Uncaught Exception "ValueError: unknown url type" Causing Stacktrace

[thomasrussellmurphy]

Running youtube-dl www.vimeo.com/45684858 results in:

[vimeo] 45684858: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 431, in main
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 421, in _real_main
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1067, in download
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 524, in extract_info
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 193, in extract
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 218, in _real_extract
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 306, in _download_webpage
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 246, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 226, in _request_webpage
  File "/Users/thomasrussellmurphy/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1266, in urlopen
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 396, in open
    protocol = req.get_type()
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 258, in get_type
    raise ValueError, "unknown url type: %s" % self.__original
ValueError: unknown url type: www.vimeo.com/45684858

Running youtube-dl http://vimeo.com/45684858 causes youtube-dl to behave correctly and download the video.

Should this exception be uncaught or should it be caught to allow for a clean exit without stack trace?

[jaimeMF]

Thanks for the report, in the next version the generic extractor will redirect to the url with the protocol.

[phihag]

This issue has been fixed in youtube-dl 2014.10.12. Type youtube-dl -U to update.