Sixplay : changes on the platform -> it does not work anymore

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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 --verbose 'http://www.6play.fr/l-amour-est-dans-le-pre-p_857/presentation-des-nouveaux-agriculteurs-de-la-saison-12-2-2--c_11643076'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'http://www.6play.fr/l-amour-est-dans-le-pre-p_857/presentation-des-nouveaux-agriculteurs-de-la-saison-12-2-2--c_11643076']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-38-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-18-sarah
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[SixPlay] 11643076: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); 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.
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2006, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: http://www.6play.fr/chasseurs-d-appart--p_5094/le-choc-des-champions-episode-2-bordeaux-c_11652910
• Single video: http://www.6play.fr/la-maison-d-a-cote-p_6386/episode-1-le-mariage-d-ignacia-et-gonzalo-c_11633912
• Playlist : N/A

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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This issue concerns the downloading of JSON Metadata. It worked before, but since some days this error appears.

Thanks a lot.