Comedy Central Change

[helpdeskdan]

The Nightly Show has changed to a different format. Much thanks.

$ youtube-dl -F "http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/xlbpt6/the-nightly-show-march-26--2015---isis-on-tatooine---bacon-rage-at-mcdonald-s-season-1-ep-01035" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-F', u'http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/xlbpt6/the-nightly-show-march-26--2015---isis-on-tatooine---bacon-rage-at-mcdonald-s-season-1-ep-01035', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.03
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-48-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.18-6, avprobe 9.18-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ComedyCentral] the-nightly-show-march-26--2015---isis-on-tatooine---bacon-rage-at-mcdonald-s-season-1-ep-01035: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract mgid; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 176, in _real_extract
og_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 641, in _og_search_video_url
return self._html_search_regex(regexes, html, name, **kargs)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 557, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags, group)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 547, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 651, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 275, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 186, in _real_extract
webpage, 'mgid')
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 547, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract mgid; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[mitchellmebane]

This patch is working for me to grab The Daily Show and the Nightly Show.

[LMariachi]

Daily Show no longer working for me:

$ youtube-dl --verbose -t http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/zwardy/april-16--2015---eric-greitens
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-t', u'http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/zwardy/april-16--2015---eric-greitens']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.17
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Darwin-14.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.6.2, ffprobe 2.6.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ComedyCentralShows] april-16--2015---eric-greitens: Downloading webpage
[ComedyCentralShows] april-16--2015---eric-greitens: Downloading show index
[ComedyCentralShows] april-16--2015---eric-greitens: Downloading configuration for segment 1 / 4
[ComedyCentralShows] april-16--2015---eric-greitens: Downloading configuration for segment 2 / 4
[ComedyCentralShows] april-16--2015---eric-greitens: Downloading configuration for segment 3 / 4
[ComedyCentralShows] april-16--2015---eric-greitens: Downloading configuration for segment 4 / 4
[download] Downloading playlist: thedailyshow April 16, 2015 - Eric Greitens
[ComedyCentralShows] playlist thedailyshow April 16, 2015 - Eric Greitens: Collected 4 video ids (downloading 4 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 4
 ERROR: No video formats found!; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 662, in extract_info
     return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
   File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 821, in process_ie_result
extra_info=extra)
   File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 708, in process_ie_result
return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
   File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1047, in process_video_result
raise ExtractorError('No video formats found!')
 ExtractorError: No video formats found!; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[malept]

Sounds like #5449 to me, which was fixed after your version (2015.04.17) was released.

[LMariachi]

Sorry, I searched on “comedy” in issue title and this was the only recent open one. Thanks!

[helpdeskdan]

Indeed, this is fixed in git. Thanks malept.

$ python -m youtube_dl -F --verbose "http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-F', u'--verbose', u'http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.17
[debug] Git HEAD: b4c0806
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-49-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.18-6, avprobe 9.18-6, ffmpeg 2.6.2, ffprobe 2.6.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading webpage
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading show index
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading configuration for segment 1 / 4
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading configuration for segment 2 / 4
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading configuration for segment 3 / 4
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading configuration for segment 4 / 4
[download] Downloading playlist: thedailyshow April 15, 2015 - Billy Crystal
[ComedyCentralShows] playlist thedailyshow April 15, 2015 - Billy Crystal: Collected 4 video ids (downloading 4 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 4
(yada yada)