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BBC (New error 3/2/20) - No video formats found #24214

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BlohoJo opened this issue Mar 2, 2020 · 1 comment
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BBC (New error 3/2/20) - No video formats found #24214

BlohoJo opened this issue Mar 2, 2020 · 1 comment

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@BlohoJo BlohoJo commented Mar 2, 2020

  • I'm reporting a broken site support
  • I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
  • 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

E:\USER\temp_ytdl>youtube-dl -v https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-51637561/coro
navirus-watch-how-germs-spread
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-51637561/c
oronavirus-watch-how-germs-spread']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-2008ServerR2-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.3, ffprobe N-89595-g40d4b13228, rtmpdump 2.4-20
151223-gfa8646d-OpenSSL_1.0.2n-x86_64-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[bbc] coronavirus-watch-how-germs-spread: Downloading webpage
[bbc] p084zgch: Downloading media selection XML
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug
 . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. B
e sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete outpu
t.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\extractor\bbc.py", line 937, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1327, in _sort_formats
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issu
e on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  y
outube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and
include its complete output.

Using Program ID workaround:

E:\USER\temp_ytdl>youtube-dl -v https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p084zgch
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p084zgch']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-2008ServerR2-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.3, ffprobe N-89595-g40d4b13228, rtmpdump 2.4-20
151223-gfa8646d-OpenSSL_1.0.2n-x86_64-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[bbc.co.uk] p084zgch: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] p084zgch: Downloading media selection XML
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug
 . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. B
e sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete outpu
t.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\extractor\bbc.py", line 592, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpavop71
lg\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1327, in _sort_formats
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issu
e on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  y
outube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and
include its complete output.

Description

Bugtracker shows other errors. There were some workarounds. Now all workarounds fail. Other tools (Video download helper, Jdownloader, etc.) all fail. Unable to find any workaround.

Example URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-51637561/coronavirus-watch-how-germs-spread
Program ID: p084zgch - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p084zgch

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@BlohoJo BlohoJo commented Mar 2, 2020

Duplicate of #23455

Sorry! I must have missed it the first time I searched. :\

@BlohoJo BlohoJo closed this Mar 2, 2020
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