unable to extract info section - vimeo

[menachemshapiro]

/usr/bin/youtube-dl --verbose http://vimeo.com/17324928
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://vimeo.com/17324928']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.10.23
[debug] Python version 2.7.4 - Linux-3.8.0-31-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-13.04-raring
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 17324928: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 17324928: Extracting information
ERROR: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 133, in _real_extract
webpage, u'info section', flags=re.DOTALL)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 254, in _search_regex
raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 342, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 120, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 143, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract info section')
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

[bitboxer]

I am getting the same error:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://vimeo.com/69452647']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.10.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-12.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 69452647: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 69452647: Extracting information
ERROR: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 133, in _real_extract
    webpage, u'info section', flags=re.DOTALL)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 251, in _search_regex
    raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 353, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 117, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 143, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract info section')
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
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[danielholmes]

Same error here

youtube-dl --verbose -s --no-playlist "http://vimeo.com/46497874"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-s', '--no-playlist', 'http://vimeo.com/46497874']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.10.23
[debug] Python version 2.7.4 - Darwin-12.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 46497874: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 46497874: Extracting information
ERROR: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 133, in _real_extract
    webpage, u'info section', flags=re.DOTALL)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 254, in _search_regex
    raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 342, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 120, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 143, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract info section')
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.

[phihag]

Thanks for the report. This has been fixed in youtube-dl v2013.10.23.1, which is releasing as we speak. Type

sudo youtube-dl -U

to update.