Signature extraction failed ERROR

[florian-j-kuehn]

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.01.10. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.01.10

At this point i need to point out that I am on MacOSX and used brew to install youtube-dl. My version is 2016.12.22. When trying to make an update with pip install -U youtube-dl i get the following:
Requirement already up-to-date: youtube-dl in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages.
Clearly i updated the sources before.

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBe971VIpa0']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.22
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Darwin-16.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] oBe971VIpa0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] oBe971VIpa0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] oBe971VIpa0: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 44.40, html5 player en_US-vflsagga9
[youtube] oBe971VIpa0: Downloading player https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflsagga9/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1005, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 932, in _extract_signature_function
cache_res = res(test_string)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 984, in
return lambda s: initial_function([s])
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 254, in resf
res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 55, in interpret_statement
v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 174, in interpret_expression
return objmember
KeyError: u'qC'
(caused by KeyError(u'qC',)); 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/extractor/youtube.py", line 1005, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 932, in _extract_signature_function
cache_res = res(test_string)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 984, in
return lambda s: initial_function([s])
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 254, in resf
res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 55, in interpret_statement
v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 174, in interpret_expression
return objmember
KeyError: u'qC'
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 358, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1584, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1015, in _decrypt_signature
'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1005, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 932, in _extract_signature_function
cache_res = res(test_string)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 984, in
return lambda s: initial_function([s])
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 254, in resf
res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 55, in interpret_statement
v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 174, in interpret_expression
return objmember
KeyError: u'qC'
(caused by KeyError(u'qC',)); 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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