-                               # Unable to resume
-                               data = urllib2.urlopen(basic_request)
-                               content_length = data.info()['Content-Length']
-
-                               if content_length is not None and long(content_length) == resume_len:
-                                       # Because the file had already been fully downloaded
-                                       self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
-                                       return True
-                               else:
-                                       # Because the server didn't let us
-                                       self.report_unable_to_resume()
-                                       open_mode = 'wb'
+                               elif err.code == 416:
+                                       # Unable to resume (requested range not satisfiable)
+                                       try:
+                                               # Open the connection again without the range header
+                                               data = urllib2.urlopen(basic_request)
+                                               content_length = data.info()['Content-Length']
+                                       except (urllib2.HTTPError, ), err:
+                                               if err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600:
+                                                       raise
+                                       else:
+                                               # Examine the reported length
+                                               if (content_length is not None and
+                                                   (resume_len - 100 < long(content_length) < resume_len + 100)):
+                                                       # The file had already been fully downloaded.
+                                                       # Explanation to the above condition: in issue #175 it was revealed that
+                                                       # YouTube sometimes adds or removes a few bytes from the end of the file,
+                                                       # changing the file size slightly and causing problems for some users. So
+                                                       # I decided to implement a suggested change and consider the file
+                                                       # completely downloaded if the file size differs less than 100 bytes from
+                                                       # the one in the hard drive.
+                                                       self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
+                                                       return True
+                                               else:
+                                                       # The length does not match, we start the download over
+                                                       self.report_unable_to_resume()
+                                                       open_mode = 'wb'
+                                                       break
+                       # Retry
+                       count += 1
+                       if count <= retries:
+                               self.report_retry(count, retries)
+
+               if count > retries:
+                       self.trouble(u'ERROR: giving up after %s retries' % retries)
+                       return False