encrypted signature length 84 (28.55) issue 2014.07.15

[shirishag75]

Hi all,
I was trying to download a video when got the following :-

$ youtube-dl --verbose -F zAvn73dKZL4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-F', 'zAvn73dKZL4']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.07.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Linux-3.14-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] zAvn73dKZL4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] zAvn73dKZL4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] zAvn73dKZL4: Extracting video information
[youtube] zAvn73dKZL4: Encrypted signatures detected.
[youtube] encrypted signature length 84 (28.55), itag 22, html5 player en_US-vflCGk6yw\/html5player
ERROR: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, len(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function
    player_type = id_m.group('ext')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, len(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function
    player_type = id_m.group('ext')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 168, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1249, in _real_extract
    encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 887, in _decrypt_signature
    u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, len(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function
    player_type = id_m.group('ext')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
; 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.

[phihag]

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. YouTube changed their player on 2014-07-25, so you'll need at least youtube-dl version 2014.07.25 (or newer).

It looks like you installed youtube-dl with a package manager (something like apt-get, or pip). You can use that package manager to update youtube-dl (you may need to contact the package maintainer though, and request an update).

Alternatively, uninstall the youtube package and follow our manual installation instructions. From then on, you'll be able to update with sudo youtube-dl -U.