yt_dlp.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract uploader id;

[c0dehu1k]

Trying to use it first time

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open in terminal search /test and console shows this error

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ERROR: [youtube] M3ogGEey3WI: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U Exception in thread Thread-1 (_preload): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 641, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 3463, in _real_extract 'uploader_id': self._search_regex(r'/(?:channel|user)/([^/?&#]+)', owner_profile_url, 'uploader id') if owner_profile_url else None, File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1229, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) yt_dlp.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U

Your Environment

I have the latest yt-dlp installed

➜ ~ yt-dlp --version 2023.06.22

Ubuntu 22.04 Kitty Terminal

[c0dehu1k]

➜ ~ yt --version yewtube version : 2.10.4 yt_dlp version : 2022.04.08 Python version : 3.10.6 (main, May 29 2023, 11:10:38) [GCC 11.3.0] Processor : x86_64 Machine type : x86_64 Architecture : 64bit, ELF Platform : Linux-5.15.0-76-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 sys.stdout.enc : utf-8 default enc : utf-8 Config dir : /home/xxxx/.config/mps-youtube dbus : 1.2.18 glib : True env:TERM : xterm-256color env:SHELL : /usr/bin/zsh env:LANG : en_IN ➜ ~ yt-dlp --version 2023.06.22

Not sure why it showing old version of yt_dlp, I have updated one installed.

[iamtalhaasghar]

I just did a couple of searches and yewtube is working fine for me.

yewtube version    : 2.10.4
yt_dlp version     : 2023.03.04
Python version     : 3.11.4 (main, Jun  7 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 13.1.1 20230511 (Red Hat 13.1.1-2)]
Processor          : 
Machine type       : x86_64
Architecture       : 64bit, ELF
Platform           : Linux-6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.37
sys.stdout.enc     : utf-8
default enc        : utf-8
Config dir         : /home/programmer/.config/mps-youtube
dbus               : 1.3.2
glib               : True
env:TERM           : xterm-256color
env:SHELL          : /usr/bin/zsh
env:LANG           : en_US.UTF-8

[c0dehu1k]

Yeah worked for me! It was issue with 2 different version of yt-dlp installed at /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin.

Might help others, before raising an issue.