Google Drive issue. No longer possible to download formats

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://drive.google.com/file/d/REDACTED/view', u'--verbose', u'--list-formats']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.02
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-2.6.32-042stab120.18-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[GoogleDrive] REDACTED: Downloading webpage
[GoogleDrive] REDACTED: Requesting source file
[info] Available formats for REDACTED:
format code  extension  resolution note
source       mkv        unknown 
...
<end of log>

and...

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://drive.google.com/file/d/REDACTED/view', u'--verbose', u'-f', u'18,59,22,37']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.02
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-2.6.32-042stab120.18-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[GoogleDrive] REDACTED: Downloading webpage
[GoogleDrive] REDACTED: Requesting source file
ERROR: requested format not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/hqsgethls/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 787, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/home/user/hqsgethls/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 841, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/home/user/hqsgethls/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1593, in process_video_result
    expected=True)
ExtractorError: requested format not available

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Google Drive changed something because it's no longer possible to list available formats or select one or more formats when downloading.

[dstftw]

Test links work as usual:

PS C:\Dev\youtube-dl\master> py -3.6 .\youtube_dl\__main__.py https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeS4oOUV-49Zzh4R1J6R09zazQ/edit?pli=1 -F
[GoogleDrive] 0ByeS4oOUV-49Zzh4R1J6R09zazQ: Downloading webpage
[GoogleDrive] 0ByeS4oOUV-49Zzh4R1J6R09zazQ: Requesting source file
[info] Available formats for 0ByeS4oOUV-49Zzh4R1J6R09zazQ:
format code  extension  resolution note
43           webm       640x360
34           flv        640x360
18           mp4        640x360
35           flv        854x480
59           mp4        854x480
22           mp4        1280x720
37           mp4        1920x1080
source       mp4        unknown    (best)

18 mp4 640x360
59 mp4 854x480
22 mp4 1280x720
37 mp4 1920x1080

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