ABC iView - 'movie length' tv shows

[NateWard]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://iview.abc.net.au/show/octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.06.25
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Darwin-17.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0, ffprobe 4.0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze: Downloading webpage
[generic] octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2309, in _real_extract
    doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2542, in compat_etree_fromstring
    doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=_TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory)))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2531, in _XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1659, in feed
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1523, in _raiseerror
    raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 6, column 700
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 501, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3269, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze

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• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I know there have been a few ABC iView issue of late. The comments on those have helped immensely but I haven't been able to get the 'movie' length episodes to work as they have their own unique pages. Any advice or assistance would be great.

[noideajase]

The URLs are now only available by following the 'share' links, otherwise using the direct link from the image appears to act as a hidden $_POST action or similar.
Also ensure you have the latest version of -dl
sudo youtube-dl -U
Cheers

[NateWard]

Thanks for that. I've updated to the latest version. the share link works for the standard tv shows but not for the 'movie length' ones such as the link above. (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/octonauts-and-operation-deep-freeze). If its not possible do fix it (or a work around) just let me know and I'll stop bugging you.

P.S. LOVE the program!

[noideajase]

I was sharing the work around I found as I had the same issue with normal length shows the same day and an update of the package and using the link worked in that case. Unfortunately looks like my info did not help you further. Yeah these guys have put together an awesome package - I couldn't code something like this to save myself :-)

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On 10 July 2018 at 15:32, Nathan Ward ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks for that. I've updated to the latest version. the share link works for the standard tv shows but not for the 'movie length' ones such as the link above. (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/octonauts-and-operation- deep-freeze). If its not possible do fix it (or a work around) just let me know and I'll stop bugging you. P.S. LOVE the program! — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#16868 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AgX0caFg5VzjGWhSBNNeQ42bEQxXf4P1ks5uFENfgaJpZM4U90mG> .

[NateWard]

If you search through the page source code you can find the ID for the episode and then use http://[PAGE URL]/video/[VIDEO ID]. Tested and works. Just not sure if you want to vary the code to do this somewhat specific thing for just this site.

[shtrom]

I tried to implement @NateWard #16868 (comment) in #23401. It worked for me on a few cursory tests, but happy for more eyeballs giving it a go (because, you know, you need to give a go to have a go, or something...)

[gamer191]

This is no longer an issue, because clicking the play button on movies, on abc iview, redirects to a URL which does work in youtube-dl. That said, youtube-dl should do this redirect automatically, so imo this issue should be kept open.