YouTube: Unable to extract sts

[martinswacke]

Hello,

sts parameter is not longer available in video's webpage:
[youtube] Confirming age
ERROR: Unable to extract sts; 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/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 533, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 198, in extract
return self.real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 695, in real_extract
r'"sts"\s:\s(\d+)', video_webpage, 'sts'),
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract sts; 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.

[jaimeMF]

Please post the full output of youtube-dl THE_URL --verbose, otherwise we can't debug the problem.

[martinswacke]

Hi Jaime,

It seems to be the same problem described here:
#4095

There is a verbose log.

[phihag]

Thank you for the report. I believe this issue to be fixed in youtube-dl 2014.11.04. Refer to our FAQ to find out how to update. Please comment or open a new issue if the issue persists with the new version.

[martinswacke]

Hello Philipp,

Thank you for the fix, but it seems YouTube does not include this parameter anymore. So it is missing always and for age gated videos with ciphered signatures you will get response 403: Forbidden.

Here is an example video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07FYdnEawAQ

Thanks,
Martin

[jaimeMF]

@martinswacke see #4108.