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[ssbrshei]

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$ alias ytd
alias ytd='ytd -w -c --no-check-certificate -f mp4 --write-sub --write-auto-sub'
$ ytd --version
2017.01.29
$ ytd -v 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N22CJh64dw8'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--continue', u'--ignore-errors', u'--no-check-certificate', u'-f', u'mp4', u'--write-sub', u'--write-auto-sub']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-w', u'-c', u'--no-check-certificate', u'-f', u'mp4', u'--write-sub', u'--write-auto-sub', u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N22CJh64dw8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out None, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64-x86_64-with-redhat-7.3-Maipo
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.6.8, ffprobe 2.6.8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] N22CJh64dw8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] N22CJh64dw8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] N22CJh64dw8: Extracting video information
WARNING: video doesn't have subtitles
[youtube] N22CJh64dw8: Looking for automatic captions
WARNING: Couldn't find automatic captions for N22CJh64dw8
[youtube] {43} signature length 42.43, html5 player en_US-vflV3n15C
[youtube] N22CJh64dw8: Downloading player /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflV3n15C/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1057, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, 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 "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 436, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 423, in open
protocol = req.get_type()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 285, 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; 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 "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1057, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, 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 "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 436, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 423, in open
protocol = req.get_type()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 285, in get_type
raise ValueError, "unknown url type: %s" % self.__original
ValueError: unknown url type: /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflV3n15C/base.js
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 369, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1646, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1067, in _decrypt_signature
'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1057, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, 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 "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 436, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/u/shei/bin/ytd/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 423, in open
protocol = req.get_type()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 285, 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; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[jaydenkieran]

Duplicate of #11890

[ssbrshei]

Sorry. Please ignore this duplicated one.