Can't donwload some videos and converting to mp3

[amazing79]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v -x --audio-format mp3 youtube.com/watch?v=LkXdSCZx-Gs
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-x', '-v', '--audio-format', 'mp3', 'youtube.com/watch?v=LkXdSCZx-Gs']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.05
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.5
[debug] Proxy map: {}
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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 356, in _extract_signature_function
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot identify player %r' % player_url)
ExtractorError: Cannot identify player u'https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflLyLvKU/base.js'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 170, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 860, in _real_extract
    encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 489, in _decrypt_signature
    u'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: 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 356, in _extract_signature_function
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot identify player %r' % player_url)
ExtractorError: Cannot identify player u'https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/player-en_US-vflLyLvKU/base.js';
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[amazing79]

tks!!! to respond so quickly. I'll try it.