Support vevo.com videos (was "URL error downloading from Vevo")

[ussfletcher]

[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.06.26
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] USUV71300454: Downloading webpage
[generic] USUV71300454: Extracting information
ERROR: Invalid URL: http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/blurred-lines/USUV713
00454; please report this issue on GitHub.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 556, in _real_main
File "subprocess.pyo", line 679, in init
File "subprocess.pyo", line 896, in _execute_child
WindowsError: [Error 267] The directory name is invalid
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 460, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 91, in extract
File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 117, in _real_extract
ExtractorError: Invalid URL: http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/blurred-line
s/USUV71300454; please report this issue on GitHub.

[phihag]

Thank you for the report. Can you post the entire output? It should start with System config. That should shed some light on that strange Windows error.

Also, this is a request for a new site - while we have added support for vevo-style videos on youtube (that's our nickname, technically you could call them reverse signature or s or sig-less or something like that), we don't have a specific vevo extractor.

[ussfletcher]

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'URL', "'http://www.vevo.com/watch/robi
n-thicke/blurred-lines-unrated-version/USUV71300526'"]
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.06.26
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] URL: Downloading video webpage
ERROR: Unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found; please repor
t this issue on GitHub.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.pyo", line 368, in _real_extract
File "urllib2.pyo", line 126, in urlopen
File "urllib2.pyo", line 406, in open
File "urllib2.pyo", line 519, in http_response
File "urllib2.pyo", line 444, in error
File "urllib2.pyo", line 378, in _call_chain
File "urllib2.pyo", line 527, in http_error_default
HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\FileDownloader.pyo", line 460, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 91, in extract
File "youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.pyo", line 370, in _real_extract
ExtractorError: Unable to download video webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found; ple
ase report this issue on GitHub.

Perhaps I was confused about the 'vevo-style' videos and vevo videos, as well.

[phihag]

In that second invocation, you called youtube-dl with

youtube-dl --verbose URL "'http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/blurred-lines-unrated-version/USUV71300526'"

The double quoting and the upper-case URL is not necessary, instead, you want just

youtube-dl --verbose http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/blurred-lines-unrated-version/USUV71300526

(you can use quotes around the URL, but please, only one set).

Note that this will not fix the problem, just produce a better error message. This is just a note, you do not need to post anything else.

[jaimeMF]

I have edited the title to reflect that this is about vevo.com videos.

[jaimeMF]

Added support in 70d1924

[phihag]

Vevo is now supported in mainline youtube-dl. You can type

sudo youtube-dl -U

to update.