Youtube converter error: no element found: line 1, column 0 #1429
Description
main.py:
from markitdown import MarkItDown
md = MarkItDown(enable_plugins=False)
result = md.convert("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOejI6c0CMQ")
print(result.text_content)output:
(.venv) PS C:\Users\malay\OneDrive\Documents\Open Source\markitdown> python main.py
C:\Users\malay\OneDrive\Documents\Open Source\markitdown\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pydub\utils.py:170: RuntimeWarning: Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work
warn("Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work", RuntimeWarning)
Attempt 1 failed: no element found: line 1, column 0
Attempt 2 failed: no element found: line 1, column 0
Attempt 3 failed: no element found: line 1, column 0
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cause:
In youtube-transcript-api~=1.0.0 this problem exists for some reason which was fixed after v1.1.0 (Reference)