{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897","id":122922915,"number":7897,"title":"youtube-dl delay 7~8 seconds","user":{"login":"sbPark82","id":16349175,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16349175?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82","html_url":"https://github.com/sbPark82","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sbPark82/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-12-18T10:27:53Z","updated_at":"2015-12-18T11:54:14Z","closed_at":"2015-12-18T10:47:28Z","body":"I have a question. \r\n\r\nI want to get the URL using youtube-dl, and the \"simulate\" option -g that does not download the video. \r\n\r\nSo I gave the following command:\r\nyoutube-dl -g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JGSAmu4lg\r\n\r\n\r\nIt gave the following output after 7 to 8 seconds\r\nhttps://r20---sn-cvh7zn7d.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?initcwndbps=1113000&mt=1408702970&requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&sver=3&fexp=901454%2C902408%2C919145%2C924626%2C927622%2C927904%2C931330%2C931983%2C934024%2C934030%2C934804%2C945118%2C945308%2C946023%2C951914&ratebypass=yes&signature=38F111D46D72FFC50B47D50B3C9A631099BF5F83.FA134C91F407989B95ACADC1F1F6946B8F18C158&upn=tU0u5t7A2Uw&sparams=id%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cmm%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mm=31&expire=1408724634&id=o-AJNPuDp9TKMKiwzUwvSk76W7JdA0cx0bRSum9mPJJ7Vo&mv=u&source=youtube&ms=au&key=yt5&ip=115.113.1.50&itag=18\r\n\r\n\r\nBut the problem is it is taking around 7 to 8 seconds for querying the URL.\r\n Is there any way so that it can be faster?\r\n\r\ndo not work \"--youtube-skip-dash-manifest\" option\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/comments/165761824","html_url":"https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897#issuecomment-165761824","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7897","id":165761824,"user":{"login":"yan12125","id":1937689,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1937689?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125","html_url":"https://github.com/yan12125","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yan12125/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-18T11:54:14Z","updated_at":"2015-12-18T11:54:14Z","body":"Could you run the following command:\r\n\r\n```\r\nyoutube-dl -vF --youtube-skip-dash-manifest \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JGSAmu4lg\"\r\n```\r\n\r\nAnd print the time of each line?"}}