ValueError: unknown url type: /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflV3n15C/base.js

[plittlefield]

 youtube-dl -v --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDUZs5tiYM"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--extract-audio', u'--audio-format', u'mp3', u'--audio-quality', u'0', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDUZs5tiYM']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-59-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 6kDUZs5tiYM: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 6kDUZs5tiYM: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 6kDUZs5tiYM: Extracting video information
[youtube] {43} signature length 42.43, html5 player en_US-vflV3n15C
[youtube] 6kDUZs5tiYM: Downloading player /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflV3n15C/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1057, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
    errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_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 "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 421, in open
    protocol = req.get_type()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/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; 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 1057, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
    errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_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 "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 421, in open
    protocol = req.get_type()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/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
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 369, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1646, in _real_extract
    encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1057, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 971, in _extract_signature_function
    errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_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 "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 421, in open
    protocol = req.get_type()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/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

[jaydenkieran]

Duplicate of #11890