Youtube-dl no longer downloads from xHamster

[Hermitic]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
• 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

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C:\Users\S\Downloads\Youtube-dl>youtube-dl -v https://xhamster.com/videos/henry-
and-june-1990-english-xhOK2Wv
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://xhamster.com/videos/henry-and-june-19
90-english-xhOK2Wv']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-8.1-6.3.9600
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2020-07-29-cbb6ba2, ffprobe git-2020-07-29-cbb6
ba2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[XHamster] 1990: Downloading webpage
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\tmpq2whux
ta\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whux
ta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whux
ta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\xhamster.py", line 242, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whux
ta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1350, 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

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I have used youtube-dl on my Windows 8.1 OS without a problem for several months. Approximately a week or two weeks ago it ceased working with xHamster. It still downloads flawlessly from other sites.

[nicolaasjan]

Duplicate of #26157 I think.

I can confirm that changing one line in the source code and compile it again, fixes it.
Easy on Linux, but I don't know how to do that in Windows.
You will have to ask here or investigate yourself, I'm afraid...
Or wait till a fix in a new version.

[hitam4450]

Any progress to fix this issue ??

[Hermitic]

Any progress to fix this issue ??

There seems to be a solution for the Linux variant of youtube-dl, but this being the Windows variant we may have to wait until programmers release an update.

[TheRealDude2]

This is true, at least if you want to use the compiled EXE file.

But if you have python installed as a full version, I think it should work just like the Linux version. But I could be wrong on this point.

Update:
I have just installed Python on a Windows PC. After that you can actually run youtube_dl normally (see DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS in documentation), with the adapted changes in the extractors.

[nicolaasjan]

This is true, at least if you want to use the compiled EXE file.

But if you have python installed as a full version, I think it should work just like the Linux version. But I could be wrong on this point.

Update:
I have just installed Python on a Windows PC. After that you can actually run youtube_dl normally (see DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS in documentation), with the adapted changes in the extractors.

Actually building the Windows executable is not very difficult.
Found instructions here.

1. If you don't already have it, install Python.
2. In an elevated command prompt run:
   python.exe -m pip install pyinstaller
3. Download the youtube-dl source code: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/archive/master.zip
4. Extract to the folder youtube-dl-master.
5. Change line 132 in youtube-dl-master\youtube_dl\extractor\xhamster.py to:
   r'window.initials\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;\s*', webpage, 'initials',
6. Open a command prompt in the folder youtube-dl-master and run:
   pyinstaller.exe youtube_dl\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dl
7. youtube-dl.exe can then be found in the dist subdirectory.

I replaced the official .exe file with the newly built one and downloading from xHamster worked again!

[EDIT]
dstftw just committed changes, so it might soon be fixed!