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Youtube regex error #4283
Youtube regex error #4283
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First of all, thank you for the report. Can you give us the complete output you get when you add |
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Seeing the exact same error, assuming it's the same bug, here's a |
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You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. YouTube changed their player on November 13th, 2014, so you'll need youtube-dl 2014.11.13 or newer to download all videos. See our FAQ on how to update. |
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl-2014.11.02.1-py2.7.egg/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 539, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl-2014.11.02.1-py2.7.egg/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 453, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl-2014.11.02.1-py2.7.egg/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 514, in _parse_sig_js
'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl-2014.11.02.1-py2.7.egg/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, 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.