Can't download 360 video from Facebook

[yvonneng]

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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 ```):

$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.facebook.com/WITNESS/videos/10154958249510329/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.facebook.com/WITNESS/videos/10154958249510329/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.02
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Darwin-15.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0, ffprobe 3.0, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 10154958249510329: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Cannot find video formats; 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 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 355, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 334, in _real_extract
    webpage, info_dict = self._extract_from_url(real_url, video_id, fatal_if_no_video=False)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 301, in _extract_from_url
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot find video formats')
ExtractorError: Cannot find video formats; 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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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: https://www.facebook.com/WITNESS/videos/10154958249510329/

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I can't seem to download 360-video from Facebook. I've downloaded other videos from this FB page no problem.

[yan12125]

d9ee2e5 fixed detection and this video can be downloaded now. Note that 3D videos are actually 6 small videos from different cameras, so you need a 3D-enabled video player to play it correctly.

[raj6996]

how to batch download from video category:
expl: https://www.facebook.com/acervoarrocha.com.br/videos/

[yan12125]

@raj6996 User videos are not supported yet. See #10563