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PBS NOVA series ERROR: No video formats found #26049

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PacoH opened this issue Jul 18, 2020 · 6 comments
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PBS NOVA series ERROR: No video formats found #26049

PacoH opened this issue Jul 18, 2020 · 6 comments

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@PacoH
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@PacoH PacoH commented Jul 18, 2020

  • [ X ] I'm reporting a broken site support
  • [ X ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1
  • [ 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

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/molecule-made-us-pulse/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out None, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Darwin-12.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 6.203.166.210 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[pbs] Downloading JSON metadata
[pbs] molecule-made-us-pulse: Downloading webpage
[pbs] Downloading widget/partnerplayer page
[pbs] Downloading portalplayer page
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. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py", line 661, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1350, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: 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. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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Normal NOVA site––https://www.pbs.org/show/nova/episodes/season/47/––works. This special NOVA series––https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/molecule-made-us/episodes/––does not work.

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@PacoH PacoH commented Jul 18, 2020

  • [ X ] I'm reporting a broken site support
  • [ X ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1
  • [ 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

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/molecule-made-us-pulse/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out None, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Darwin-12.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 6.203.166.210 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[pbs] Downloading JSON metadata
[pbs] molecule-made-us-pulse: Downloading webpage
[pbs] Downloading widget/partnerplayer page
[pbs] Downloading portalplayer page
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. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py", line 661, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1350, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: 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. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE

Normal NOVA site https://www.pbs.org/show/nova/episodes/season/47/ works. This special NOVA series https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/molecule-made-us/episodes/ does not work.

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@PacoH PacoH commented Jul 30, 2020

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@PacoH PacoH commented Jul 30, 2020

OK. Solved it. You need to go to the main site Public Broadcasting Service and search for the series and narrow it down by video length (30-60 min). Then the links are valid.

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@EvilHidden EvilHidden commented Jul 30, 2020

I tried this for American Experience and I still get the same error.

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@PacoH PacoH commented Jul 30, 2020

The bottom line is you have to go to the main PBS site I linked to above and search for the program you want and go to the Episodes page. The local PBS stations pages want your money so don't provide links to the actual videos. Try American Experience | PBS

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