Snagfilms/ViewLift is broken

[ahmedtds]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.03.03

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• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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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', 'https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/splinters']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1254, fs mbcs, out cp1254, pref cp1254
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-90173-gfa0c9d69d3, ffprobe N-90173-gfa0c9d69d3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ViewLift] splinters: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract film id; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\viewlift.py", line 159, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 796, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract film id; 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.

And this is the log after I tried with the embed URL:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.snagfilms.com/embed/player?filmId=5be0a810-4cef-11e1-945b-123139220831']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1254, fs mbcs, out cp1254, pref cp1254
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-90173-gfa0c9d69d3, ffprobe N-90173-gfa0c9d69d3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ViewLiftEmbed] 5be0a810-4cef-11e1-945b-123139220831: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract json; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\viewlift.py", line 64, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 796, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract json; 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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Example URLs:
https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/splinters
or embed URL:
https://www.snagfilms.com/embed/player?filmId=5be0a810-4cef-11e1-945b-123139220831

[ahmedtds]

I noticed that example URL I give only has 1 quality option. These example URLs have several quality options:

https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/we-the-people-the-market-basket-effect
https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/lost_for_life

And this is a movie with region restriction:
https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/devils_arithmetic