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RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name #4213

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teja2010 opened this issue Nov 16, 2014 · 1 comment
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@teja2010 teja2010 commented Nov 16, 2014

youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWNZMwT3qC4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWNZMwT3qC4']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-7.7
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] cWNZMwT3qC4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] cWNZMwT3qC4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] cWNZMwT3qC4: Extracting video information
[youtube] cWNZMwT3qC4: Encrypted signatures detected.
[youtube] {22} signature length 40.42, html5 player en_US-vflM7pYrM
[youtube] cWNZMwT3qC4: Downloading js player vflM7pYrM
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 558, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 462, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 533, in _parse_sig_js
u'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 399, 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.
; 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/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 558, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 462, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 533, in _parse_sig_js
u'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 399, 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/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 521, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 178, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 941, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 568, in _decrypt_signature
u'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 558, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 462, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 533, in _parse_sig_js
u'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 399, 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.
; 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.

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@jaimeMF jaimeMF commented Nov 16, 2014

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl (the YouTube player changed on November 13th, 2014, so you'll need youtube-dl 2014.11.13 or newer). See our FAQ on how to update.

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