The Daily Show extractor error

[6461]

python youtube-dl --verbose http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal
']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.09
[debug] Python version 3.3.2 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-69060-gcd960c8, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading webpage
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal: Downloading show index
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\lib\runpy.py", line 160, in run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "C:\Python33\lib\runpy.py", line 73, in run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "youtube-dl__main.py", line 19, in
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl__init__.py", line 404, in main
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl__init__.py", line 394, in _real_main
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1446, in download
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 651, in extract_info
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 275, in extract
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\extractor\comedycentral.py", line 218, in _real_extract
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'attrib'

[PinkPandaKatie]

I have a similar problem, but I get a different error:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-44-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.18-6, avprobe 9.18-6, ffmpeg 2.3, ffprobe 2.3, 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
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 "/home/jspenguin/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 662, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/home/jspenguin/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 821, in process_ie_result
    extra_info=extra)
  File "/home/jspenguin/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 708, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/home/jspenguin/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]

What happens (just for the Daily Show, not for any of the other CC programs I tried) is that when the segment configuration is downloaded, it returns a short XML document with the following text:

Sorry, this video is not found or no longer available due to date or rights restrictions.

Part of the reason might be that the media:content[url] ends with device={device}, and presumably the app needs to replace {device} with something valid. Though, when I tried using curl to retrieve the URL by replacing it with Android, nothing changed.

[6461]

I also tried to use the email shareable url and got a different error:
ERROR: unable to find Flash URL in webpage

python youtube-dl -vt http://on.cc.com/1JMloyv
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vt', 'http://on.cc.com/1JMloyv']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.09
[debug] Python version 3.3.2 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-69060-gcd960c8, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 1JMloyv: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to http://thedailyshow.cc.com/episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal?xrs=share_cop
y_email
[ComedyCentralShows] april-15--2015---billy-crystal?xrs=share_copy_email: Downloading webpage
ERROR: unable to find Flash URL in webpage http://thedailyshow.cc.com/episodes/9q0y2l/april-15--2015---billy-crystal?xrs
=share_copy_email; 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 "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 651, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 275, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\extractor\comedycentral.py", line 198, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError('unable to find Flash URL in webpage ' + url)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: unable to find Flash URL in webpage http://thedailyshow.cc.com/episodes/9q0y2l/april-15
--2015---billy-crystal?xrs=share_copy_email; 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.

[PinkPandaKatie]

Looking at the requests made when viewing in Firefox, it looks like it sets "device" to "Other":

http://media-utils.mtvnservices.com/services/MediaGenerator/mgid%3Aarc%3Aepisode%3Athedailyshow.com%3A747850e6-d6ca-409e-b92f-105c30d9585a?device=Other&acceptMethods=fms,hdn1,hds&cdnOverride=akamai

[PinkPandaKatie]

The problem is that the playlist URL youtube-dl requests contains "thedailyshow.cc.com" and the flash player requests "thedailyshow.com" (without "cc").

I've made a quick patch which solves the problem for now, though I'm not sure it works as a permanent solution:

https://github.com/jspenguin/youtube-dl/commit/510997866d7349b6b7f29f60f8c06c45d8e831c9

[malept]

That changeset worked for me.

[falkTX]

I can also confirm the fix works, thanks.

[dstftw]

Will be fixed in the next version. Thanks for the report.

[dstftw]

This has been fixed in youtube-dl 2015.04.26. See our FAQ if you have problems updating.