Dailymotion problem

[peterszky]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.10.05. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
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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 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6v0j3d --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6v0j3d', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1250, fs mbcs, out cp852, pref cp1250
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.02.11
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4, ffprobe 3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x6v0j3d: Downloading webpage
ERROR: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('metadata',)); 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpy028tx8p\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpy028tx8p\build\youtube_dl\extractor\dailymotion.py", line 168, in _real_extract
KeyError: 'metadata'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpy028tx8p\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpy028tx8p\build\youtube_dl\extractor\dailymotion.py", line 168, in _real_extract
KeyError: 'metadata'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpy028tx8p\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpy028tx8p\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 453, in extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('metadata',)); 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.

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Dailymotion seems to be broken.

[Edwardwsr]

For the Dailymotion, not working problem, it could be an issue with the website itself, a slow internet connection or even their processor speed. All these issues can cause the videos to be slow or not play.