[FRANCE.TV] Why is this video playable but not downloadable

[NiesmialyGosc]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.11.22
• 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

Verbose log

C:\video\TEST1>youtube-dl --proxy xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx --all-subs --convert-subs srt --retries 20000 -o "3935.mp4" -v https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-16/1105827-plus-belle-la-vie.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--proxy', 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx', '--all-subs', '--convert-subs', 'srt', '--retries', '20000', '-o', '3935.mp4', '-v', 'https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-16/1105827-plus-belle-la-vie.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89508-g1f1207145a, ffprobe N-89508-g1f1207145a
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx', 'https': 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx'}
[FranceTVSite] 1105827-plus-belle-la-vie: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: '' (caused by BadStatusLine("''",)); 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.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 2724, in https_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1183, in do_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1137, in request
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1182, in _send_request
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1133, in endheaders
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 963, in _send_output
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 898, in send
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1279, in connect
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 874, in connect
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 852, in _tunnel
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 356, in _read_status


C:\video\TEST1>youtube-dl --proxy xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx --all-subs --convert-subs srt --retries 20000 -o "3935.mp4" -v https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-16/1105827-plus-belle-la-vie.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--proxy', 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx', '--all-subs', '--convert-subs', 'srt', '--retries', '20000', '-o', '3935.mp4', '-v', 'https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-16/1105827-plus-belle-la-vie.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89508-g1f1207145a, ffprobe N-89508-g1f1207145a
[debug] Proxy map: {'https': 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx', 'http': 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx'}
[FranceTVSite] 1105827-plus-belle-la-vie: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [WinError 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond> (caused by URLError(TimeoutError(10060, 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond', None, 10060, None),))
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 2724, in https_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1185, in do_open

Description

VIDEO URL: https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-16/1105827-plus-belle-la-vie.html

In the verbose log above, I've tried to download the video with 2 different French proxies, but neither of them works for me... These proxies do work when it comes to each & every other geoblocked video on France.TV that I test with.

I've made sure the video is perfectly playable, please see the attached screenshots below:

Thank you in advance!
Jacob

[dstftw]

You can't expect any reliability from free proxies.

[NiesmialyGosc]

@dstftw But I've used these proxies for ages and they never malfunctioned..! Plus these proxies do work for other geoblocked videos on the same site!