[8tracks] Unable to extract trax information

[ghost]

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$ y -v 'http://8tracks.com/ytdl/youtube-dl-test-tracks-a'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-4', '-f', 'best', '--prefer-free-formats', '--no-cache-dir', '--no-mtime', '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest']
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://8tracks.com/ytdl/youtube-dl-test-tracks-a']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.08.12
[debug] Python version 3.5.2+ - Linux-4.7.0-rc7-686-i686-with-debian-stretch-sid
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.1.2, ffprobe 3.1.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[8tracks] youtube-dl-test-tracks-a: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract trax information; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 347, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py", line 111, in _real_extract
    r"(?s)PAGE\.mix\s*=\s*({.+?});\n", webpage, 'trax information'),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 650, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract trax information; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

http://8tracks.com/ytdl/youtube-dl-test-tracks-a

[yan12125]

It says:

Oops! It looks like the mix you are trying to listen to is not currently available. In the meantime, check out these playlists.

Do you have other examples?

[ghost]

@yan12125 http://8tracks.com/wildernessqueen/the-battle-begins#smart_id=all:safe
Downloading is not going:

[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading webpage
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading song information 1/16
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading song information 2/16
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading song information 3/16
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading song information 4/16
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading song information 5/16
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Downloading song information 6/16
[8tracks] the-battle-begins: Waiting for 255.3125 seconds

[yan12125]

It's a countermeasure against throttling detection of 8tracks.com. See #2310 for discussion.

I'll try to update the test, while #7350 should be resolved first.

[ackspam]

youtube-dl not working with 8tracks again, it was ok earlier in June, I suspect 8tracks changed something.

youtube-dl -U

youtube-dl is up-to-date (2017.06.18)

youtube-dl --verbose "https://8tracks.com/saturnsgold/im-pulse"

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://8tracks.com/saturnsgold/im-pulse']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.8
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.9-6, avprobe 11.9-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[8tracks] im-pulse: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract trax information; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 762, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py", line 111, in _real_extract
r"(?s)PAGE.mix\s*=\s*({.+?});\n", webpage, 'trax information'),
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 782, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract trax information; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[ackspam]

8tracks is working again in version 2017.06.25!