[Broken] Facebook Watch videos

2ShedsJackson commented 3 years ago

Checklist

[x] I'm reporting a broken site support
[x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dlc version 2020.10.31
[x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
[x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
[x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.facebook.com/141043411701/videos/295690631678897']
[debug] Loading archive file None
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dlc version 2020.11.07
[debug] Python version 3.8.2 (CPython) - FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-p3-amd64-64bit-ELF
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 295690631678897: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 295690631678897: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 295690631678897: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dlc with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/YoutubeDL.py", line 830, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/extractor/facebook.py", line 482, in _real_extract
    _, info_dict = self._extract_from_url(
  File "/usr/local/bin/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/extractor/facebook.py", line 380, in _extract_from_url
    raise ExtractorError('Cannot parse data')
youtube_dlc.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dlc with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Description

youtube-dlc doesn't download Facebook Watch videos (movies, TV shows, music videos). It still works on most other Facebook videos. The video in the example is playable without logging in.

october262 commented 3 years ago

try like this > youtube-dlc --force-generic-extractor https://www.facebook.com/141043411701/videos/295690631678897

2ShedsJackson commented 3 years ago

try like this > youtube-dlc --force-generic-extractor https://www.facebook.com/141043411701/videos/295690631678897

Thanks. Any tips for a video like https://www.facebook.com/lionsgate/videos/974855332998732 ? That video has a "custom" audience rather than a public one, requiring login. I tried passing cookies but got back

[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=974855332998732 ... ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=974855332998732

october262 commented 3 years ago

this link - https://www.facebook.com/lionsgate/videos/974855332998732 says it's expired. download may not be possible as it may be protected with DRM.

2ShedsJackson commented 3 years ago

says it's expired. download may not be possible as it may be protected with DRM.

It's definitely not expired. I see webm and audio mp4 fragments but haven't found a manifest file.

october262 commented 3 years ago

says it's expired. download may not be possible as it may be protected with DRM.

It's definitely not expired. I see webm and audio mp4 fragments but haven't found a manifest file.

you might try the firefox addon called the stream detector or videodownload helper addon did get a hit with the stream detector addon but no link showed.

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