Error when downloading youtube - cannot extract information

[fritzgrobbelaar]

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• [x ] At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
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• [ x] 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)
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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 ```):

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4&list=RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg&start_radio=1']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.05.09
[debug] Python version 3.6.5 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg - add --no-playlist to just download video k2C5TjS2sh4
[youtube:playlist] RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading page 1 of Youtube mix
[youtube:playlist] RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading page 2 of Youtube mix
[youtube:playlist] RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading page 3 of Youtube mix
[download] Downloading playlist: Mix - Roxette
[youtube:playlist] playlist Mix - Roxette: Collected 50 video ids (downloading 50 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 50
[youtube] Zh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Zh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: Unable to extract video title
[youtube] Zh5nSwVP8Jg: Extracting video information
ERROR: Unable to extract uploader name; 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:\python\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "c:\python\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 503, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "c:\python\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1701, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract uploader name')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unable to extract uploader name; 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.

D:\Shared\Youtube_Music_Movie_Clips>youtube-dl -i "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4&list=RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg&start_radio=1"
[youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg - add --no-playlist to just download video k2C5TjS2sh4
[youtube:playlist] RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading page 1 of Youtube mix
[youtube:playlist] RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading page 2 of Youtube mix
[youtube:playlist] RDEMQETG-l6Y1rVZh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading page 3 of Youtube mix
[download] Downloading playlist: Mix - Roxette
[youtube:playlist] playlist Mix - Roxette: Collected 50 video ids (downloading 50 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 50
[youtube] Zh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Zh5nSwVP8Jg: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: Unable to extract video title
[youtube] Zh5nSwVP8Jg: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader name
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
WARNING: unable to extract video duration; 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.
ERROR: This video is unavailable.
[download] Downloading video 2 of 50

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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
- Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
- Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
- Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that **youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to [copyright infringement](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free)**. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

Explanation of your *issue* in arbitrary form goes here. Please make sure the [description is worded well enough to be understood](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient). Provide as much context and examples as possible.
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[yan12125]

The video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh5nSwVP8Jg is gone.