[BBCA / AMC] Class: Unable to extract media URL

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keybounceMBP:BBCA michael$ youtube-dl -v http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/class/season-1/episode-01-for-tonight-we-might-die
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-k', '-o', '%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-f', '\nbest[ext=mp4][height>431][height<=576]/\nbestvideo[ext=mp4][height=480]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/\nbest[ext=mp4][height>340][height<=431]/\nbestvideo[ext=mp4][height>360][height<=576]+bestaudio/\nbest[height>340][height<=576]/\nbestvideo[height>360][height<=576]+bestaudio/\nbestvideo[height=360]+bestaudio/\nbest[ext=mp4][height>=280][height<=360]/\nbest[height<=576]/\nworst', '--ap-mso', 'Dish', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '--write-sub', '--write-auto-sub', '--sub-lang', 'en,enUS,en-us', '--sub-format', 'ass/srt/best', '--convert-subs', 'ass', '--embed-subs', '--mark-watched', '--download-archive', 'downloaded-videos.txt']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/class/season-1/episode-01-for-tonight-we-might-die']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.07.02
[debug] Python version 3.6.1 - Darwin-13.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.4, ffprobe 3.2.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[AMCNetworks] episode-01-for-tonight-we-might-die: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract media 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 "/Users/michael/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 762, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/Users/michael/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/Users/michael/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/amcnetworks.py", line 64, in _real_extract
    webpage, 'media url')
  File "/Users/michael/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 782, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract media 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.

This is with master @ d852c6b (July 7th)

... and the same thing happens with master @ tag release 2017.07.02. Odd -- doctor who episodes gave me no trouble, only the new "class" show did.

keybounceMBP:BBCA michael$ ./yt-dl -v http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/full-episodes/season-10/episode-12-the-doctor-falls
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-k', '-o', '%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-f', '\nbest[ext=mp4][height>431][height<=576]/\nbestvideo[ext=mp4][height=480]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/\nbest[ext=mp4][height>340][height<=431]/\nbestvideo[ext=mp4][height>360][height<=576]+bestaudio/\nbest[height>340][height<=576]/\nbestvideo[height>360][height<=576]+bestaudio/\nbestvideo[height=360]+bestaudio/\nbest[ext=mp4][height>=280][height<=360]/\nbest[height<=576]/\nworst', '--ap-mso', 'Dish', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '--write-sub', '--write-auto-sub', '--sub-lang', 'en,enUS,en-us', '--sub-format', 'ass/srt/best', '--convert-subs', 'ass', '--embed-subs', '--mark-watched', '--download-archive', 'downloaded-videos.txt']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--hls-prefer-native', '-o', '%(series)s/s%(season_number)02d-e%(episode_number)02d-%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-v', 'http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/full-episodes/season-10/episode-12-the-doctor-falls']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.07.02
[debug] Python version 3.6.1 - Darwin-13.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.4, ffprobe 3.2.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[AMCNetworks] episode-12-the-doctor-falls: Downloading webpage
[AMCNetworks] episode-12-the-doctor-falls: Downloading JSON metadata
[AMCNetworks] JDb7A7KL9wvY: Retrieving Authorization Token
[AMCNetworks] JDb7A7KL9wvY: Retrieving Media Token
[AMCNetworks] JDb7A7KL9wvY: Downloading SMIL data
[AMCNetworks] JDb7A7KL9wvY: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: enUS subtitles not available for JDb7A7KL9wvY
WARNING: en-us subtitles not available for JDb7A7KL9wvY
[download] Doctor Who - Season 10 - The Doctor Falls has already been recorded in archive
keybounceMBP:BBCA michael$ 

[keybounce]

EDIT: Or, maybe not. It says on the website,

The first episode is available FREE on BBCAmerica.com, on the BBCA app, and On Demand. New episodes of Season 1 premiere on BBC America Saturdays after Doctor Who.

But in fact I can't actually find it in a browser no matter where on the site I look.

Unless I want to buy it from iTunes, etc.

[gkoelln]

I had downloaded them all within a week after they were released online. It looks like they've all expired by now.

[Fadavvi]

No media link found in target URL. They've all expired. Issue can be close after 2.5 year!