unknown url type: %s" % self.__original

[rchawdhari]

youtube-dl https://youtu.be/quv_9DZVLso
[youtube] quv_9DZVLso: Downloading webpage
[youtube] quv_9DZVLso: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] quv_9DZVLso: Extracting video information
[youtube] quv_9DZVLso: Downloading js player en_US-vflg9Wu9U
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 919, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 517, 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 424, 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 404, 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-vflg9Wu9U/base.js
(caused by ValueError(u'unknown url type: /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflg9Wu9U/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.
rashmi@rashmi-Lenovo-G50-80:/opt/cc$ youtube-dl https://youtu.be/1jia8ZCAPO0
[youtube] 1jia8ZCAPO0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 1jia8ZCAPO0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 1jia8ZCAPO0: Extracting video information
[youtube] 1jia8ZCAPO0: Downloading js player en_US-vflg9Wu9U
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 919, in _extract_signature_function
errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 517, 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 424, 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 404, 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-vflg9Wu9U/base.js
(caused by ValueError(u'unknown url type: /yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflg9Wu9U/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.

[dstftw]

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