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ERROR: Signature extraction failed #11898
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URL that caused the error: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ZI3IrojMU |
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It is working for some URLs. It fails most of the time. |
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I'm having the same issue. |
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Same |
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Looks like something about the endpoint changing to https? |
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Nope, tried http over https..no luck so far. |
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#11892 |
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@Khang-NT that works. Thanks man! |
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Worked like Charm. Thanks. |
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Thank you @Khang-NT! |
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Hey there, yesterday it was working fine. Got this error in the morning.
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1057, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 519, in _download_webpage
res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 426, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 406, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 421, in open
protocol = req.get_type()
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 283, in get_type
raise ValueError, "unknown url type: %s" % self.__original
ValueError: unknown url type: /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflV3n15C/base.js
(caused by ValueError(u'unknown url type: /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflV3n15C/base.js',)); 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.
Please fix this issue asap.