Support for nbcphiladelphia.com

[rudolphos]

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.10.15.1. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.10.15.1

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

What is the purpose of your issue?

• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

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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: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Lack-Of-Relief-In-Puerto-Rico_Philadelphia-451417773.html

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/portableplayer/?cmsID=451417773&videoID=mcJ6rXE1s5Xc&origin=nbcphiladelphia.com&sec=news&subsec=local&fullWidth=y

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There arent any more direct links to video, other than a link to article with a video.

[japzone1]

Here's a workaround:

1. Open the page with the video
2. Right-click and choose "Inspect"(or whatever your browser calls it)
3. Go to the Network tab, and refresh the page
4. Once the video starts playing use the filter box in the Network tab to search for "m3u8"
5. Right-click the result and choose "Copy URL"(if there is more than one just try each one using the next steps until you find your video)
6. Make sure you have ffmpeg installed or in the same path as youtube-dl
7. Now run youtube-dl 'http://M3U8URL' -F, If you get shown a selection of video qualities then it's possible to download the video
8. Now run youtube-dl 'http://M3U8URL' to download the video. (use the -f flag with the codes displayed in step 7 if you wish to choose a specific format or quality)

NOTE: If you get the error:

No such file or directory
ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 1

Then add the -o NBCVIDEO.mp4 flag to your command