Brightcove URL variant not working.

[sevaran]

Checklist

• [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support
• [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
• [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 issues including closed ones

Verbose log

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[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] System config: []
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] User config: []
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] Custom config: []
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] Command-line args: ['--newline', '-i', '-o', 'C:\Users\Curty\Desktop\%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-v', '--ignore-config', '--hls-prefer-native', '--write-srt', '--sub-lang', 'en', '--verbose', 'https://metoperafree.brightcove.services/?videoId=6146555333001']
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2
[04/06/20 19:40:39] [debug] Proxy map: {}
[04/06/20 19:40:39] WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[04/06/20 19:40:39] ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://metoperafree.brightcove.services/?videoId=6146555333001
[04/06/20 19:40:39] Traceback (most recent call last):
[04/06/20 19:40:39] File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
[04/06/20 19:40:39] File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
[04/06/20 19:40:39] File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpjwbwqymm\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3352, in _real_extract
[04/06/20 19:40:39] youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://metoperafree.brightcove.services/?videoId=6146555333001
[04/06/20 19:40:39]

Description

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This version of the brightcove URL isn't working. Is it copy protected? Their URLs have worked for the last few weeks but this one won't work, so I'm unsure.

https://metoperafree.brightcove.services/?videoId=6146555333001

[OmarWKH]

The website has the info needed by youtube-dl but the new URL format is not recognized.

The recognized format is https://players.brightcove.net/<account_id>/<player_id>_<embed>/index.html?<content_type>Id=<video_id>.

From https://metoperafree.brightcove.services/?videoId=6146555333001 we can get content_type and video_id (video and 6146555333001).

When the page is loaded, it contains the URL https://players.brightcove.net/102076671001/ShNTDWXQ_default/index.min.js which includes account_id, player_id, and embed (102076671001, ShNTDWXQ, and default).

You can put it all together in the recognized format which youtube-dl is able to download: https://players.brightcove.net/102076671001/ShNTDWXQ_default/index.html?videoId=6146555333001

[sevaran]

Thanks so much Omar.

[OmarWKH]

@sevaran see #24668