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Swedish public service SVT's news section can't handle "--format=best" #22389

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b9AcE opened this issue Sep 12, 2019 · 4 comments
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Swedish public service SVT's news section can't handle "--format=best" #22389

b9AcE opened this issue Sep 12, 2019 · 4 comments
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@b9AcE b9AcE commented Sep 12, 2019

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  • I'm reporting a broken site support
  • I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.09.12.1
  • 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 issues including closed ones

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~$ ytdl --format=best -v -- 'https://www.svt.se/nyheter/har-slapps-36-ton-bomber-over-is-on'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--format=best', u'-v', u'--', u'https://www.svt.se/nyheter/har-slapps-36-ton-bomber-over-is-on']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.14.91-feral-x86_64-with-debian-9.11
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.14-1, ffprobe 3.2.14-1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[SVTPage] har-slapps-36-ton-bomber-over-is-on: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Här släpps 36 ton bomber över IS-ön
[SVTPage] playlist Här släpps 36 ton bomber över IS-ön: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 1
[debug] Using fake IP 78.79.140.15 (SE) as X-Forwarded-For.
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading JSON metadata
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading MPD manifest
ERROR: requested format not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/media/sdb1/b9ace/bin/ytdl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 807, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/media/sdb1/b9ace/bin/ytdl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 861, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/media/sdb1/b9ace/bin/ytdl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1634, in process_video_result
    expected=True)
ExtractorError: requested format not available

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When requesting "--format=best" from the videos in the news section of SVT.se, youtube-dl seems to be unable to decide which of the many streams for a particular video is best and just decides to claim it is "not available" then quit.
When run without that parameter, it doesn't.
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@dstftw dstftw commented Sep 12, 2019

There is no best format as clearly stated in the error message.
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@b9AcE b9AcE commented Sep 12, 2019

There is a "best" format just as much as there is a "best" format when using the exact same parameters with YouTube, Vimeo or other URLs, where instead youtube-dl picks the best format out of those available and youtube-dl would be reasonably expected to do the same here, as it used to do before SVT restructured the streams.
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@b9AcE b9AcE commented Sep 12, 2019 •
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Yes. There are, as there used to be when this worked, very many streams for each URL, with a predictable pattern of names, and one is declared by youtube-dl as "(best)".
In this example:

~$ ytdl -v -F -- 'https://www.svt.se/nyheter/har-slapps-36-ton-bomber-over-is-on'                                              [debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-F', u'--', u'https://www.svt.se/nyheter/har-slapps-36-ton-bomber-over-is-on']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.14.91-feral-x86_64-with-debian-9.11
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.14-1, ffprobe 3.2.14-1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[SVTPage] har-slapps-36-ton-bomber-over-is-on: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Här släpps 36 ton bomber över IS-ön
[SVTPage] playlist Här släpps 36 ton bomber över IS-ön: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 1
[debug] Using fake IP 78.64.90.126 (SE) as X-Forwarded-For.
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading JSON metadata
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading m3u8 information
[SVTPlay] 23633742: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for 23633742:
format code                 extension  resolution note
hls-cmaf-lb-stereo-Svenska  mp4        audio only [sv]
hls-cmaf-stereo-Svenska     mp4        audio only [sv]
hls-lb-stereo-Svenska       mp4        audio only [sv]
hls-stereo-Svenska          mp4        audio only [sv]
dashhbbtv-6                 m4a        audio only [sv] DASH audio  127k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2 (48000Hz)
dashhbbtv-3                 mp4        512x288    DASH video  150k , mp4_dash container, avc1.42c015, video only
dashhbbtv-7                 mp4        512x288    DASH video  266k , mp4_dash container, avc1.42c015, video only
hls-cmaf-273                mp4        512x288     273k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-cmaf-lb-273             mp4        512x288     273k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-300                     mp4        512x288     300k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-lb-300                  mp4        512x288     300k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-cmaf-381                mp4        512x288     381k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-cmaf-lb-381             mp4        512x288     381k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
dashhbbtv-4                 mp4        512x288    DASH video  383k , mp4_dash container, avc1.42c015, video only
hls-411                     mp4        512x288     411k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-lb-411                  mp4        512x288     411k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-cmaf-490                mp4        512x288     490k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-cmaf-lb-490             mp4        512x288     490k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-522                     mp4        512x288     522k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-lb-522                  mp4        512x288     522k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
dashhbbtv-5                 mp4        512x288    DASH video  574k , mp4_dash container, avc1.42c015, video only
hls-cmaf-671                mp4        512x288     671k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-706                     mp4        512x288     706k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
hls-lb-706                  mp4        512x288     706k , avc1.42c015, 25.0fps, video only
dashhbbtv-0                 mp4        768x432    DASH video  912k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401e, video only
hls-cmaf-1035               mp4        768x432    1035k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
hls-cmaf-lb-1035            mp4        768x432    1035k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
hls-1078                    mp4        768x432    1078k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
dashhbbtv-1                 mp4        1024x576   DASH video 1626k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401f, video only
hls-cmaf-1735               mp4        1024x576   1735k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
hls-1793                    mp4        1024x576   1793k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
dashhbbtv-2                 mp4        1280x720   DASH video 2802k , mp4_dash container, avc1.64001f, video only
hls-cmaf-2878               mp4        1280x720   2878k , avc1.64001f, 25.0fps, video only
hls-2960                    mp4        1280x720   2960k , avc1.64001f, 25.0fps, video only (best)
[download] Finished downloading playlist: Här släpps 36 ton bomber över IS-ön
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