error msg "ffmpeg exited with code 1"

[Rush2088]

Hi,
I'm getting the following error when using the fallback extractor. I didn't include any postscript arguments, yet I receive ffmpeg errors.

C:\Users\sample\Desktop>youtube-dl http://www.startv.in/episodes/koffee-with-karan--season-4--kajol-and-ayan-mukerji/623
93 -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.startv.in/episodes/koffee-with-karan--season-4--kajol-and-ayan-mukerji/62393', '
-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.25
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 62393: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://www.startv.in/episodes/koffee-with-karan--season-4--kajol-and-ayan-mukerj
i/62393: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 62393: Downloading webpage
[generic] 62393: Extracting information
[Ooyala] kxaHE3bDo9a74VDXZekUFcjCdekIRRtK: Downloading webpage
[Ooyala] kxaHE3bDo9a74VDXZekUFcjCdekIRRtK: Downloading mobile player JS for unknown device
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'http://hdvodstreams-f.akamaihd.net/i/newstream/star/starworld/Koffee_With_Karan_S4/16/l
f_,1000,300,700,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8'
[download] Destination: Koffee With Karan - Season 4 - Kajol and Ayan Mukerji-kxaHE3bDo9a74VDXZekUFcjCdekIRRtK.mp4
ffmpeg version N-64326-g46563af Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jun 30 2014 22:10:02 with gcc 4.8.3 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfi
g --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetyp
e --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --
enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsox
r --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrw
benc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-
libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      52. 90.101 / 52. 90.101
  libavcodec     55. 68.100 / 55. 68.100
  libavformat    55. 44.100 / 55. 44.100
  libavdevice    55. 13.101 / 55. 13.101
  libavfilter     4.  9.100 /  4.  9.100
  libswscale      2.  6.100 /  2.  6.100
  libswresample   0. 19.100 /  0. 19.100
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
[http @ 0000000002e99500] HTTP error 403 Forbidden
http://hdvodstreams-f.akamaihd.net/i/newstream/star/starworld/Koffee_With_Karan_S4/16/lf_,1000,300,700,.mp4.csmil/master
.m3u8: Input/output error


ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 1
  File "__main__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 430, in main
  File "youtube_dl\__init__.pyo", line 420, in _real_main
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1067, in download
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 535, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 584, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 535, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 577, in process_ie_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 845, in process_video_result
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1037, in process_info
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 1013, in dl
  File "youtube_dl\downloader\common.pyo", line 292, in download
  File "youtube_dl\downloader\hls.pyo", line 49, in real_download
  File "youtube_dl\downloader\common.pyo", line 145, in report_error
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 410, in report_error
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 372, in trouble

[phihag]

The generic extractor found a SMIL URL. Since youtube-dl does not support SMIL natively (patches welcome), that URL is handed off to ffmpeg. However, the URL in question is a 403, so ffmpeg exits. Everything is working as it should.

We'll keep this issue as a site-support-request for startv.in . Most likely, we'll have to use either another route or add some magic incantation (cookies, Referer, UA, ...) for the SMIL request.

[remitamine]

this should be fixed by this commit cce9d15.