Dailymotion support seems broken

[RomainBoulay]

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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 -v http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55kf8p_miss-france-miss-mayotte-elue-mis-gamelle-avec-une-chute-spectaculaire-en-gros-plan_tv
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55kf8p_miss-france-miss-mayotte-elue-mis-gamelle-avec-une-chute-spectaculaire-en-gros-plan_tv']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-16.1.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading webpage
WARNING: unable to extract comment count; 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.
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://www.dailymotion.com/cdn/H264-512x384/video/x55kf8p.mp4?auth=1482266618-2562-bkpla9gw-00148b4de354a1ba8484c11a9094a281'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1699, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1641, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 353, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 61, in real_download
    data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 469, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 656, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
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<end of log>

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

The downloading for any Dailymotion video seems broken, got HTTP Error 403 even though the videos were public. I believe you can reproduce the error with any link, regardless of the command line flags too.

[dstftw]

Carefully read new issue template and provide all requested information.

[RomainBoulay]

Hey @dstftw,

I've reformatted my post, the bug still exists and I hope I gave all the needed info.

Cheers.

[dstftw]

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. Read this FAQ entry if you have troubles updating.

[RomainBoulay]

My bad. I've upgraded the software and updated this PR's description as the issues persist

[yan12125]

Works for me.

$ youtube-dl -v "http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55kf8p_miss-france-miss-mayotte-elue-mis-gamelle-avec-une-chute-spectaculaire-en-gros-plan_tv"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55kf8p_miss-france-miss-mayotte-elue-mis-gamelle-avec-une-chute-spectaculaire-en-gros-plan_tv']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.18
[debug] Git HEAD: 954529c10
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.8.13-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.2, ffprobe 3.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading webpage
WARNING: unable to extract comment count; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x55kf8p: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://www.dailymotion.com/cdn/H264-512x384/video/x55kf8p.mp4?auth=1482293200-2562-yqnwls4j-07e7e9d4f70e50c4644fead3cd05e6d1'
[download] Destination: Miss France - Miss Mayotte élue... Mis Gamelle avec une chute spectaculaire en gros plan  !-x55kf8p.mp4
[download] 100% of 845.58KiB in 00:00

[RomainBoulay]

Ok I think I understood the issue. When a client is downloading several dailymotion videos, the website presents a login page that prevents youtube-dl to work normally.

I tried to workaround the issue using --username ... --password ... but that does not solve the issue. Any idea how one could make it work?

cheers

[yan12125]

Dailymotion authentication are not supported yet. You may want to open a new issue for that.

[RomainBoulay]

Thanks. I created another issue here: #11491