DailyMotion view count extraction error #1504

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opened 2026-02-20 23:30:22 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:30:22 -05:00

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Originally created by @tomleidy on GitHub (Dec 10, 2013).

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x2k81e_greendude33_season-1-an-unearthly-child-001/1#video=xyms3o']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.12.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-13.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion:playlist] x2k81e_greendude33_season-1-an-unearthly-child-001: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion:playlist] x2k81e_greendude33_season-1-an-unearthly-child-001: Downloading page 1
[download] Downloading playlist: Season 1 - An Unearthly Child (001)
[dailymotion:playlist] playlist 'Season 1 - An Unearthly Child (001)': Collected 5 video ids (downloading 5 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 5
[dailymotion] xyms3o: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion] xyms3o: Extracting information
WARNING: unable to extract video uploader; please report this issue on http://yt-dl.org/bug
[dailymotion] xyms3o: Downloading embed page
ERROR: Unable to extract view count; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "//youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 471, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "//youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 134, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "//youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py", line 151, in _real_extract
r'video_views_value[^>]+>([\d.,]+)<', webpage, u'view count'))
File "//youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 303, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract view count; 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.

Originally created by @tomleidy on GitHub (Dec 10, 2013). [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x2k81e_greendude33_season-1-an-unearthly-child-001/1#video=xyms3o'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.12.10 [debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-13.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] Proxy map: {} [dailymotion:playlist] x2k81e_greendude33_season-1-an-unearthly-child-001: Downloading webpage [dailymotion:playlist] x2k81e_greendude33_season-1-an-unearthly-child-001: Downloading page 1 [download] Downloading playlist: Season 1 - An Unearthly Child (001) [dailymotion:playlist] playlist 'Season 1 - An Unearthly Child (001)': Collected 5 video ids (downloading 5 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 5 [dailymotion] xyms3o: Downloading webpage [dailymotion] xyms3o: Extracting information WARNING: unable to extract video uploader; please report this issue on http://yt-dl.org/bug [dailymotion] xyms3o: Downloading embed page ERROR: Unable to extract view count; 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. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/~/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 471, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/~/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 134, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/~/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py", line 151, in _real_extract r'video_views_value[^>]+>([\d.,]+)<', webpage, u'view count')) File "/~/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 303, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract view count; 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.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 23:30:24 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:30:25 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2013):

Sorry for the error, it's already fixed in the repo (it was reported in #1940), you'll have to wait for a new release or build the version from the repo.
Thanks for the report.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2013): Sorry for the error, it's already fixed in the repo (it was reported in #1940), you'll have to wait for a new release or build the version from the repo. Thanks for the report.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:30:25 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2013):

I believe this bug to be fixed in youtube-dl 2013.12.11 and newer. Type youtube-dl -U (or git pull) to update.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2013): I believe this bug to be fixed in youtube-dl 2013.12.11 and newer. Type `youtube-dl -U` (or `git pull`) to update.

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