Hidive.com - Could not send HEAD request, HTTP Error 404: Not Found

[MediaUserName]

Please follow the guide below

• You will be asked some questions and requested to provide some information, please read them carefully and answer honestly
• Put an x into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your issue (like this: [x])
• Use the Preview tab to see what your issue will actually look like

---

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.01.21. 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 Issues with outdated version will be rejected.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 2018.01.21

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)
• [x?] Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

---

The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your issue

---

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

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: ['-v', '-u', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.hidive.com/manifest/child/54d7d95b1159a20b136b9d0f8efabd7546210f23/ELF_s01e001_hv_or_na_en_xx_HLS1080p_16x9_00_v.m3u8']
Type account password and press [Return]:
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.01.21
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89395-g71421f382f
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] ELF_s01e001_hv_or_na_en_xx_HLS1080p_16x9_00_v: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://www.hidive.com/manifest/child/54d7d95b1159a20b136b9d0f8efabd7546210f23/ELF_s01e001_hv_or_na_en_xx_HLS1080p_16x9_00_v.m3u8: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
[generic] ELF_s01e001_hv_or_na_en_xx_HLS1080p_16x9_00_v: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); 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.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 517, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2198, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default
<end of log>

---

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.hidive.com/manifest/child/54d7d95b1159a20b136b9d0f8efabd7546210f23/ELF_s01e001_hv_or_na_en_xx_HLS1080p_16x9_00_v.m3u8
• Playlist:

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

---

I was able to download a video that did not require authentication (with some frame errors in the beginning) with success from hidive.com, just not anything that requires a paid subscription. I hope I am just being incompetent and forgetting an argument or something.

Explanation of your issue in arbitrary form goes here. Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood. Provide as much context and examples as possible.
If work on your issue requires account credentials please provide them or explain how one can obtain them.

[yan12125]

The link itself returns 404 errors. Most likely it's a wrong link.