[dailymotion] "unable to extract comment count" warning

[scfc]

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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 ```):

[tim@passepartout /tmp/tmp.yut8CyFERW]$ ./youtube-dl -v http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5cnyfr
[debug] System config: [u'--prefer-free-formats']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5cnyfr']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.02.21
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Linux-4.9.9-200.fc25.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-25-Twenty_Five
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.1.7, ffprobe 3.1.7, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading webpage
WARNING: unable to extract comment count; 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.
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[dailymotion] x5cnyfr: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://www.dailymotion.com/cdn/H264-1920x1080/video/x5cnyfr.mp4?auth=1487877568-2562-7l2uz9qg-63451a3fef7415ac564a60576bf5b36b'
[download] Resuming download at byte 56119163
[download] Destination: Air Crash Investigation - Killer Attitude (S17E01)-x5cnyfr.mp4
[download]   2.8% of 1.90GiB at  1.33MiB/s ETA 23:37^C
ERROR: Interrupted by user
[tim@passepartout /tmp/tmp.yut8CyFERW]$

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

The [dailymotion] downloader warns: "unable to extract comment count".

[yan12125]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5cnyfr has gone. Any new examples?

[scfc]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2sq97f_air-disasters-mayday-munich-season-3-episode-2_tv? IIRC this happens for all Dailymotion videos.