[tv.nrk.no] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

[PellePolitibil]

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-v', '--restrict-filenames', '-o', '\\Download\\%(series)s\\%(title)s.%(height)sp.%(ext)s', '--write-sub', '--convert-subs', 'srt', '--embed-subs', '--recode-video', 'mkv', '--ffmpeg-location', 'C:\\Users\\Something\\Downloads\\ffmpeg-20161025-c117343-win64-static\\bin\\', '--download-archive', 'nrk_archive.txt', '-a', 'showsToDownload.txt']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: []
[debug] Batch file urls: ['https://tv.nrk.no/serie/brannmann-sam/OBUI27008308/sesong-3/episode-33']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.07
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82117-gc117343, ffprobe N-82117-gc117343
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 84.214.88.171 (NO) as X-Forwarded-For.
[NRKTV] OBUI27008308: Downloading mediaelement JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable (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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 496, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpvin3ute2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2093, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Had a script running for quite some time to archive shows to my HDD but suddenly today it failed.
Not sure why and it says in the error message to post it here, and here we are. Tried both with ydl in a python script and using the youtube-dl.exe file in windows, both failed. I am able to watch the show I am trying to download in the browser.

[dstftw]

Works fine for me.
Add --no-geo-bypass and try again.

[PellePolitibil]

Seems that the issue might have been caused by something on the providers site. The script is now working again without any changes.