ABC IView Error: No video formats found

[DanUnknown]

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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 ```):

 /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/rosehaven/CO1610T008S00 -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/rosehaven/CO1610T008S00', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.12.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-103-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.4-2, ffprobe 3.3.4-2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[abc.net.au:iview] CO1610T008S00: Downloading webpage
[abc.net.au:iview] CO1610T008S00: Downloading f4m manifest
WARNING: Unable to download f4m manifest: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[abc.net.au:iview] CO1610T008S00: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[abc.net.au:iview] CO1610T008S00: Downloading f4m manifest
WARNING: Unable to download f4m manifest: <urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>
[abc.net.au:iview] CO1610T008S00: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: <urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>
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 784, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 437, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/abc.py", line 143, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1067, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
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.

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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.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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[DanUnknown]

dstftw thank you for your prompt response. Unfortunately I cannot find the report that this "duplicates". Is it possible to supply a link to the original report, so that I can follow it?

[akgrant43]

I believe it's #14711