RegexNotFoundError on RTP channel

[PortPhil]

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paul@paul-NC10 ~ $ youtube-dl --verbose -o "/home/paul/Videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s" --fragment-retries 1 https://www.rtp.pt/play/p5285/e397170/jornal-da-tarde-2019
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-o', u'/home/paul/Videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--fragment-retries', u'1', u'https://www.rtp.pt/play/p5285/e397170/jornal-da-tarde-2019']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.0-143-generic-i686-with-LinuxMint-18.3-sylvia
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.6-1, ffprobe 3.2.6-1, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4-n111-gitfa8646d-ppa10p1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[RTP] e397170: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract player config; 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 794, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/rtp.py", line 40, in _real_extract
r'(?s)RTPPLAY.player.newPlayer(\s*({.?})\s)', webpage, 'player config')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract player config; 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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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I'm using version 2019.03.18. I tried to download the programme I've pasted from The RTP website but got the error message above. Downloads have worked fine in the past. Whilst the programme will stream perfectly in a browser, I prefer to download. I'm afraid that's about all I can tell you.

[mtilbury]

Hi, I've confirmed this issue exists with the link you've provided. Also, the test case URL for rtp has a similar error: ERROR: Unable to extract player config

I'm assuming that the site has changed its layout, and now the extractor can't get the player config information it needs. I'm going to take a look at this.

[PortPhil]

Hi, That's good news. Thanks for looking at it.

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On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 04:01 mtilbury, ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, I've confirmed this issue exists with the link you've provided. Also, the test case URL <http://www.rtp.pt/play/p405/e174042/paixoes-cruzadas> for rtp has a similar error: ERROR: Unable to extract player config I'm assuming that the site has changed its layout, and now the extractor can't get the player config information it needs. I'm going to take a look at this. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#20480 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AusJ3000ApMkOwkoJyBwXqV2uxcKql3Oks5vfAKbgaJpZM4cLzt9> .

[rolyli]

I made a pull request for a fix here: #20484
I did the test case and it seems to be working.
Hope it helps