[Funimation] Unable to extract players data

[MartinWeingaertner]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

C:\Users\Martin\Desktop\test>youtube-dl.exe "http://www.funimation.com/shows/seiyus-life/videos/official/recording" -u user -p password -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.funimation.com/shows/seiyus-life/videos/official/recording', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.11.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-81338-g6612d04, ffprobe N-81338-g6612d04, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Funimation] Logging in as user
[Funimation] recording: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract players data; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 347, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\funimation.py", line 157, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 650, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract players data; 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.

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Seems to be a recent issue, last time I downloaded something about 8 days ago everything still worked.
Other sites (I tried Crunchyroll) do not seem to be affected.

[yan12125]

Funimation blocks automatic downloaders now. Could you try --cookies?

[MartinWeingaertner]

With the --cookies option the message changes to the one below, like in #10639.

C:\Users\Martin\Desktop\test>youtube-dl.exe "http://www.funimation.com/shows/seiyus-life/videos/official/recording" -u user -p password --cookies cookies.txt -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.funimation.com/shows/seiyus-life/videos/official/recording', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '--cookies', 'cookies.txt', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.11.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-81338-g6612d04, ffprobe N-81338-g6612d04, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Funimation] Logging in as user
ERROR: Unable to log in; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 346, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 340, in initialize
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\funimation.py", line 113, in _real_initialize
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\funimation.py", line 110, in _login
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unable to log in; 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.

[yan12125]

How about use --cookies and remove --username and --password?

[MartinWeingaertner]

That seems to lead back to square one:

C:\Users\Martin\Desktop\test>youtube-dl.exe "http://www.funimation.com/shows/seiyus-life/videos/official/recording" --cookies cookies.txt -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.funimation.com/shows/seiyus-life/videos/official/recording', '--cookies', 'cookies.txt', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.11.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-81338-g6612d04, ffprobe N-81338-g6612d04, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Funimation] recording: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract players data; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 347, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\funimation.py", line 157, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj47q005f\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 650, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract players data; 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.

[Parent5446]

You need to have --cookies in order to use Funimation now due to recent changes with their site.

As noted, the login error you get when using --cookies is a separate bug that I've documented in #10639, and should hopefully have a PR ready for today.

@MartinWeingaertner if possible, could you try checking out or applying my patch (Parent5446/youtube-dl@833f233) and see if it resolves the issue you're facing?

[MartinWeingaertner]

@Parent5446 I've somehow managed to clone the repo and test your patch. I can confirm that it is working and that these two issues are indeed one and the same. Thank you for your work and I hope this patch is soon included in a new release.

[Parent5446]

@MartinWeingaertner if things are working again, feel free to close this.

[MartinWeingaertner]

Closing this for the moment.