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Youtube - Could not find JS function 'gr' #8052

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ghost opened this issue Dec 29, 2015 · 2 comments
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Youtube - Could not find JS function 'gr' #8052

ghost opened this issue Dec 29, 2015 · 2 comments

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@ghost
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@ghost ghost commented Dec 29, 2015

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0N_Ix8YUjk', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.11.24
[debug] Python version 3.5.1 - Linux-4.2.5-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.4, ffprobe 2.8.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] f0N_Ix8YUjk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] f0N_Ix8YUjk: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] f0N_Ix8YUjk: Extracting video information
[youtube] {43} signature length 43.43, html5 player en_US-vflnrstgx
[youtube] f0N_Ix8YUjk: Downloading player https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflnrstgx/base.js
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 856, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 771, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 834, in _parse_sig_js
initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 241, in extract_function
raise ExtractorError('Could not find JS function %r' % funcname)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Could not find JS function 'gr'; 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.
(caused by ExtractorError("Could not find JS function 'gr'; 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.",)); 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 "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 856, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 771, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 834, in _parse_sig_js
initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 241, in extract_function
raise ExtractorError('Could not find JS function %r' % funcname)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Could not find JS function 'gr'; 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 "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 856, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 771, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 834, in _parse_sig_js
initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 241, in extract_function
raise ExtractorError('Could not find JS function %r' % funcname)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Could not find JS function 'gr'; 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 663, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 290, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1410, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 866, in _decrypt_signature
'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 856, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 771, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 834, in _parse_sig_js
initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 241, in extract_function
raise ExtractorError('Could not find JS function %r' % funcname)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Could not find JS function 'gr'; 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.
(caused by ExtractorError("Could not find JS function 'gr'; 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.",)); 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.

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@yupi2 yupi2 commented Dec 29, 2015

Your youtube-dl version is old. If you want to use an ArchLinux package that isn't old you could use youtube-dl-git. Otherwise you can manually update it or use pip

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@dstftw dstftw commented Dec 30, 2015

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. Read our FAQ if you have troubles updating.

@dstftw dstftw closed this Dec 30, 2015
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