site support request for watch.hgtv.com

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• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2016.09.24

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What is the purpose of your issue?

• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

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 ```):

removed personal info $
$  youtube-dl  -v --ap-mso <TV provider name> --ap-username <email> --ap-password <pass> http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html#0247376
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--ap-mso', '$TV', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', 'http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html#0247376']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.07
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83034-gf48b6b8, ffprobe N-83034-gf48b6b8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] player.HFORF: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] player.HFORF: Downloading webpage
[generic] player.HFORF: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html#0247376
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfjt892j_\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 696, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfjt892j_\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 369, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfjt892j_\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2589, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html#0247376

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video that does not need account credentials :

http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html#0257479

• Single video: http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html#0257767
  needs TV Provider login.
• Playlist: http://watch.hgtv.com/player.HFORF.html

  http://watch.hgtv.com/home.html

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Show : Flip or Flop and others
videos may be region restricted to Canada
may be similar to www.hgtv.com
All videos need TV Login info..It would be great if someone can provide if needed

[StevenDTX]

This would be great if it includes all of Scripps sites (DIY, FOOD, Cooking, GAC, Travel) since the players on all of them are the same.

[bshaw]

+1

[StevenDTX]

Thanks @remitamine.