VDH Firefox MacOS Sierra YouTube Aggregating Errors

[Howard Fredrics]

As a MacOS Sierra user running Firefox 96.0.1 and VDH 7.6.0
I've just recently started using VDH after my usual methods with MacX YouTube Downloader of downloading YouTube videos suddenly (this week) stopped working.
After installing the VDH extension, along with the companion app, and registering the license, I received failed aggregating errors as follows.  I have no idea of what could be causing this and what to do.  Can anyone help out a relative newbie?
Thanks so much:

Failed aggregating "Park Ridge vs. Palisades Park Varsity Womens' Basketball - YouTube"ffmpeg version n4.1.5-vdhcoapp Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple LLVM version 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1) configuration: --arch=x86_64 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --extra-version=vdhcoapp --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --prefix=/Users/mig/localgit/vdhcoapp/converter/src-build/mac/64/converter-build --enable-version3 --extra-cflags=-I/Users/mig/localgit/vdhcoapp/converter/src-build/mac/64/deps/include --extra-ldflags='-L/Users/mig/localgit/vdhcoapp/converter/src-build/mac/64/deps/lib -L/Users/mig/localgit/vdhcoapp/converter/src-build/mac/64/zlib' --pkg-config=pkg-config --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-encoder=libvpx-vp9 --enable-libwebp --enable-zlib --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libx265 --enable-libtheora --enable-libaom --disable-doc libavutil 56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100 libavcodec 58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100 libavformat 58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100 libavdevice 58. 5.100 / 58. 5.100 libavfilter 7. 40.101 / 7. 40.101 libswscale 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100 libswresample 3. 3.100 / 3. 3.100 libpostproc 55. 3.100 / 55. 3.100 Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/var/folders/4c/fmpy3c1n3y5_d6wjs0_h4yy00000gp/T/vdh-87005NB8ISi9xJlVr.tmp': Metadata: encoder : google/video-file Duration: 02:29:03.56, start: -0.007000, bitrate: 125 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default) Input #1, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/var/folders/4c/fmpy3c1n3y5_d6wjs0_h4yy00000gp/T/vdh-87005ONG22JKxp708.tmp': Metadata: major_brand : dash minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: iso6avc1mp41 creation_time : 2022-01-15T11:45:14.000000Z Duration: 02:29:03.53, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3569 kb/s Stream #1:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2022-01-15T11:45:14.000000Z handler_name : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Input #2, gif, from '/var/folders/4c/fmpy3c1n3y5_d6wjs0_h4yy00000gp/T/vdh-wm-87005fV83nqDl87gh.gif': Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A Stream #2:0: Video: gif, bgra, 310x310, 10 tbr, 100 tbn, 100 tbc Stream mapping: Stream #1:0 (h264) -> overlay:main Stream #2:0 (gif) -> overlay:overlay overlay -> Stream #0:0 (libx264) Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] using SAR=1/1 [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] using cpu capabilities: none! [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] profile High, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] 264 - core 161 r3039 544c61f - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2021 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=12 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=9999 keyint_min=30 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00 Output #0, matroska, to '/Users/howard/dwhelper/Park Ridge vs. Palisades Park Varsity Womens' Basketball - Y-1.mkv': Metadata: encoder : Lavf58.20.100 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) (H264 / 0x34363248), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=-1--1, 30 fps, 1k tbn, 30 tbc (default) Metadata: encoder : Lavc58.35.100 libx264 Side data: cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1 Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: opus ([255][255][255][255] / 0xFFFFFFFF), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default) [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] frame I:6 Avg QP:20.05 size:154427 [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] frame P:18115 Avg QP:22.70 size: 31691 [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] frame B:38821 Avg QP:27.78 size: 5651 [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] consecutive B-frames: 2.1% 18.9% 6.0% 73.0% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] mb I I16..4: 9.2% 66.0% 24.8% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] mb P I16..4: 2.5% 5.2% 1.0% P16..4: 41.8% 10.4% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:32.6% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] mb B I16..4: 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% B16..8: 35.1% 1.5% 0.6% direct: 0.5% skip:61.8% L0:44.1% L1:54.1% BI: 1.9% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] 8x8 transform intra:58.7% inter:72.1% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 48.8% 64.4% 16.8% inter: 8.5% 9.1% 0.3% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] i16 v,h,dc,p: 19% 53% 13% 15% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 37% 25% 2% 3% 3% 4% 3% 6% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 33% 17% 4% 5% 5% 5% 4% 4% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] i8c dc,h,v,p: 44% 31% 18% 7% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] ref P L0: 72.2% 13.0% 11.3% 3.5% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] ref B L0: 93.4% 6.0% 0.6% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] ref B L1: 96.3% 3.7% [libx264 @ 0x7fc5bd900400] kb/s:3348.18 Exiting normally, received signal 15. 

