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Metacafe is not working #8539

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RealDeviil opened this issue Feb 13, 2016 · 1 comment
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Metacafe is not working #8539

RealDeviil opened this issue Feb 13, 2016 · 1 comment
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youtube-dl -v http://www.metacafe.com/watch/11364899/annoying_orange_super_mario/

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/11364899/annoying_orange_super_mario/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.02.13
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.6.5, ffprobe 2.6.5
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[metacafe] Retrieving disclaimer
[metacafe] Confirming age
[metacafe] 11364899: Downloading webpage
[metacafe] 11364899: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported video type; 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/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 666, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 315, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py", line 218, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError('Unsupported video type')
ExtractorError: Unsupported video type; 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.

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Looks like they are using m3u8 playlist files now?, e.g.: http://cdn.metacafe.com/videos/10856000/10856331/10856331.m3u8

Search for "var flashvars" JavaScript object in the video page source.

@yan12125 yan12125 added the broken-IE problem with existing site extraction label Feb 14, 2016
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