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[ProgrammerAKL]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.09.10. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.09.10

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• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
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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 ```):

youtube-dl-2018-09-10 -o "C:/Video/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gillette-world-sport/on-demand/67855-010?intcmp=video_link:bip_ondemand:episodes" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-o', 'C:/Video/%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.cha
nnel4.com/programmes/gillette-world-sport/on-demand/67855-010?intcmp=video_link:
bip_ondemand:episodes', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.09.10
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 67855-010?intcmp=video_link:bip_ondemand:episodes: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gillette-wo
rld-sport/on-demand/67855-010
[generic] 67855-010: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 67855-010: Downloading webpage
[generic] 67855-010: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gillette-world-sport
/on-demand/67855-010
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0icdbhzn\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0icdbhzn\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0icdbhzn\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3298, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.channel4.com/pro
grammes/gillette-world-sport/on-demand/67855-010
...
<end of log>

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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.channel4.com/programmes/gillette-world-sport/on-demand/67855-010?intcmp=video_link:bip_ondemand:episodes

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. 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

Site support request. Video expected to disappear quite soon.

[CollinChaffin]

@dstftw Hey Sergey! I want to ask since folks have been duplicating this request for over half a decade on this one and just to ask based on #2050 is this just a DRM issue? Are we sure that's still the case the last glance looked like they were relying on the geo-ip area filtering now so just wanted to verify whether you've looked at it again lately.

#15553, #14276, #7539, #6355, #5246, #5121, #2050

Thoughts? Anything we can provide to help?