Not properly downloading NBC videos

[luiz-izidoro]

When i try to download this video: https://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-vice/video/no-exit/n30544?onid=193196#vc193196=2
I get ERROR: Unsupported URL

I though that NBC was supported, perhaps there's something not working well.

[yan12125]

You can try: http://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-vice/video/no-exit/n30544?onid=193196#vc193196=2 (http instead of https)

[jaimeMF]

Thanks for the report, https urls should work in the next version. Since I the video is georestricted I would appreciate if you could verify that it works.

[luiz-izidoro]

Using it with http i still can't download it, i get the following:

Edgewater:~ lvispy$ youtube-dl http://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-vice/video/no-exit/n30544?onid=193196#vc193196=2
[NBC] n30544: Downloading webpage
[ThePlatform] BfBfRAGx6UxX: Downloading config
[ThePlatform] BfBfRAGx6UxX: Downloading XML
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.9/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.9/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 19, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 408, in main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 398, in _real_main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1446, in download
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 662, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 715, in process_ie_result
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 651, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 275, in extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 90, in _real_extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 442, in _download_xml
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.9/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.9/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.9/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
raise err
xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: undefined entity  : line 56, column 22

[jaimeMF]

Make sure you are using the last version and run the command with the options --verbose --write-pages and post the *.dump files in a gist

[luiz-izidoro]

It's here: https://gist.github.com/lvispy/865e43f473fbbae238d0
Sure running last version after sudo youtube-dl -U

[jaimeMF]

It's geoblocked so I can't reproduce it, I don't know why it's getting an html file. Open a new issue (to make tracking it easier)

[johny1]

Hi. I didn't know if I should make a new thread but I'm having the same issue.

Using the following link, http://stream.nbcsports.com/nascar/?pid=18390

[generic] index_nbcsn-generic: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] index_nbcsn-generic: Downloading webpage
[generic] index_nbcsn-generic: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://stream.nbcsports.com/nbcsn/index_nbcsn-generic.ht
ml?pid=18366

Any help would be great!

Other info: Tried a few different programs but none worked either. Interestingly, I'm able to record the stream with fraps but it's laggy.

Also I wonder if this has something to do with authentication.

[yan12125]

@johny1 Your problem is different (different URLs). Please open a new issue.