A and E Networks (ie: A&E, Lifetime, etc) is broken

[roadzy]

Checklist

• [X ] I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.02.16
• 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

Output from lifetime

youtube-dl https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/surviving-r-kelly/season-2/episode-1 --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/surviving-r-kelly/season-2/episode-1', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.02.16
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Linux-3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-7.7.1908-Core
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2, ffprobe 4.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] episode-1: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] episode-1: Downloading webpage
[generic] episode-1: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/surviving-r-kelly/season-2/episode-1
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 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3350, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/surviving-r-kelly/season-2/episode-1

Output from A&E

youtube-dl https://play.aetv.com/specials/warren-jeffs-prophet-of-evil/full-special --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://play.aetv.com/specials/warren-jeffs-prophet-of-evil/full-special', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.02.16
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Linux-3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-7.7.1908-Core
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2, ffprobe 4.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] full-special: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] full-special: Downloading webpage
[generic] full-special: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://play.aetv.com/specials/warren-jeffs-prophet-of-evil/full-special
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 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3350, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://play.aetv.com/specials/warren-jeffs-prophet-of-evil/full-special

Description

I'm guessing they changed the format of their url and changing it to be play.lifetime.com. Same goes for A&E. Just a guess. My understanding is that you do not need creds to play the video. If they are needed, I can provide them.

[roadzy]

@remitamine can you confirm that mine is a duplicate of this one? #23363

[killinj]

Thanks so much for the link. It looks like it is the same issue but the error message is different. I closed the case. Sorry for missing the duplicate. From: roadzy <notifications@github.com> Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:19 PM To: ytdl-org/youtube-dl <youtube-dl@noreply.github.com> Cc: Jake Killin <jake@consultjk.com>; Comment <comment@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [ytdl-org/youtube-dl] A and E Networks (ie: A&E, Lifetime, etc) is broken (#24065) @remitamine<https://github.com/remitamine> can you confirm that mine is a duplicate of this one? #23363<#23363> — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#24065 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APPZIZZ72RV5ZL4VNAGGSCDRQMCTVANCNFSM4KWNRSDQ>.