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[Twitch] youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError #16470

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Ahava opened this issue May 16, 2018 · 0 comments
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[Twitch] youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError #16470

Ahava opened this issue May 16, 2018 · 0 comments
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@Ahava Ahava commented May 16, 2018

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.05.09. 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 Issues with outdated version will be rejected.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 2018.05.09

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
  • Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

What is the purpose of your issue?

  • Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
  • Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
  • Feature request (request for a new functionality)
  • Question
  • Other

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 ```):

youtube-dl https://clips.twitch.tv/PlumpChillySeahorseCeilingCat --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://clips.twitch.tv/PlumpChillySeahorseCeilingCat', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.05.09
[debug] Python version 3.6.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89717-gbfe397e431, ffprobe N-89717-gbfe397e431, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-OpenSSL_1.0.2n-x86_64-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[twitch:clips] PlumpChillySeahorseCeilingCat: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract clip info; 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 "c:\users\wanja\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "c:\users\wanja\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 503, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "c:\users\wanja\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\twitch.py", line 654, in _real_extract
    r'(?s)clipInfo\s*=\s*({.+?});', webpage, 'clip info'),
  File "c:\users\wanja\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 883, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract clip info; 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'm getting this error message at the moment while downloading at least 3 different clips from 3 different streamers, a few days ago, it still worked for me without an issue.

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