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xinto all the boxes [ ] relevant to your issue (like that [x])Make sure you are using the latest version: run
youtube-dl --versionand ensure your version is 2017.03.26. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.Before submitting an issue make sure you have:
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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-o', 'C:\Users\Gabriel\Videos\WMR Recordings\Temp\Aerial_Asia_03.mp4', '--no-check-certificate', '--verbose', 'http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/aerial-asia/ep3/483556']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.26
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-84814-gad7aff0, ffprobe N-84814-gad7aff0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[toggle] 483556: Downloading video page
[toggle] 483556: Downloading video info json
[toggle] 483556: Downloading STBMain m3u8 information
[toggle] 483556: Downloading iPhoneMain m3u8 information
[toggle] 483556: Downloading iPadMain m3u8 information
[toggle] 483556: Downloading Android m3u8 information
[toggle] 483556: Downloading HLS_Mobile m3u8 information
ERROR: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('vcodec',)); 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\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 428, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\toggle.py", line 139, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1416, in _extract_m3u8_formats
KeyError: 'vcodec'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 428, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\toggle.py", line 139, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1416, in _extract_m3u8_formats
KeyError: 'vcodec'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 761, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpje2_cfdl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 441, in extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('vcodec',)); 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.
Issue was reported in #12211
Other user presented a possible solution, but I am using Windows and am not familiar with modifying the python script and recompiling the executable. Any way I can get an updated executable which avoids this problem? Thanks.