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RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name #21477

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MargyLaMont opened this issue Jun 21, 2019 · 2 comments
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@MargyLaMont MargyLaMont commented Jun 21, 2019

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYwt7xY8YE', '-o', 'WP.mp4', '--verbose']
[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-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.3, ffprobe 4.1.3, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] zkYwt7xY8YE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] zkYwt7xY8YE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] {43} signature length 104, html5 player vfl49f_g4
[youtube] zkYwt7xY8YE: 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.

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@filixm filixm commented Jun 21, 2019

Getting the same error on all vevo videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdcCD5V-d8

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