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C:>youtube-dl.exe -v "https://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi997965593?ref_=cs_ov_vi" -o mike.mp4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi997965593?r
ef_=cs_ov_vi', '-o', 'mike.mp4']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.01.24
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[imdb] 997965593: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video metadata; 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 comp
lete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpw0w300
z1\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpw0w300
z1\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpw0w300
z1\build\youtube_dl\extractor\imdb.py", line 54, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpw0w300
z1\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video metadata; please re
port this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest ve
rsion; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --ver
bose flag and include its complete output.