diff --git a/archivebox/archive_methods.py b/archivebox/archive_methods.py
index 27cd7e5a..fd4d246d 100644
--- a/archivebox/archive_methods.py
+++ b/archivebox/archive_methods.py
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def fetch_media(link_dir, link, timeout=MEDIA_TIMEOUT, overwrite=False):
         result = run(CMD, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, cwd=output, timeout=timeout + 1)  # audio/audio.mp3
         end()
         if result.returncode:
-            if b'ERROR: Unsupported URL' in result.stderr:
+            if b'ERROR: Unsupported URL' in result.stderr or b'HTTP Error 404' in result.stderr:
                 pass
             else:
                 print('        got youtubedl response code {}:'.format(result.returncode))