Facebook Live Video Download not possible

[felixdreinulldrei]

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$ youtube-dl   -v "https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/1603390213014336/"  
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/1603390213014336/', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-14.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0-tessus, ffprobe 3.0-tessus, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 1603390213014336: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 1603390213014336: Downloading webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://video-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-prn1/v/dash-md/1603390216347669.mpd?_nc_rl=AfC-JcMttEY5gCFO&oh=eb923e934df2ce88022a291c022b15e2&oe=5849FF3D'
[download] Destination: Joe Biden Honored on Senate Floor-1603390213014336.mpd
[download] 100% of 2.87KiB in 00:00
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

It is not possible to download live videos. It just downloads the mpd file which is not working with ffmpeg or vlc. I also have tried it this way
$ youtube-dl -g "https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/1603390213014336/"
I get the stream url "https://video-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-prn1/v/dash-abr/1603390216347669.mpd?_nc_rl=AfAC1NE-mOyaDki-&oh=48157680dc0dbb6e0a27c769788abd97&oe=584AFED9"
Which is still not playing with common players.
If I place this streamurl string into youtube-dl than I get this debug log:
---log begin---------------------------------------------------------------------
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://video-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-prn1/v/dash-abr/1603390216347669.mpd?_nc_rl=AfAC1NE-mOyaDki-&oh=48157680dc0dbb6e0a27c769788abd97&oe=584AFED9', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-14.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0-tessus, ffprobe 3.0-tessus, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 1603390216347669: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://video-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-prn1/v/dash-abr/1603390216347669.mpd?_nc_rl=AfAC1NE-mOyaDki-&oh=48157680dc0dbb6e0a27c769788abd97&oe=584AFED9: HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway
[generic] 1603390216347669: Downloading webpage
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 1603390216347669: Extracting information
ERROR: No video formats found; 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 357, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1644, in _real_extract
self._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 924, in _sort_formats
raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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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Am I doing something wrong or is it just not supported?!
Meanwhile if you try this urls, maybe they are not active anymore because they were live.
Just try any live video from http://facebook.com/livemap

[dstftw]

Works fine for me. Post the output of:
youtube-dl -v --dump-pages https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/1603390213014336/

[felixdreinulldrei]

@dstftw Your example is downloading a recorded video (vod) in mp4 format. This not a "Live Video".
My point was that it is not processing live video broadcasts on facebook.
Pick some Live Video i.e. from www.facebook.com/livemap and try to download that video. Or try to play the downloaded mpd file with vlc or ffplay. Some weeks ago this was possible as facebook has delivered videos in hls and rtmp format. But since a while they are delivering live videos in mpeg dash format which somehow can not be handled with the latest youtube-dl versions?!

[dstftw]

Duplicate of #10787.