not able to dl mp4 file from 'new' VK

[LandisTwo]

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landis@linux-e6420:~/Downloads/x-media> sudo youtube-dl -U
root's password:
Updating to version 2016.10.25 ...
Updated youtube-dl. Restart youtube-dl to use the new version.
landis@linux-e6420:~/Downloads/x-media> youtube-dl -v -f [height=480] --username 'MY.USERNAME@vk' --password=MYPassword https://vk.com/video-102753747_456257621
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-f', u'[height=480]', u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password=PRIVATE', u'https://vk.com/video-102753747_456257621']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.25
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-3.16.7-42-desktop-x86_64-with-SuSE-13.2-x86_64
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.2, ffprobe 3.0.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vk] Downloading login page
[vk] Logging in as landis.reed@yandex.ru
[vk] -102753747_456257621: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract vars; 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/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py", line 372, in _real_extract
    data_json = self._search_regex(r'var\s+vars\s*=\s*({.+?});', info_page, 'vars')
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 659, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract vars; 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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I know VK (ВКонтаке) has been re-writing how it streams videos. Some still use FF downloader, ant, some can / could be dl'd with get and all could be dl'd with youtube-dl... Now it takes some extra steps.

But, this is No an issue with how I do it, but yt-dl just wont.
On VK I have to pass my username & password.
Example:

> youtube-dl -v -f [height=480] username='MyUser.Name@VK' password=MyPassword https://vk.com/path/to/video

any ideas?

thank you for working on this project!
LandisTwo

[sudovijay]

Vk just updated it source code ! instead of var vars switch it to this "params":\[({.+?\})\]

[LandisTwo]

So, you've closed this report, Does that mean you've fixed the issue, you're fixing it, you're Not going to fix it or are we (am i) supposed to edit some source with the 'Fix extraction' snippet ?

Thanks for the program, love it.
Landis.

[Hrxn]

It's fixed..

[LandisTwo]

Спасибо! Thank You.
I updated using zypper, but it still didn't work.
ran # youtube-dl --version & found still 10.25 version
ran # youtube-dl -U and got 2016.10.26
Now the world is beautiful again. : )

Thanks.