Old GameSpot videos not working

[mariomadproductions]

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

C:\Writ-App\youtube-dl>youtube-dl --verbose https://www.gamespot.com/videos/e3-2004-nintendo-booth-tour/2300-6098854/ --write-pages
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.gamespot.com/videos/e3-2004-nintendo-booth-tour/2300-6098854/', '--write-pages']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.07.30.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-8.1-6.3.9600
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-85179-gdc1a1b8, ffprobe N-85179-gdc1a1b8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[GameSpot] 6098854: Downloading webpage
[GameSpot] Saving request to 6098854_https_-_www.gamespot.com_videos_e3-2004-nintendo-booth-tour_2300-6098854_.dump
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfdfxmx88\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 465, in main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfdfxmx88\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfdfxmx88\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1956, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfdfxmx88\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfdfxmx88\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpfdfxmx88\build\youtube_dl\extractor\gamespot.py", line 50, in _real_extract
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'get'

C:\Writ-App\youtube-dl>

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Not working on old videos that GameSpot have said not to work on the new HTML5 player.
Does work with new videos that do work on the new HTML5 player

Here is the dump file for the failed download.

[dstftw]

https://www.gamespot.com/videos/e3-2004-nintendo-booth-tour/2300-6098854/ does not play in browser.

[mariomadproductions]

What if it is still linked somewhere on the page? Does youtube-dl only support ones that work in-browser?

[dstftw]

Ask gamespot "what if", they broke old videos not youtube-dl. If it does not play at all how does youtube-dl is supposed to support it?

[mariomadproductions]

Videos can still be present in a page without being in a playable embed. I sent GameSpot an email.