[Wild Willy]

Welcome to the group. As a new user, you will probably find this useful:

https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s

You might find some helpful links in there, at least for future reference.

Your problem description is missing one important fact: the URL you are dealing with.
Also, it might be relevant to know whether you are doing a straight Download or a
Download and Convert.

[Howard Fredrics]

Hi, Willy!

Thanks for your note!

To answer your question, I since tried a couple of different videos, and actually, though I'm still getting "error aggregating" warnings the videos seem to work, whereas, initially, the output files appeared to have no video contained (e.g. when trying to import into Handbrake).  Not sure why things suddenly started downloading and converting more or less correctly.   I've also had some issues getting the videos to import into Premiere with audio intact.  At this point, I'm getting .mkv files as output where the video imports into Premiere, but the audio is missing.  When playing the files outside of Premiere, for example, with VLC, Quicktime, Streamclip or Handbrake, I can hear and see video and audio together.  But Premiere doesn't seem to be able to import .mkv files correctly.  My temporary fix is to output audio only from VLC or other programs, and import the audio into the Premiere project, drop it in under the video in a sequence, and link them together.  

The process I'm using involves both download and convert from VDH.  I thought I was converting to mp4 files with H264 codec as specified in my VDH settings, but I don't get the properly wrapped results that Premiere understands directly.

As for the URLs I tried to download, here are two examples:
https://youtu.be/Z6ugSByUF3A
https://youtu.be/raD4ZK8Z4mE

Thanks again for any further suggestions, particularly in terms of the weird errors I get with aggregating.

Howard

Park Ridge vs. Hawthorne Christian Academy Varsity Mens' Basketball youtu.be

Park Ridge vs. Wood-Ridge Varsity Womens' Basketball youtu.be

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Welcome to the group.  As a new user, you will probably find this useful:

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You might find some helpful links in there, at least for future reference.

Your problem description is missing one important fact: the URL you are dealing with.
Also, it might be relevant to know whether you are doing a straight Download or a
Download and Convert.

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[Wild Willy]

Sounds like you're doing a lot of post-processing that I have no experience with. But I
should point out that it is quite common to find content on YouTube (and around the web
in general) that is delivered as separate video & audio items. So a Download & Convert
can very well fail. You're much better off sticking to straight Download. Then inspect
your results. You may have gotten audio only. You may have gotten video only. If you
do a download of something that has only the 1 track, the convert is doomed to fail. So
rather than just losing your download because it doesn't convert, I recommend you drop
back to straight download, inspect the output, & if it has both video & audio, which does
regularly happen, then convert the file after the fact using the VDH conversion function.
When you get something that has only audio or only video, go back to the YouTube page &
look at the VDH menu again. It may have the other track in another variant. You can
then download that second variant & deal with the 2 tracks separately after you've
downloaded them both. This forum contains many reports of people encountering separate
audio & video, both on YouTube & on other sites. There's a section about that in the
Table of Contents thread whose link I gave above. So how do you determine from the VDH
menu what variants are single-track items? You don't. It's down to trial & error. The
other track may be there, it may not. You may discover that there is a variant that
consists of both video & audio but it's at a lower video resolution than you might want.
In that case, tough luck. That's what there is. YouTube is inconsistent about these
things. VDH can't invent what YouTube doesn't give it.