Simply doesn't work

[smikkelsen]

Great idea, I wanted it to work so badly, but it just doesn't.

I spent a few hours trying different things with no luck.

$: wgif install
All dependencies are installed. Go make a gif.
$: wgif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A78yTvIY1k bjork.gif
WGif can't find a valid YouTube video at that URL.
Usage: wgif [YouTube URL] [output file] [options]    
-f, --frames N                   Number of frames in the final gif. (Default 20)
-s, --start HH:MM:SS.SSSS        Start creating gif from input video at this timestamp. (Default 00:00:00)
-d, --duration seconds           Number of seconds of input video to capture. (Default 1.0)
-w, --width pixels               Width of the gif in pixels. (Default 480px)
-u, --upload                     Upload finished gif to Imgur
-i, --info                       Displays info about finished gif (currently just file size)
-p, --preview                    Preview finished gif with Quick Look
-h, --help                       Print help information.
-v, --version                    Print version.

Example:

$ wgif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A78yTvIY1k bjork.gif -s 00:03:30 -d 2.2 -w 400 --upload

This is one of the common errors I get. Once in a while I will get an error saying something like "error transcoding video"

I've tried dozens of youtube urls, short ones, long ones. Never any success.

Any ideas how to fix this? or is this project no longer maintained?