[npo.nl] Fails to find a video stream since sometime last week.

[brenthuisman]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.npostart.nl/de-luizenmoeder/03-03-2019/AT_2116135', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.01
[debug] Python version 3.7.1 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading token
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading player JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading hls profile JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading dash-widevine profile JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading MPD manifest
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading dash-playready profile JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading MPD manifest
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading smooth profile JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading ISM manifest
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading JSON metadata
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading token
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading formats JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading Adaptive stream JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading Hoog stream JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading Normaal stream JSON
[npo] AT_2116135: Downloading Laag stream JSON
ERROR: No video formats found; 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 "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\npo.py", line 185, in _real_extract
    return self._get_info(url, video_id)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\npo.py", line 249, in _get_info
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1305, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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 "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\npo.py", line 185, in _real_extract
    return self._get_info(url, video_id)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\npo.py", line 249, in _get_info
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1305, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\npo.py", line 187, in _real_extract
    return self._get_old_info(video_id)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\npo.py", line 456, in _get_old_info
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "c:\users\b.huisman\appdata\local\continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1305, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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

Video's fail to be downloaded from npo.nl. This fails since last week when I successfully downloaded a video. In the browser the video works as usual.

[brenthuisman]

The DRM has been there for years however, for some reason that was not an issue till now.

[hay]

Yes, this has been in the news. Check out this article (in Dutch):
https://www.nu.nl/internet/5796627/npo-blokkeert-mogelijkheid-om-programmastreams-te-downloaden.html

[Reino17]

The DRM has been there for years however, for some reason that was not an issue till now.

@brenthuisman, from the nu.nl article:

De NPO zegt "niet te kunnen uitleggen" waarom gebruikers geen gebruik meer kunnen maken van het binnenhalen van de video's. "Als NPO vervangen we eens in de zoveel tijd verouderde systemen. Het is mogelijk dat deze downloadtool gebruikmaakte van een oud NPO-systeem."

And that's the exact reason. The NPO implemented the current API (with DRM) almost 2 years ago, but only 3 weeks ago did they take the old API (partially) down/offline. That's why youtube-dl (and my tool) weren't affected until last month.
Partially, because it appears the livestreams from NPO 1, NPO 2 and NPO 3 are still available (without DRM) using the old API.