ERROR: 3an6NlxPo84: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug

[garvint]

youtube-dl -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.05.18.1
[debug] Python version 3.5.3 - Linux-4.9.0-8-amd64-x86_64-with-BunsenLabs-9.6-helium
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.12-1, ffprobe 3.2.12-1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}

i check on apt-get and youtube-dl is the latest version

[slatunje]

I am facing the same issue

[rezamar555]

Same here

[Extemma]

same as well

[shuttah627]

All videos are pulling this error in my testing. Possibly something on youtube's end has just been deployed and its broken the current yt-dl build.

[adeptg]

Same for me. Tested on yt-dl 2018.09.10, 2019.01.17 and 2019.04.24 with the same result
Video example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeQe-TemEfI
But looks like it can be reproduced on any video

youtube-dl -v "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luWaeWaV8c8"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luWaeWaV8c8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.09.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.15rc1 (CPython) - Linux-4.19.0-994-generic-x86_64-with-neon-18.04-bionic
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] luWaeWaV8c8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] luWaeWaV8c8: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: luWaeWaV8c8: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; 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/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 502, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1645, in _real_extract
video_id=video_id)
ExtractorError: luWaeWaV8c8: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; 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.

[garvint]

All videos are pulling this error in my testing. Possibly something on youtube's end has just been deployed and its broken the current yt-dl build.

this appears to be correct, i tried youtube-dl with this result:

[generic] watch?time_continue=175: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.youtube.com/
[generic] www.youtube: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] www.youtube: Downloading webpage
[generic] www.youtube: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.youtube.com/

youtube itself is blocking the method

[remitamine]

@garvint update youtube-dl and read https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command.

[adeptg]

@remitamine seems like I have the latest version and still have the same issue. Should I file another bug report?

[remitamine]

if you're getting the same error then you're not using the latest version(2019.04.24).