Downloads not working on tv.nrk.no

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$ youtube-dl -v https://tv.nrk.no/serie/backstage/sesong/1/episode/8
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://tv.nrk.no/serie/backstage/sesong/1/episode/8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.04
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-17.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[NRKTVSeries] backstage: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: NRK TV – Backstage
[NRKTVSeries] playlist NRK TV – Backstage: Collected 0 video ids (downloading 0 of them)
[download] Finished downloading playlist: NRK TV – Backstage

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

It seems like they have changed their URLs, they used to include some sort of ID before, but now its all text for each episode. That might be the cause of the problem.

[amay5267]

hello. i have the same issues. how can I fix this?

[amay5267]

I noticed they did a site redesign. is there any way to revert back to older version?

[forthrin]

Yep, they did a redesign. Hope a fix will come within a week or so, as I use this all the time.