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Signature extraction failed #4190

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ghost opened this issue Nov 13, 2014 · 3 comments
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Signature extraction failed #4190

ghost opened this issue Nov 13, 2014 · 3 comments

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@ghost
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@ghost ghost commented Nov 13, 2014

On debian testing with release 2014.10.30 of youtube-dl executing :

youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yiWIXBI7o

I get :

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yiWIXBI7o']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.10.30
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Linux-3.16-3-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11-6, avprobe 11-6
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] b_yiWIXBI7o: Downloading webpage
[youtube] b_yiWIXBI7o: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] b_yiWIXBI7o: Extracting video information
[youtube] b_yiWIXBI7o: Encrypted signatures detected.
[youtube] {43} signature length 45.43, html5 player en_US-vfln6g5Eq
[youtube] b_yiWIXBI7o: Downloading js player vfln6g5Eq
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 541, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 455, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 516, in _parse_sig_js
'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.
(caused by RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract \x1b[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name\x1b[0m; 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.',)); 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 541, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 455, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 516, in _parse_sig_js
'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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/YoutubeDL.py", line 533, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 198, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 936, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 551, in _decrypt_signature
'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 541, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 455, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 516, in _parse_sig_js
'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; 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.
(caused by RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract \x1b[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name\x1b[0m; 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.',)); 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.

@iggyvolz
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@iggyvolz iggyvolz commented Nov 13, 2014

Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

@bdrewery
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@bdrewery bdrewery commented Nov 13, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9NQFACZYEU was giving me problems on 9e05d03 but is fixed on 69ede8e

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@phihag phihag commented Nov 13, 2014

As @iggyvolz mentioned, you are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. Refer to our FAQ on how to update.

@phihag phihag closed this Nov 13, 2014
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