes #5092) --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 04f664cd35..f2909e8d65 100644 --- 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