Vangelis66
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3 years ago Original report was made 1 1/2 years ago, with a now obsolete yt-dl version (2020.05.29); without ignoring the fact latest git HEAD yt-dl snapshot does have issues with various PBS.org offerings, the "Frontline Film" cited in OP,
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/inside-italys-covid-war/
doesn't seem to be one of those "issues" 😉 ; FWIW, that URI doesn't seem to be US-only, as the test below was done from an offshore IP address:
youtube-dl -v --no-geo-bypass -F "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/inside-italys-covid-war/" =>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--no-geo-bypass', '-F', 'https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/inside-italys-covid-war/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1253
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06+18-git-20210701-ga803582+PR#28955v2
[debug] Python version 3.7.12 (CPython) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.1, ffprobe 4.4.1, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pbs] Downloading JSON metadata
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading webpage
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading widget/partnerplayer page
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading portalplayer page
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading 0 video url info
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading m3u8 information
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading 1 video url info
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Checking http-2000k video URL
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: http-2000k video URL is invalid, skipping: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Checking http-6500k video URL
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: http-6500k video URL is invalid, skipping: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Checking http-4500k video URL
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: http-4500k video URL is invalid, skipping: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Checking http-3000k video URL
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Checking http-1100k video URL
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: http-1100k video URL is invalid, skipping: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Checking http-730k video URL
[pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: http-730k video URL is invalid, skipping: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[info] Available formats for 3042636767:
format code extension resolution note
0 mp4 unknown
hls-204 mp4 416x234 204k , avc1.4d400c, mp4a.40.5
hls-493 mp4 480x270 493k , avc1.4d4015, mp4a.40.5
hls-886 mp4 640x360 886k , avc1.64001e, mp4a.40.5
hls-1268 mp4 768x432 1268k , avc1.64001e, mp4a.40.5
hls-2196 mp4 960x540 2196k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.5
hls-3228 mp4 1280x720 3228k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.5
http-3228 mp4 1280x720 3228k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.5
hls-4848 mp4 1280x720 4848k , avc1.64001f, mp4a.40.2
hls-6913 mp4 1920x1080 6913k , avc1.640028, mp4a.40.2 (best):smile:
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Verbose log
youtube-dl --verbose https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/inside-italys-covid-war/ [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/inside-italys-covid-war/'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.05.29 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2020-02-13-6d37ca8 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Using fake IP 6.255.102.220 (US) as X-Forwarded-For. [pbs] Downloading JSON metadata [pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading webpage [pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading widget/partnerplayer page [pbs] inside-italys-covid-war: Downloading portalplayer page ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpxtvjzx45\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpxtvjzx45\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpxtvjzx45\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pbs.py", line 661, in _real_extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpxtvjzx45\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1350, in _sort_formats youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Description
I was previously able to download films from PBS Frontline using regular page URL - eg. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/inside-italys-covid-war/