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RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name #6741
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Look at this line in the verbose log Have you installed two or more versions of youtube-dl? |
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hi Yen Chi Hsuan, Thank you for your reply ! Looks like it is fixed in 2015.08.28 K55VM:~$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUrwH7dBaRI No more errors.. Warm regards On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Yen Chi Hsuan notifications@github.com
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Hi ,
I am getting this error while i have latest update of youtube-dl.
sukanyar@sukanyar-K55VM:
$ sudo youtube-dl -U$ youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhY-uRL0Gw"youtube-dl is up-to-date (2015.08.28)
sukanyar@sukanyar-K55VM:
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Extracting video information
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Encrypted signatures detected.
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Downloading js player new
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 479, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 383, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 454, in _parse_sig_js
u'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 391, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'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.
sukanyar@sukanyar-K55VM:~$ youtube-dl --verbose "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhY-uRL0Gw"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhY-uRL0Gw']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.05
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Linux-3.16.0-44-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.10-utopic
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Extracting video information
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Encrypted signatures detected.
[youtube] {22} signature length 44.40, html5 player new
[youtube] xdhY-uRL0Gw: Downloading js player new
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 479, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 383, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 454, in _parse_sig_js
u'Initial JS player signature function name')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 391, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
Please help me in finding a solution to this or fixing it.
Warm regards
Rationalist