CNN Extractor #1328

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opened 2026-02-20 23:26:04 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @RingoTheDog on GitHub (Nov 8, 2013).

CNN URL Example 1:
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn
(results in no file downloaded)

C:>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn: Downloading webpage
[generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-
dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be s
ure 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 348, in e
xtract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 12
5, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2
12, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError(u'Unsupported URL: %s' % url)
ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/
11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/b
ug . 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 upd
ate.

CNN URL Example 2:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html
(results in a 45k file of some sort downloaded)

C:>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html: Downloading webpage
[generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html: Extracting information
[download] Destination: Dr. Drew - 'I am afraid he is going to die' - CNN.com Vi
deo-ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn
[download] 100% of 46.47KiB in 00:00.89KiB/s ETA 00:00n ETA

...not sure if there is a different CNN URL I should be using?

Thanks as always!

Originally created by @RingoTheDog on GitHub (Nov 8, 2013). CNN URL Example 1: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn (results in no file downloaded) C:>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.07 [debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn: Downloading webpage [generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac- dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be s ure 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. Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 348, in e xtract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 12 5, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2 12, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError(u'Unsupported URL: %s' % url) ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/ 11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/b ug . 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 upd ate. CNN URL Example 2: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html (results in a 45k file of some sort downloaded) C:>youtube-dl.py -v http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.07 [debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] Proxy map: {} WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html: Downloading webpage [generic] ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.html: Extracting information [download] Destination: Dr. Drew - 'I am afraid he is going to die' - CNN.com Vi deo-ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn [download] 100% of 46.47KiB in 00:00.89KiB/s ETA 00:00n ETA ...not sure if there is a different CNN URL I should be using? Thanks as always!

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 9, 2013):

Fixed, the problem was with the www in the url, although it worked for me because I got redirected to the edition.cnn.com url: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 9, 2013): Fixed, the problem was with the `www` in the url, although it worked for me because I got redirected to the `edition.cnn.com` url: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/08/ac-dr-drew-mayor-ford.cnn.

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