Error : Unable to log in Pluralsight.

[martinserafim93]

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Hi, I have a problem, it say "ERROR: Unable to log in;". I try to download on Pluralsight. This my output ::
$ youtube-dl -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.12+ - Linux-4.8.0-39-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.10-yakkety
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.10.1, ffprobe 3.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.10.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

And this it issue ::
$ youtube-dl --username ****@ --password ************ --write
-sub https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/aspdotnetcore-efcore-bootstrap-angular-web-app --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--write-sub', u'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/aspdotnetcore-efcore-bootstrap-angular-web-app', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.12+ - Linux-4.8.0-39-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.10-yakkety
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.10.1, ffprobe 3.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.10.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] aspdotnetcore-efcore-bootstrap-angular-web-app: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Building a Web App with ASP.NET Core, MVC 6, EF Core, and Angular
[pluralsight:course] playlist Building a Web App with ASP.NET Core, MVC 6, EF Core, and Angular: Collected 112 video ids (downloading 112 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 112
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in as **@
ERROR: Unable to log in; 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/YoutubeDL.py", line 761, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 426, in extract
self.initialize()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 384, in initialize
self._real_initialize()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 60, in _real_initialize
self._login()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 100, in _login
raise ExtractorError('Unable to log in')
ExtractorError: Unable to log in; 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.

[luizconrado]

Same problem here:

C:\Users\xxxx.xxxx\Downloads\Pluralsight - Angular 2 First Look>youtube-dl --username xxxx.xxx@xxxxxx.com --password xxxxxxx --rate-limit 512K --verbose --sleep-interval 180 -o "%(autonumber)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" --all-subs --playlist-start 1 https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/xxxxx-xx-xxxxx-xxxx
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '--rate-limit', '512K', '--verbose', '--sleep-interval', '180', '-o', '%(autonumber)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', '--all-subs', '--playlist-start', '1', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/angular-2-first-look']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.07
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] angular-2-first-look: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Angular 2: First Look
[pluralsight:course] playlist Angular 2: First Look: Collected 95 video ids (downloading 95 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 95
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in as xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxx.com
ERROR: Unable to log in; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 761, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 426, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 384, in initialize
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pluralsight.py", line 60, in _real_initialize
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pluralsight.py", line 100, in _login
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unable to log in; 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.

[serendipity30]

Same issue here for me too

[aasteins]

Got the same error, w/ 2017.03.07 and 2017.02.x version.

[luizconrado]

Please, reply on this thread. Thanks.

[dstftw]

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