Ustream.tv No video formats found

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Hi!
I'm trying to download a video from ustream, and get this error:

youtube-dl --verbose http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/105007891
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/105007891']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.25
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ustream] 105007891: Downloading JSON metadata
[ustream] 105007891: Downloading connection info
[ustream] 105007891: Downloading stream info
ERROR: No video formats found; 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\tmpuoca4kkw\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 762, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpuoca4kkw\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpuoca4kkw\build\youtube_dl\extractor\ustream.py", line 217, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpuoca4kkw\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1056, in _sort_formats
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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.

[parmjitv]

Also see issues #11072 and #12662. Apparently this has been an ongoing issue for some time now.

The JSON data can be retrieved for this particular video without any problems, but does not contain any references to media links for some wonky reason:

{u'protect': u'public', u'description': u'NEBU_KURO', u'links': {u'channel': {u'href': u'https://api.ustream.tv/channels/13457243.json', u'id': u'13457243'}}, u'title': u'NEBU_KURO', u'url': u'http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/105007891', u'created_at': 1498040649, u'views': 3265, u'tinyurl': u'http://ustre.am/:76BlF', u'added_at': 1498040649, u'thumbnail': {u'default': u'https://ustvstaticcdn2-a.akamaihd.net/i/video/picture/0/1/105/105007/105007891/1_13457243_105007891,192x108,b,1:1.jpg'}, u'locks': {}, u'owner': {u'username': u'NEBU_KURO', u'picture': u'https://ustvstaticcdn1-a.akamaihd.net/images/defaults/user_48x48:3.png', u'id': u'21577342'}, u'length': u'517.090', u'chapters': [], u'file_size': u'97798463', u'schedule': None, u'media_urls': {u'flv': None}, u'id': u'105007891'}

... Perhaps this is related to geo-restrictions of some kind?

Cheers,

Parmjit V.

[bingowings]

I'm having the exact same problem with version 2017.09.15.

youtube-dl -v 
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.15
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-86755-g0780ad9, ffprobe N-86755-g0780ad9
[debug] Proxy map: {}

I'm unable to download recorded Ustream videos from this channel : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nebu-kuro1. "No video formast found;"

youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio "http://www.ustream.tv/
recorded/107949320" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-f', 'bestvideo+bestaudio', 'http://www.ustream.tv/
recorded/107949320', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.15
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-86755-g0780ad9, ffprobe N-86755-g0780ad9
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ustream] 107949320: Downloading JSON metadata
[ustream] 107949320: Downloading connection info
[ustream] 107949320: Downloading stream info
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug
 . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. B
e sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete outpu
t.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 434, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\ustream.py", line 217, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1072, in _sort_formats
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issu
e on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  y
outube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and
include its complete output.

Note that it does work for certain channels such as this one:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AFhd%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9

[scienceteacher1972]

I think I discovered something.
I also had problems downloading certain videos.
But as soon as I started watching one of those videos with my browser, just a couple seconds of it, I was able to download them immediately.
Seems like a lot of videos are just 'offline' when not watched for a long time.
And as soon as you watch them with browser, they seem to be get 'waken up' and made 'online' again.

[MrBurberry]

Thank you for answering. But I’m afraid I can’t.For the fastest speed I installed the software at my server ,so I can’t use browser. And when I download videos of youtube , the sound and video are two files, both pc and server Best regards 在 2017年12月28日，上午1:38，scienceteacher1972 <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> 写道： I think I discovered something. I also had problems downloading certain videos. But as soon as I started watching one of those videos with my browser, just a couple seconds of it, I was able to download them immediately. Seems like a lot of videos are just 'offline' when not watched for a long time. And as soon as you watch them with browser, they seem to be get 'waken up' and made 'online' again. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#13520 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AgFMNpaBCZUUxGiaoBitODX3xNZ0OTOrks5tEoCsgaJpZM4OJZfc>.

[JanX2]

Just tried downloading this:
https://www.tesla.com/shareholdermeeting?redirect=no

Streaming the video in the browser while trying to download didn’t have any influence on the error:

youtube-dl --verbose https://www.ustream.tv/embed/23313961?html5ui
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.ustream.tv/embed/23313961?html5ui']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.04
[debug] Python version 3.6.0 (CPython) - Darwin-16.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: avconv 12.3, avprobe 12.3, ffmpeg 3.3.1, ffprobe 3.3.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ustream] 23313961: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: 23313961
[ustream] playlist 23313961: Downloading 1 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 1
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading JSON metadata
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading connection info
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading stream info
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading connection info (try 2)
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading stream info (try 2)
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading connection info (try 3)
[ustream] 115437652: Downloading stream info (try 3)
ERROR: No video formats found; 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 792, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 500, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/ustream.py", line 217, in _real_extract
self._sort_formats(formats)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1190, in _sort_formats
raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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.