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Colbert report download failure #4092

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LaHaine opened this issue Nov 3, 2014 · 3 comments
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Colbert report download failure #4092

LaHaine opened this issue Nov 3, 2014 · 3 comments

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@LaHaine
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@LaHaine LaHaine commented Nov 3, 2014

This is trying to download from the embed iframe of a colbert nation video:
% youtube-dl --verbose "http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:colbertnation.com:f9c6a090-0d85-40ce-a53b-f277209b88da"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:colbertnation.com:f9c6a090-0d85-40ce-a53b-f277209b88da']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.02.1
[debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Linux-2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64-x86_64-with-redhat-6.5-Santiago
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 0.10.15, ffprobe 0.10.15
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[mtvservices:embedded] f9c6a090-0d85-40ce-a53b-f277209b88da: Downloading XML
[mtvservices:embedded] f9c6a090-0d85-40ce-a53b-f277209b88da: Downloading info
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/runpy.py", line 122, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/runpy.py", line 34, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 18, in
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 349, in main
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 339, in _real_main
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1082, in download
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 533, in extract_info
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 198, in extract
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 198, in _real_extract
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 147, in _get_videos_info
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 332, in _download_xml
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 320, in _download_webpage
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 250, in _download_webpage_handle
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 231, in _request_webpage
File "/home/lahaine/public/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1286, in urlopen
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 383, in open
protocol = req.get_type()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 244, in get_type
raise ValueError, "unknown url type: %s" % self.__original
ValueError: unknown url type: ?uri=mgid%3Aarc%3Avideo%3Acolbertnation.com%3Af9c6a090-0d85-40ce-a53b-f277209b88da

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@clampak clampak commented Nov 4, 2014

It works for me if I use the URL for the video rather than the embed code.

Try youtube-dl http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/ladjef/gamergate

@jaimeMF jaimeMF closed this in 71f8c7c Nov 14, 2014
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@jaimeMF jaimeMF commented Nov 14, 2014

It will work in the next version, thanks for the report.

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@phihag phihag commented Nov 20, 2014

Fixed in youtube-dl 2014.11.20. See our FAQ if you have problems updating.

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