ndtv support broken

[mayureshw]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2019.01.30.1. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• [x] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2019.01.30.1

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• [x] At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• [x] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• [x] Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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• [ ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• [x] Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• [ ] Feature request (request for a new functionality)
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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), 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 "https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/walk-the-talk/walk-the-talk-with-george-fernandes-aired-june-2003-287880"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/walk-the-talk/walk-the-talk-with-george-fernandes-aired-june-2003-287880']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.30.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - NetBSD-8.0_RC1-amd64-x86_64-64bit-ELF
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0, ffmpeg3 3.4.2, ffmpeg4 4.0, ffprobe3 3.4.2, ffprobe4 4.0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[NDTV] 287880: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video filename; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 793, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/ndtv.py", line 91, in _real_extract
    r"(?:__)?filename\s*[:=]\s*'([^']+)'", webpage, 'video filename')
  File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 983, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video filename; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/walk-the-talk/walk-the-talk-with-george-fernandes-aired-june-2003-287880

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

ndtv was a supported site, though of late the support is broken, most probably something changed on the site.

[rawcoder]

I have written a fix. You can find it here: https://github.com/rawcoder/youtube-dl/tree/ndtv_fixes

I will send a PR once it is cleaned up. Not sure if @dstftw would be ready to merge it in its current state.