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Get warning "Automatic signature extraction failed" trying to get id and name of video #3106

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dcgc opened this issue Jun 19, 2014 · 1 comment
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@dcgc dcgc commented Jun 19, 2014


$ python youtube-dl.py http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHabcP2CcGw --get-id -e -s
WARNING: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "youtube-dl.py/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 874, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, len(s)
  File "youtube-dl.py/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 376, in _extract_signature_function
   res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
  File "youtube-dl.py/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 444, in _parse_sig_js
  u'Initial JS player signature function name')
  File "youtube-dl.py/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 383, in _search_regex
  raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
WARNING: Warning: Falling back to static signature algorithm
Sigur Rós - Rembihnútur [Official Music Video]
tHabcP2CcGw
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@jaimeMF jaimeMF commented Jun 19, 2014

Duplicate of #3104.

@jaimeMF jaimeMF closed this Jun 19, 2014
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