Parse error

[clikkiepedia]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.29
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The issue is I keep getting the parse error with every website I'm trying to use

C:\Users\я\Desktop\dl>youtube-dl --all-subs --skip-download --hls-prefer-native http://www.nbc.com/world-of-dance/video/the-qualifiers-5/3749244
[NBC] 3749244: Downloading JSON metadata
[ThePlatform] 3749244: Downloading SMIL data
ERROR: 3749244: Failed to parse XML (caused by ParseError('not well-formed (invalid token): line 8, column 42',)); 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.

C:\Users\я\Desktop\dl>youtube-dl --all-subs --skip-download https://www.cbs.com/shows/elementary/video/qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C/elementary-meet-your-maker/
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading XML
ERROR: qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Failed to parse XML (caused by ParseError('not well-formed (invalid token): line 8, column 42',)); 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.

Any help?

[bato3]

Works for me.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--all-subs', u'--skip-download', u'--hls-prefer-native', u'http://www.nbc.com/world-of-dance/video/the-qualifiers-5/3749244', u'--proxy', u'***', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.29
[debug] Git HEAD: b50478675
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0, ffprobe 4.0, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {u'***'}
[NBC] 3749244: Downloading JSON metadata
[ThePlatform] 3749244: Downloading SMIL data
[ThePlatform] 3749244: Downloading m3u8 information
[ThePlatform] 3749244: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[info] Writing video subtitles to: The Qualifiers 5-3749244.en.tt

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--all-subs', u'--skip-download', u'--proxy', u'***', u'-v', u'https://www.cbs.com/shows/elementary/video/qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C/elementary-meet-your-maker/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.29
[debug] Git HEAD: b50478675
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0, ffprobe 4.0, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {***}
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading XML
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading StreamPack SMIL data
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading m3u8 information
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading RTMP SMIL data
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading HLS_AES SMIL data
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[CBS] qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[info] Writing video subtitles to: Elementary - Meet Your Maker-qzV5zwpnktuopB_ERsrYvoUL4GGFCX9C.en.ttml

[dstftw]

Post the output with --dump-pages.