Liveleak Unable To Download

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.04.15. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• [x ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.04.15

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• [x ] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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• [x ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

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 ```):

$ youtube-dl -v --buffer-size 16k -i --hls-prefer-ffmpeg --ffmpeg-location /usr/bin -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s' -R 5 https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76a_1492199510
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--buffer-size', u'16k', u'-i', u'--hls-prefer-ffmpeg', u'--ffmpeg-location', u'/usr/bin', u'-o', u'%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s', u'-R', u'5', u'https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76a_1492199510']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-72-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: avconv 3.2.2-1, avprobe 3.2.2-1, ffmpeg 3.2.2-1, ffprobe 3.2.2-1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[LiveLeak] 76a_1492199510: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract embed URL; 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 429, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/liveleak.py", line 107, in _real_extract
    webpage, 'embed URL')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 778, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract embed URL; 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.

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

Website video: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76a_1492199510

youtube-dl --version
2017.04.15

youtube-dl --verbose --buffer-size 16k -i --hls-prefer-ffmpeg --ffmpeg-location /usr/bin -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s' -R 5 https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76a_1492199510

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--buffer-size', u'16k', u'-i', u'--hls-prefer-ffmpeg', u'--ffmpeg-location', u'/usr/bin', u'-o', u'%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s', u'-R', u'5', u'https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76a_1492199510']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-72-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: avconv 3.2.2-1, avprobe 3.2.2-1, ffmpeg 3.2.2-1, ffprobe 3.2.2-1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[LiveLeak] 76a_1492199510: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract embed URL; 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 429, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/liveleak.py", line 107, in _real_extract
webpage, 'embed URL')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 778, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract embed URL; 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.

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I tried to download a single video from liveleak.com and it failed with the message shown above. I hope this is enough information and thank you for maintaining this app.