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A specific download issue #17587

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i4x opened this issue Sep 16, 2018 · 0 comments
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A specific download issue #17587

i4x opened this issue Sep 16, 2018 · 0 comments

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@i4x i4x commented Sep 16, 2018

Issue I get is as follows. Since it is 2018.02.26 built, maybe already solved?

$ youtube-dl --version
2018.02.26

$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=mZSKjY73SS4
[youtube] mZSKjY73SS4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] mZSKjY73SS4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] mZSKjY73SS4: Extracting video information
[youtube] mZSKjY73SS4: Downloading js player vflkUTZn2
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1191, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1102, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1163, in _parse_sig_js
jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 796, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
(caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract \x1b[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name\x1b[0m; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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