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ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression u'['; ( Linux Mint 19.1 - After apt upgrade ) #26178

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unityconstruct opened this issue Jul 30, 2020 · 1 comment
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ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression u'['; ( Linux Mint 19.1 - After apt upgrade ) #26178

unityconstruct opened this issue Jul 30, 2020 · 1 comment
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Summary:
After update of Mint Linux, youtube-dl 'seems' to be choking on the brackets now : '['
Things working wonderfully since updating to 2020.06.16 back in June (after a presumed YT API change)

BTW: youtube-dl KICKS ASS, so THANKS to the community for putting time/energy into this wonderful util.

Version:
Original Version:

youtube-dl --version 2020.06.16.1

Updated version during triage

youtube-dl --version 2020.07.28

Error Message:
ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression u'[';

Command-line args:
[u'-v', u'--console-title', u'--verbose', u'-f', u'bestaudio[ext=mp3]/bestaudio/best', u'-x', u'--audio-format', u'mp3', u'--audio-quality', u'0', u'--keep-video', u'--embed-thumbnail', u'--write-all-thumbnails', u'--write-description', u'--write-info-json', u'--ignore-errors', u'--no-overwrites', u'--restrict-filenames', u'--download-archive', u'/media/media2/ytu/archive-audio.txt', u'--no-playlist', u'--output', u'/media/media2/v/ytu/%(uploader)s/audio/%(title)s-%(id)s-audio.%(ext)s', u'https://youtu.be/PtdYnhnoGI0']

Initial Triage:
looks like the upgrade updated packages that now have JS choking on the brackets
bestaudio[ext=mp3]

SysInfo:

inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: m4800 Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.10 
           Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 

echo $(lsb_release -a)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint Description: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa Release: 19.1 Codename: tessa

Files:
Bash Wrapper Script ( no changes in last 2 weeks or so )
yd.sh.log

Trace:

[debug] System config: []                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
[debug] User config: []                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
[debug] Custom config: []                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--console-title', u'--verbose', u'-f', u'bestaudio[ext=mp3]/bestaudio/best', u'-x', u'--audio-format', u'mp3', u'--audio-quality', u'0', u'--keep-video', u'--embed-thumbnail', u'--write-all-thumbnails', u'--write-description', u'--write-info-json', u'--ignore-errors', u'--no-overwrites', u'--restrict-filenames', u'--download-archive', u'/media/media2/ytu/archive-audio.txt', u'--no-playlist', u'--output', u'/media/media2/v/ytu/%(uploader)s/audio/%(title)s-%(id)s-audio.%(ext)s', u'https://youtu.be/PtdYnhnoGI0']                                                                                                                                                                   
[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) - Linux-4.15.0-20-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-19.1-tessa                                                                                                                                            
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.8, ffprobe 3.4.8                                                                                                                                                                                             
[debug] Proxy map: {}                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
[youtube] PtdYnhnoGI0: Downloading webpage                                                                                                                                                                                                    
[youtube] Downloading just video PtdYnhnoGI0 because of --no-playlist                                                                                                                                                                         
[youtube] {18} signature length 104, html5 player f82a8c37                                                                                                                                                                                    
[youtube] PtdYnhnoGI0: Downloading player https://www.youtube.com/s/player/f82a8c37/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js                                                                                                                           
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                                                                                        
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1426, in _decrypt_signature                                                                                                                                       
    video_id, player_url, s                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1338, in _extract_signature_function                                                                                                                              
    cache_res = res(test_string)                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1402, in <lambda>
    return lambda s: initial_function([s])
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 258, in resf
    res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 92, in interpret_expression
    m.group('expr'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 189, in interpret_expression
    m.group('x'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 211, in interpret_expression
    raise ExtractorError('Unsupported JS expression %r' % expr)
ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression u'['; 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.
 (caused by ExtractorError(u"Unsupported JS expression u'['; 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.",)); 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 "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1426, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1338, in _extract_signature_function
    cache_res = res(test_string)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1402, in <lambda>
    return lambda s: initial_function([s])
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 258, in resf
    res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 92, in interpret_expression
    m.group('expr'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 189, in interpret_expression
    m.group('x'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 211, in interpret_expression
    raise ExtractorError('Unsupported JS expression %r' % expr)
ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression u'['; 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 "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2107, in _real_extract
    encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1436, in _decrypt_signature
    'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1426, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1338, in _extract_signature_function
    cache_res = res(test_string)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1402, in <lambda>
    return lambda s: initial_function([s])
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 258, in resf
    res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 92, in interpret_expression
    m.group('expr'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 189, in interpret_expression
    m.group('x'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 211, in interpret_expression
    raise ExtractorError('Unsupported JS expression %r' % expr)
ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression u'['; 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.
 (caused by ExtractorError(u"Unsupported JS expression u'['; 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.",)); 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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@unityconstruct unityconstruct commented Jul 30, 2020

Thx! Confirmed ..
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio[ext=mp3]/bestaudio/best" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgMaBreDuF4
[youtube] EgMaBreDuF4: Downloading webpage
[download] Destination: Leonard Cohen - Who by fire-EgMaBreDuF4.webm
[download] 100% of 5.46MiB in 00:00
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