[DouyuShow] TypeError: string indices must be integers

[ZM-J]

Checklist

• [ x ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• [ x ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.08
• [ x ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [ x ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• [ x ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• [ x ] I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

youtube-dl -v https://v.douyu.com/show/ZB5Kv95KAzKva93x
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://v.douyu.com/show/ZB5Kv95KAzKva93x']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp936, fs mbcs, out cp936, pref cp936
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.08
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2020-01-13-7225479, ffprobe git-2020-01-13-7225479
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[DouyuShow] ZB5Kv95KAzKva93x: Downloading webpage
[DouyuShow] ZB5Kv95KAzKva93x: Downloading JSON metadata
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp378onz6j\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 474, in main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp378onz6j\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 464, in _real_main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp378onz6j\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2019, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp378onz6j\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp378onz6j\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp378onz6j\build\youtube_dl\extractor\douyutv.py", line 176, in _real_extract
TypeError: string indices must be integers

Description

This link is official streaming videos archive of DouyuTV. I did not try whether youtube-dl works or not on other videos in DouyuTV.

[jc3213]

Same problem confirmed on version 2019.03.24. This bug prevent me downloading douyu live archives
@dstftw

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-f', 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best', '-o', 'R:\\Youtube-DL\\%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--download-archive', 'R:\\Temp\\youtube-dl.txt', 'https://v.douyu.com/show/DrwnvzAO9ljWPNaX', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[DouyuShow] DrwnvzAO9ljWPNaX: Downloading webpage
[DouyuShow] DrwnvzAO9ljWPNaX: Downloading JSON metadata
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 474, in main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 464, in _real_main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2019, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\extractor\douyutv.py", line 176, in _real_extract
TypeError: string indices must be integers