https://yt-dl.org/bug

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• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.04.25

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• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
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• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)

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C:\tools\ffmpeg\bin>youtube-dl.exe  -x --audio-format best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6JrvgdEM9w --verbose                                            16:45
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-x', '--audio-format', 'best', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6JrvgdEM9w', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.07.17
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-81045-g450cf40, ffprobe N-81045-g450cf40
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] j6JrvgdEM9w: Downloading webpage
[youtube] j6JrvgdEM9w: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] j6JrvgdEM9w: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
WARNING: unable to extract html5 player; 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.
[youtube] {22} signature length 40.42, html5 player None
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1006, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 898, in _extract_signature_function
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot identify player '/yts/jsbin/player-vfl5ItJAe/en_US/base.js'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sur
e 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.
 (caused by ExtractorError("Cannot identify player '/yts/jsbin/player-vfl5ItJAe/en_US/base.js'; 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.",)); please re
port 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 --verb
ose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1006, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 898, in _extract_signature_function
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot identify player '/yts/jsbin/player-vfl5ItJAe/en_US/base.js'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sur
e 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\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1006, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 898, in _extract_signature_function
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot identify player '/yts/jsbin/player-vfl5ItJAe/en_US/base.js'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sur
e 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 682, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 347, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1579, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1016, in _decrypt_signature
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1006, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpd3npnjq3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 898, in _extract_signature_function
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot identify player '/yts/jsbin/player-vfl5ItJAe/en_US/base.js'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sur
e 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.
 (caused by ExtractorError("Cannot identify player '/yts/jsbin/player-vfl5ItJAe/en_US/base.js'; 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.",)); please re
port 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 --verb
ose flag and include its complete output.

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