Discovery.ca - Unauthorized 401 error when trying to download.

[level42ca]

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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 ```):

C:\bin\youtube-dl>youtube-dl https://www.discovery.ca/shows/vintage-tech-hunters/video?vid=1528929
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-v', u'-n', u'--ap-mso', u'Rogers', u'--ffmpeg-location', u'C:\\bin\\ffmpeg']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.discovery.ca/shows/vintage-tech-hunters/video?vid=1528929']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.23
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-92528-g90ac0e5f29, ffprobe N-92528-g90ac0e5f29
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 99.237.190.158 (CA) as X-Forwarded-For.
[9c9media] 1528929: Downloading JSON metadata
[9c9media] 1528929: Downloading JSON metadata
[9c9media] 1528929: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
[9c9media] 1528929: Downloading f4m manifest
WARNING: Unable to download f4m manifest: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
[9c9media] 1528929: Downloading MPD manifest
WARNING: Failed to download MPD manifest: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
ERROR: No video formats found; 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 "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\ninecninemedia.py", line 52, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1292, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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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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.discovery.ca/shows/vintage-tech-hunters/video?vid=1528929

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I'm receiving an Unauthorized error when trying to download a video from Discovery.ca. I'm not exactly sure why. I see that Discovery is a supported extractor (perhaps .com only and not .ca?)

I have tested my .netrc file, by downloading a video from another site, that requires the same authentication, and I've tested to confirm that I can login to the browser and play the video in it's entirety.

Hoping someone can shed some light here. Much appreciated. Thanks!

[level42ca]

Was anyone able to assist here? Almost a year later, and I still have the same issue.

[RingoTheDog]

Getting different error...but maybe the same issue?

youtube-dl.py -v "https://www.discovery.ca/Animal-Planet/Watson/video?vid=1938574"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.discovery.ca/Animal-Planet/Watson/video?vid=1938574']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[debug] Python version 3.6.3 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91158-g63c4a4b0d6, ffprobe N-71346-gdf4fca2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 99.234.142.165 (CA) as X-Forwarded-For.
[9c9media] 1938574: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); 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.
File "C:\GetTV\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "C:\GetTV\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\urllib\request.py", line 532, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\urllib\request.py", line 642, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\urllib\request.py", line 570, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\urllib\request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\urllib\request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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