Unable to download videos from www.safaribooksonline.com

[hlombroso]

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose', u'--write-sub', u'--newline', u'https://www.safaribooksonline.com/videos/python-programming-language/9780134217314/9780134217314-PYMC_13_00']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.02
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-17.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 9780134217314-PYMC_13_00: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/python-programming-language/9780134217314/PYMC_13_00.html
[safari] Downloading login form
[safari] Logging in
[safari] 9780134217314/PYMC_13_00: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract kaltura reference id; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 500, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/safari.py", line 106, in _real_extract
    webpage, 'kaltura reference id', group='id')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 880, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract kaltura reference id; 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.
<end of log>

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[LingarajVB]

Unable to download videos from safari anymore due to content/feature change on the website.

[hyber-code]

(python3) d:\Y> youtube-dl -v --username xxx --password xxx --write-sub --convert-subs srt -o "%(playlist)s\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.safaribooksonline.com/videos/git-essentials-livelessons/9780134655284"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '--write-sub', '--convert-subs', 'srt', '-o', '%(playlist)s\\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.safaribooksonline.com/videos/git-essentials-livelessons/9780134655284']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1256, fs mbcs, out cp1256, pref cp1256
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.02
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91152-g7c333dc6a7, ffprobe N-91152-g7c333dc6a7
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 9780134655284: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/git-essentials-livelessons/9780134655284/
[safari:course] Downloading login form
[safari:course] Logging in
[safari:course] 9780134655284: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Git Essentials LiveLessons
[safari:course] playlist Git Essentials LiveLessons: Collected 37 video ids (downloading 37 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 37
[safari:api] Downloading login form
[safari:api] 9780134655284/gell_00_00: Downloading part JSON
[safari] Downloading login form
[safari] 9780134655284/gell_00_00: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract kaltura reference id; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp2pwxs9zy\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp2pwxs9zy\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 500, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp2pwxs9zy\build\youtube_dl\extractor\safari.py", line 106, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp2pwxs9zy\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 880, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract kaltura reference id; 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.

[dstftw]

It's not released.