Unable to download archived Facebook Live video

[ischmidt20]

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youtube-dl --username **** --password **** -F "https://www.facebook.com/FOXSportsChampionsLeague/videos/1782104488494402/" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '-F', 'https://www.facebook.com/FOXSportsChampionsLeague/videos/1782104488494402/', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.10
[debug] Python version 3.6.2 (CPython) - Darwin-17.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] Downloading login page
[facebook] Logging in
[facebook] 1782104488494402: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 1782104488494402: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how 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/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 440, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 422, in _real_extract
    video_id, fatal_if_no_video=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 337, in _extract_from_url
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot parse data')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
...
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I was able to successfully download the previous Facebook Live stream of the first leg a few weeks ago here, although now I am getting the same error. I do have full credentials to view in the browser (and it appears I am able to log in successfully).

[DaNiSoFt]

Same problem here with older version and 2018.03.14.
Other videos of that closed facebook group already worked with provided login
some time ago.
The videos are working in browser but youtube-dl fails. Update did not help.
I tried one video that I already downloaded before - it's also not working anymore.

Thanks a lot

[dbogatev]

Same problem here with latest version 2018.03.14 - unable to download videos that require login.
However if no login is provided to youtube_dl videos that do not require login are downloading without issues.
The problem is only somewhere after the login, as the same videos that are downloading without login fail to download when credentials are added to the youtube_dl command.
Here is example video trying to download with credentials:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-F', u'https://www.facebook.com/SkylineWebcams/videos/1823658634322275/', u'--cookie', u'/mnt/upload/youtubedl_cookies.txt']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-6-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.4, ffprobe 3.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 1823658634322275: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 1823658634322275: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how 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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 440, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 422, in _real_extract
    video_id, fatal_if_no_video=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 337, in _extract_from_url
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot parse data')
ExtractorError: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

And the same without credentials:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-F', u'https://www.facebook.com/SkylineWebcams/videos/1823658634322275/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-6-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.4, ffprobe 3.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 1823658634322275: Downloading webpage
[info] Available formats for 1823658634322275:
format code  extension  resolution note
dash_sd_src  mpd        unknown
dash_hd_src  mpd        unknown    (best)