ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname

[Albretch]

~
$ ./youtube-dl -t --audio-format best "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyOgZ8tXZV4"
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] jyOgZ8tXZV4: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] jyOgZ8tXZV4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] jyOgZ8tXZV4: Extracting video information
ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname

$ ./youtube-dl --version
2011.10.19

$ python --version
Python 2.5.4

$ uname -a
Linux Microknoppix 2.6.31.6 #4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:11:11 CET 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[phihag]

Regional availability of the video seems to be restricted to the US. I'll look into it.

[emeitner]

Another example:
$ youtube-dl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7m2B1T0G-g'
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] Logging in
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] U7m2B1T0G-g: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] U7m2B1T0G-g: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] U7m2B1T0G-g: Extracting video information
ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname

[phihag]

Both videos are 404/403 now, both from Germany and the US, and even when logged in. Therefore, I'm closing this issue for now. Please open a new bug report if this problem occurs again, and include your physical location.

[emeitner]

I just checked and the video link I posted on Nov 24 is still active for the US. Need to be signed in to view. Bug still reproducible.

[psibi]

youtube-dl -i "youtube_url" works in this case.

[danielpclark]

I'm also getting this error for

youtube-dl -g UoSDLBPrx8A

Which is a purchasable result.

[dstftw]

@danielpclark rental videos are not supported.

[danielpclark]

@dstftw Good. I wasn't hoping it would be. But the error is reproducible and should be an easy fix as a nickname is an easy thing to extract. So this is useful for resolving the issue.

[dstftw]

@danielpclark not reproducible for me. Could you post *.dump files created when run youtube-dl with --write-pages?

[danielpclark]

The error seems to only be produced on my Raspbian distro on my Raspberry Pi. Both --dump-pages and --write-pages are invalid command line options for it.

youtube-dl --version
2012.02.27

I tried to reproduce this on my Ubuntu box but it isn't reproducible there.

youtube-dl --version
2014.02.17

[dstftw]

Both extremely outdated, update to latest, try again and open a new issue if you can reproduce.
I'm closing this since none of mentioned videos are either available with US IP or reproduce the error.