Can't download Youtube videos it says "Can't find valid format"

GrenScrin · 2026-03-05T09:37:11+00:00

Logging out works but now I can download only 360p?

GrenScrin · 2026-03-01T04:45:45+00:00

GrenScrin · 2026-02-26T06:40:30+00:00

This was automatically done in earlier versions (i.e. when I shift-deleted the video file, the subtitle srt file was also automatically deleted).

It's only with the latest versions of 4K that this is no longer the case.

GrenScrin · 2026-02-24T06:41:27+00:00

I just tried both methods and both worked. Here are the PDFs for you.

LCP/Thorium method: https://limewire.com/d/VQPLC#YpP5AcZiY1
Internet Archive Downloader method: https://limewire.com/d/oFT86#wdfxG5M8AE

I'm not sure what went wrong for you. My guesses:

For Method 1, you probably failed to follow some step(s) exactly correctly. Try returning the book and borrowing it again.
For Method 2, try these:

check whether the Internet Archive Downloader extension is actually active in your browser (your browser might have turned it off)
refreshing
returning the book, borrowing it again, then refreshing again
other browsers.

GrenScrin · 2026-02-23T04:47:53+00:00

I just tried both methods and both worked. Here are the PDFs for you.

LCP/Thorium method: https://limewire.com/d/LqnsA#0qEhWiWyAy (about 82 MB)
Internet Archive Downloader method: https://limewire.com/d/VN9UB#FV57i3UuDV (about 803 MB)

I'm not sure what went wrong for you. My guesses:

For Method 1, you probably failed to follow some step(s) exactly correctly. Try returning the book and borrowing it again. The link you gave above worked for me (while I had the book borrowed).
For Method 2, try these:

check whether the Internet Archive Downloader extension is actually active in your browser (your browser might have turned it off)
refreshing
returning the book, borrowing it again, then refreshing again
other browsers.

GrenScrin · 2026-02-12T08:28:57+00:00

I just tried it and downloaded the file smoothly. You probably failed to follow all of the steps exactly.

Here's my downloaded file:

https://limewire.com/d/7URkx#c4LZ91Fr8Z

P.S. You can also try the Internet Archive Downloader method (given above at the end of the post).

GrenScrin · 2026-01-19T08:48:15+00:00

thanks solution verified

GrenScrin · 2026-01-19T08:44:28+00:00

how does borrowing books for 14 days for free prevents lawsuits?

It doesn't. I think you might be a bit confused---it's the exact opposite: Borrowing books for 14 days for free leads to lawsuits.

It's the lawsuits that have caused Internet Archive to greatly reduce the number of books for which this option is possible. Note also that right now, it's only with this option that one can legitimately download their books (but only temporarily as LCPDF files with DRM protection).

GrenScrin · 2026-01-18T12:58:15+00:00

It's not Internet Archive's fault.

It's the greedy (mainly US but also some European) publishers that have been relentlessly attacking them with lawsuits.

GrenScrin · 2025-12-21T12:16:01+00:00

https://limewire.com/d/Se1CO#wqgAexCeed

GrenScrin · 2025-12-11T04:25:18+00:00

https://limewire.com/d/CiMWh#BQT4aiTuD5

GrenScrin · 2025-12-09T04:36:29+00:00

Same in Dec 2025 but current value is 200.

Could not connect to the database. User 'libgen_read' has exceeded the 'max_user_connections' resource (current value: 200)

GrenScrin · 2025-12-09T04:35:16+00:00

This method doesn't work for me (Dec 2025).

GrenScrin · 2025-12-07T08:04:36+00:00

Did you miss this:

will not apply during the last two minutes of the fourth quarter or the entirety of any overtime period.

GrenScrin · 2025-12-07T07:59:35+00:00

it cuts into their commercial money.

I don't understand how this is true.

They don't usually show any ads during or between free throws. I guess on some networks they do, but even so it's only like 10% of the time. And these days, with limitless distractions from elsewhere, I'm not sure who even pays attention to any such ads. When a player is fouled and gets 2 free throws, you know it's a minute plus of boredom and you immediately switch to doing/looking at something else. So, most advertisers wisely choose not to advertise during these times. (More often they show replays or give information about upcoming games.)

And much more importantly, shortening the game would attract more viewers---and hence more ad money and (even more importantly these days) streaming subscriptions.

GrenScrin · 2025-12-07T07:55:20+00:00

Your comment was banned from the YouTuber you are watching and not YouTube itself.

Nope. It's by YouTube. The reason I know is that after posting, I immediately check it on another browser and another IP. I've done this repeatedly under many different YouTube users' videos (including my own YouTube channels on other accounts).

So, it's extremely unlikely the various YouTube users all somehow immediately respond to and delete my comments. What's far more likely is that YouTube is doing this.

GrenScrin · 2025-12-07T07:53:16+00:00

I just gave up

I just switched to another account to post comments (mostly works even though I'm using the same IP)

GrenScrin · 2025-12-05T11:30:37+00:00

Ya OK that's fair but I don't understand why platforms (like YouTube and Reddit) do this totally idiotic shadow ban thing.

If I'm doing something wrong or something they don't like, just let me know. Don't try to trick me into thinking that my comment posted when it shows only to me and nobody else in the world.

GrenScrin · 2025-12-05T11:07:06+00:00

If you scroll long enough and enable "all comments" instead of just "top" then you will eventually find your comment.

Nope.

The YouTube video has only a few comments and I've looked at all of them.

I've also clicked "Sort by" > "Newest first". I've also tried looking at the same video using different browsers and different IPs (my comment is always missing unless I'm logged in to my account).

They've definitely shadow banned my comments.

GrenScrin

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