[FranceTVSite] ERROR: Unable to extract video ID

[LateLament]

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[debug] System config: ['--no-mtime', '--prefer-ffmpeg']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.france.tv/france-5/embarquement-immediat/903029-escale-a-rangoun.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.02.18
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Linux-4.20.12-arch1-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: avconv 4.1.1, ffmpeg 4.1.1, ffprobe 4.1.1, phantomjs 18, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[FranceTVSite] 903029-escale-a-rangoun: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video ID; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/francetv.py", line 280, in _real_extract
    webpage, 'video ID').split('@')
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 992, in _html_search_regex
    res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags, group)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 983, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video ID; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Same issue for all videos. It seems that the site has changed its player + video id/url

[NiesmialyGosc]

The same here. This issue requires urgent attention. Thank you in advance team!

[LateLament]

Same issue today
change
video_id = self._search_regex( r'(?:data-main-video\s*=|videoId\s*:)\s*(["\'])(?P<id>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1', webpage, 'video id', default=None, group='id')
to
video_id = self._search_regex( r'(?:data-main-video\s*=|videoId"?\s*:)\s*(["\'])(?P<id>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1', webpage, 'video id', default=None, group='id')
works