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Make sure you are using the latest version: run
youtube-dl --versionand ensure your version is 2016.08.19. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.Before submitting an issue make sure you have:
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$ youtube-dl --proxy XX.XXX.XX.XX:XXXX http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/video/VaRfqqd08am0B8pdP148dnULUAeNWj3j/big-brother-episode-27/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--proxy', u'XX.XXX.XX.XX:XXXX', u'http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/video/VaRfqqd08am0B8pdP148dnULUAeNWj3j/big-brother-episode-27/', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.08.19
[debug] Python - Linux - Debian
[debug] Proxy map: {u'http': u'XX.XXX.XX.XX:XXXX', u'https': u'XX.XXX.XX.XX:XXXX'}
[CBS] VaRfqqd08am0B8pdP148dnULUAeNWj3j: Downloading JSON metadata
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 19, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 433, in main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 423, in _real_main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1786, in download
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 347, in extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/cbs.py", line 63, in _real_extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/cbs.py", line 29, in _extract_video_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 308, in _extract_feed_info
IndexError: list index out of range
Thank you for your help.