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Here are --verbose error messages:
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-f', 'best', '--verbose', 'http://russia.tv/video/show/brand_id/21385/episode_id/1261064/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.12.23
[debug] Python version 3.4.3 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-77045-ga16243a, ffprobe N-77045-ga16243a
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
ERROR: 1464957: Failed to parse JSON (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 485, in parse_json
return json.loads(json_string)
File "c:\python34\lib\json__init_.py", line 318, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "c:\python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=w(s, 0).end())
File "c:\python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
raise ValueError(errmsg("Expecting value", s, err.value)) from None
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 485, in parse_json
return json.loads(json_string)
File "c:\python34\lib\json__init.py", line 318, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "c:\python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "c:\python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
raise ValueError(errmsg("Expecting value", s, err.value)) from None
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 665, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 291, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\rutv.py", line 135, in _real_extract
video_id, 'Downloading JSON')
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 479, in _download_json
json_string, video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
File "c:\python34\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 489, in _parse_json
raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 1464957: Failed to parse JSON (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.