Some subtitles on cwtv.com don’t download

[jcsalomon]

• [x ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.12.03
• [x ] At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• [x ] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• [x ] Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser
• [x ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)

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C:\Users\Chesky\Videos\CW DC Arrowverse> youtube-dl --verbose --all-subs --skip-download https://www.cwtv.com/shows/supergirl/bunker-hill/?play=429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--all-subs', '--skip-download', 'https://www.cwtv.com/shows/supergirl/bunker-hill/?play=429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83657-g7e4f32f, ffprobe N-83657-g7e4f32f
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[CWTV] 429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a: Downloading JSON metadata
[ThePlatform] 429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a: Downloading SMIL data
[ThePlatform] 429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a: Downloading m3u8 information
[ThePlatform] 429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a: Downloading m3u8 information
[ThePlatform] 429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[info] Writing video subtitles to: Bunker Hill-429904f6-7e3b-4927-9ffc-741f74f5381a.en.vtt
WARNING: Unable to download subtitle for "en": Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); 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.

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The video itself downloads fine, and some other subtitles from the site (e.g., https://www.cwtv.com/shows/supergirl/rather-the-fallen-angel/?play=e7d83d89-2521-4372-927a-b5b1960124bc) also download fine.

[marium0505]

Were you able to fix this? I'm having trouble with downloading the subtitles for Katy Keene. Worked fine for some episodes (Ep 2, 5 and 7).

[jcsalomon]

Were you able to fix this?

In most cases where separate subtitle files did not download, I find that the video file has an embedded set of subtitles, so the issue has not bothered me lately.

[marium0505]

Were you able to fix this?

In most cases where separate subtitle files did not download, I find that the video file has an embedded set of subtitles, so the issue has not bothered me lately.

Hmm. Weird. I'm trying to download several videos and the downloading of subs fails on a lot of them. And the sub doesn't seem to be in the downloaded video either.

Tried the first three episodes of Pandora and the problem also happens on several of the Katy Keene episodes.

How do you download videos from CW TW?

[marium0505]

@jcsalomon ?