[freeform.go.com] RegexNotFoundError

[jaylweb]

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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: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ap-mso', 'DTV', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '--verbose', '-f', 'mp4', 'http://freeform.go.com/shows/the-middle/episodes/season-5/22-heck-on-a-hard-body']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.05.29
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82092-g89ec4ad, ffprobe N-82092-g89ec4ad, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Go] 22-heck-on-a-hard-body: Downloading webpage
[Go] VDKA0_p6zupalj: Downloading JSON metadata
[Go] VDKA0_p6zupalj: Downloading Provider Redirect Page
[Go] VDKA0_p6zupalj: Downloading Provider Login Page
[Go] VDKA0_p6zupalj: Logging in
ERROR: Unable to extract post 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 760, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\go.py", line 119, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\adobepass.py", line 1476, in _extract_mvpd_auth
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\adobepass.py", line 1348, in post_form
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 791, in _html_search_regex
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf1wnshrp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 782, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract post 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):

• Single video: http://freeform.go.com/shows/the-middle/episodes/season-5/22-heck-on-a-hard-body
• Single video: http://freeform.go.com/shows/the-middle/episodes/season-5/21-office-hours
• Single video: http://freeform.go.com/shows/the-middle/episodes/season-5/23-orlando

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Unable to download videos from freeform.go.com from the single video links I provided above. I believe there is a regex error. Seems like a similar to issue #11937.

[yan12125]

Apparently logging with DTV is broken. See #12997