WARNING: unable to extract channel id

[trekjunky]

Checklist

• [ X ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• [ X ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
• [ X ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [ X ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• [ X ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• [ X ] I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

[debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-a', u'/home/trekjunky/Documents/downloadlist'] [debug] Batch file urls: [u'https://youtu.be/pSthYb85Jeo', u'https://youtu.be/21GH0QuKF-I', u'https://youtu.be/xgwWkwOac-Y', u'https://youtu.be/Lqi8pGR6yLM', u'https://youtu.be/wq_yGaTUp24'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Linux-4.12.14-lp150.12.58-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.4, ffprobe 3.4.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] pSthYb85Jeo: Downloading webpage [youtube] pSthYb85Jeo: Downloading video info webpage WARNING: unable to extract channel id; 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. [debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r3---sn-vgqsrnez.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=o-AKn9my16mpBH7VpZX-qUBxqdJJuBdyVgL1oYPv-O65EZ&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C136%2C137%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C247%2C248%2C278&itag=137&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-vgqsrnez%2Csn-p5qlsnzd&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&pl=41&ei=NR7RXNSWD8POwQGYrIj4Dw&initcwndbps=2688750&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=224656875&dur=588.045&lmt=1557171119712418&mt=1557208578&fvip=6&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&txp=4432432&ip=2601%3A408%3A780%3A2e25%3A%3Ab73d&ipbits=0&expire=1557230229&sparams=ip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cei%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&signature=843B30A3EE3577D2AC1C2718866B78F55B3D43BA.E22E84526E6CEB0F59C4469D6D8CF31C3B536542&key=yt8&ratebypass=yes'

Description

When beginning to download the video, there is a warning about extracting the channel ID and then goes to convert the video to mkv format

[ivan]

I see the same; this started a few hours ago today.

git clone https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
cd youtube-dl
PYTHONPATH=. python3 -m youtube_dl 'https://www.youtube.com/user/chilledsanity/videos'

shows

[youtube:user] chilledsanity: Downloading channel page
[youtube:playlist] UUJ6KZTTnkE-s2XFJJmoTAkw: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Uploads from Accursed Farms
[youtube:playlist] UUJ6KZTTnkE-s2XFJJmoTAkw: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] playlist Uploads from Accursed Farms: Downloading 190 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 190
[youtube] UKsH7xklMr4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] UKsH7xklMr4: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: unable to extract channel 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.
[download] Destination: May Videochat 2019-UKsH7xklMr4.mp4
[download]  17.3% of 1.11GiB at 64.32MiB/s ETA 00:14^C
ERROR: Interrupted by user

[trekjunky]

I tried with the long version of the URL which I copied from the Browser's address bar and got this:

~/bin> youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xyr1_DhpA [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xyr1_DhpA'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Linux-4.12.14-lp150.12.58-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.4, ffprobe 3.4.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] N5xyr1_DhpA: Downloading webpage [youtube] N5xyr1_DhpA: Downloading video info webpage WARNING: unable to extract channel id; 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. [debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-vgqsknee.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=o-ALenPzuo5tbOEVkStn6OGKFHuahPDwpA_e1zok7aZCpd&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C136%2C137%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C247%2C248%2C278&itag=137&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-vgqsknee%2Csn-p5qs7nee&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&pl=41&ei=9STRXM2eEPGNir4P_5aH6Aw&initcwndbps=1932500&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=214099177&dur=1087.933&lmt=1557198256881382&mt=1557210271&fvip=6&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&txp=5535432&ip=2601%3A408%3A780%3A2e25%3A%3Ab73d&ipbits=0&expire=1557231957&sparams=ip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cei%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&signature=8A6E37335CE566E4687C604C4A89EF74E0F47BB4.B498E65B5E1DAAD0E292993493D74CE702D93C7C&key=yt8&ratebypass=yes' [download] Destination: Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.f137.mp4 [download] 100% of 204.18MiB in 01:07 [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-vgqsknee.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=o-ALenPzuo5tbOEVkStn6OGKFHuahPDwpA_e1zok7aZCpd&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-vgqsknee%2Csn-p5qs7nee&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&pl=41&ei=9STRXM2eEPGNir4P_5aH6Aw&initcwndbps=1932500&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=17305644&dur=1087.961&lmt=1557197357248102&mt=1557210271&fvip=6&keepalive=yes&c=WEB&txp=5531432&ip=2601%3A408%3A780%3A2e25%3A%3Ab73d&ipbits=0&expire=1557231957&sparams=ip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cei%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&signature=EE3AEE3D91FFB51F91168E3E244D13FD35C3F2F8.C3CAEFD0FE8D267BB15AF7F9A39F3F752124AB8E&key=yt8&ratebypass=yes' [download] Destination: Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.f251.webm [download] 100% of 16.50MiB in 00:05 [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.mkv" [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel 'repeat+info' -i 'file:Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.f137.mp4' -i 'file:Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.f251.webm' -c copy -map '0:v:0' -map '1:a:0' 'file:Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.temp.mkv' Deleting original file Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Embassy Protectors Assaulted (Plus Viewer Questions)-N5xyr1_DhpA.f251.webm (pass -k to keep)

[hosnas]

same problem here