WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor #15926

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opened 2026-02-21 08:36:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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Originally created by @movtex on GitHub (Feb 16, 2019).

 i have problem with **_WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor._** if you can help with that thanks
C:\>youtube-dl -v "https://rapidax.info/dash/movtex-rodjake03-6667007659/stream.mpd"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://rapidax.info/dash/movtex-rodjake03-6667007659/stream.mpd']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.02.08
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] stream: Requesting header
**WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.**
[generic] stream: Downloading webpage
[generic] stream: Extracting information
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\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 508, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2359, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1305, 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.

Originally created by @movtex on GitHub (Feb 16, 2019). ``` i have problem with **_WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor._** if you can help with that thanks C:\>youtube-dl -v "https://rapidax.info/dash/movtex-rodjake03-6667007659/stream.mpd" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://rapidax.info/dash/movtex-rodjake03-6667007659/stream.mpd'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.02.08 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] stream: Requesting header **WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.** [generic] stream: Downloading webpage [generic] stream: Extracting information 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\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 508, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2359, in _real_extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6w61832c\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1305, 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. ```