allocine.py: ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

[LaurentBonnaud]

Hi,

here is the problem:

$ youtube-dl -v "http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19565140&cfilm=250359.html"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19565140&cfilm=250359.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.03
[debug] Python version 2.7.15+ (CPython) - Linux-4.19.6-041906-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-18.10-cosmic
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2-2, ffprobe 4.0.2-2, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Allocine] 19565140: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 472, in main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 462, in _real_main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in download
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/allocine.py", line 91, in _real_extract
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

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[evexoio]

I got a different error.

$ youtube-dl -v "http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19565140&cfilm=250359.html"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19565140&cfilm=250359.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.03
[debug] Python version 3.6.3 (CPython) - Darwin-17.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: avconv 12, avprobe 12, ffmpeg present, ffprobe present, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Allocine] 19565140: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/evex/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/Users/evex/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 472, in main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 462, in _real_main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in download
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/allocine.py", line 91, in _real_extract
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 2, got 1)

Just more info for whoever is going to solve this, I'm thinking about taking a go at it.
maybe later today.