ATV.at failed to parse JSON

[NeroBurner]

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youtube-dl --verbose "https://atv.at/bauer-sucht-frau-staffel-15/die-hofwochen-folge-9/d2345717/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://atv.at/bauer-sucht-frau-staffel-15/die-hofwochen-folge-9/d2345717/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.10.29
[debug] Python version 3.7.1 (CPython) - Linux-4.14.78-1-lts-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n4.0.2, ffprobe n4.0.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ATVAt] d2345717: Downloading webpage
ERROR: d2345717: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')); 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 872, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 872, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/atvat.py", line 32, in _real_extract
    webpage, 'player data')), display_id)['config']['initial_video']
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 876, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: d2345717: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')); 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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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

atv.at seems to have changed their format. youtube-dl can't download anymore

[mortomanos]

Same result here. The video (playlist) is playable in Safari, but only with turned off ublock origin.

[NeroBurner]

@mortomanos I created a fix. You could use my modified version until it is merged and included in a release. If you try it out please leave a comment if it worked for you or not

[mortomanos]

@NeroBurner after some fighting with homebrew I managed to apply the patch, tried it out. Download works now. Thanks for fixing it!