[nick.com] Failed to parse JSON

[RuneMagle]

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C:\Users\Desktop\youtube-dl>youtube-dl.exe -F http://www.nickjr.com/paw-patrol/videos/ultimate-rescue-pups-save-a-swamp-creature-s5-ep520-full-episode/ -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-F', 'http://www.nickjr.com/paw-patrol/videos/ultimate-rescue-pups-save-a-swamp-creature-s5-ep520-full-episode/', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-92341-g66425add27, ffprobe N-92341-g66425add27, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 3.45.7.90 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[nick.com] ultimate-rescue-pups-save-a-swamp-creature-s5-ep520-full-episode: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: ultimate-rescue-pups-save-a-swamp-creature-s5-ep520-full-episode: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('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; 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\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 877, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 877, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

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\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 793, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 508, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\nick.py", line 77, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 870, in _download_json
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 854, in _download_json_handle
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 881, in _parse_json
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: ultimate-rescue-pups-save-a-swamp-creature-s5-ep520-full-episode: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('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; 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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• Single video: http://www.nickjr.com/paw-patrol/videos/ultimate-rescue-pups-save-a-swamp-creature-s5-ep520-full-episode/
• Single video: http://www.nickjr.com/paw-patrol/videos/mission-paw-pups-save-a-royal-concert-s5-ep518-full-episode/

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