Windows Directory References dstftw's Local PATHs

[derekfelaney]

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• I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.06.08
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-i', '-o', 'downloads\\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s', '--ffmpeg-location', 'ffmpeg', '-x', '--audio-format', 'mp3', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.06.08
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-94066-g18dab6175b, ffprobe N-94066-g18dab6175b
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 9bZkp7q19f0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 9bZkp7q19f0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] {18} signature length 104, html5 player vfl49f_g4
[youtube] 9bZkp7q19f0: Downloading player https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player_ias-vfl49f_g4/en_US/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.
 (caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.',)); 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1986, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1352, in _decrypt_signature
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.
 (caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.',)); 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.

'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'index' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
't' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Description

So I think in the Windows builds, the pathing for the temporary files is absolute instead of relative. The script fails early because the location the application is trying to access for downloading (for anyone other than dstftw) does not exist.

The lines I am referring to are any that say "File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp3esl0iyj\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info".