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YouTube Download: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name #21731

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albertaparicio opened this issue Jul 11, 2019 · 0 comments
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  • I'm reporting a broken site support issue
  • I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.07.02
  • 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
  • I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
  • I've read bugs section in FAQ

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$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=wLoYIBEZEfw -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLoYIBEZEfw', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
[debug] Python version 3.7.3 (CPython) - Linux-5.1.16-200.fc29.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-29-Twenty_Nine
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.4, ffprobe 4.0.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] wLoYIBEZEfw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] wLoYIBEZEfw: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] {18} signature length 107, html5 player vfladvVLE
[youtube] wLoYIBEZEfw: Downloading player https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player_ias-vfladvVLE/en_US/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
    jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
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; 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.
 (caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract \x1b[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name\x1b[0m; 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.')); 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/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
    jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
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; 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/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
    jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
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; 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1989, in _real_extract
    encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1352, in _decrypt_signature
    'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1342, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1250, in _extract_signature_function
    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1314, in _parse_sig_js
    jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
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; 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.
 (caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract \x1b[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name\x1b[0m; 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.')); 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.

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When trying to download a video from YouTube I get this error. I have found it in the past and dissappeared with an update, but it seems it is back

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