ytdl-org / youtube-dl

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites
http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
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RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name #6526

Closed JasonSheedy closed 9 years ago

JasonSheedy commented 9 years ago

Error downloading the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eIXGMRLqXM

WARNING: Warning: Falling back to static signature algorithm [youtube] encrypted signature length 84 (40.43), itag 135, html5 player new-en_US-vflo_te46\/html5player-new [youtube] 3eIXGMRLqXM: Downloading js player new WARNING: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 957, in _decrypt_signature video_id, player_url, len(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 356, in _extract_signature_function res = self._parse_sig_js(code) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 424, in _parse_sig_js u'Initial JS player signature function name') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

dstftw commented 9 years ago

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