Crash (in Python) on an URL from www.msnbc.com

[rsfinlayson]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.16
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...
<end of log>

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youtube-dl -v 'https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/bill-maher-trump-should-be-impeached-1426509891917?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_hb'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/bill-maher-trump-should-be-impeached-1426509891917?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_hb']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.16
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Darwin-18.2.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.4, ffprobe 3.3.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ThePlatformFeed] 1426509891917: Downloading JSON metadata
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/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
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 2002, in download
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 804, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 870, in process_ie_result
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 793, 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/theplatform.py", line 411, in _real_extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 345, in _extract_feed_info
IndexError: list index out of range

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youtube-dl crashes when given the following URL (that plays OK in a browser):
https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/bill-maher-trump-should-be-impeached-1426509891917?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_hb

[Tanath]

I'm also getting this on MSNBC.

youtube-dl -v 'https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-scrambles-to-rewind-spying-conspiracy-theory-embrace-1489359427929'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-scrambles-to-rewind-spying-conspiracy-theory-embrace-1489359427929']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.24
[debug] Python version 3.7.3 (CPython) - Linux-5.0.0-0.1-MANJARO-x86_64-with-arch-Manjaro-Linux
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.3, ffprobe 4.1.3, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ThePlatformFeed] 1489359427929: Downloading JSON metadata
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2019.4.24', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 474, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 464, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2008, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 807, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 873, in process_ie_result
    extra_info=extra_info, download=False, process=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 411, in _real_extract
    return self._extract_feed_info(provider_id, feed_id, filter_query, video_id)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 345, in _extract_feed_info
    entry = self._download_json(real_url, video_id)['entries'][0]
IndexError: list index out of range

[Dullaz]

I can confirm this is still an issue with version 2020.09.20

$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/bill-maher-trump-should-be-impeached-1426509891917?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_hb
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/bill-maher-trump-should-be-impeached-1426509891917?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_hb']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.18rc1 (CPython) - Linux-4.19.128-microsoft-standard-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-20.04-focal
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[NBCNews] 1426509891917: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract bootstrap json; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/nbc.py", line 398, in _real_extract
'bootstrap json'), video_id, js_to_json)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1010, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract bootstrap json; 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.

It seems that it's trying to use the "nbc" extractor while the url is for "msnbc", a different platform.

I can imagine this is probably a regex issue but I wouldn't know where to begin with fixing this.