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opened 2026-02-21 00:11:05 -05:00 by deekerman · 5 comments

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Originally created by @jmfbk on GitHub (Mar 9, 2014).

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Jewford:Downloads jmf$ youtube-dl --verbose http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002757071/the-men-of-atalissa.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002757071/the-men-of-atalissa.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'utf-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.07.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Darwin-13.1.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] the-men-of-atalissa: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] the-men-of-atalissa: Downloading webpage
[generic] the-men-of-atalissa: Extracting information
[generic] Brightcove video detected.
[download] Downloading playlist: The Men of Atalissa - Video - NYTimes.com
[generic] playlist The Men of Atalissa - Video - NYTimes.com: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 1
[Brightcove] ref:100000002757071: Downloading webpage
[Brightcove] ref:100000002757071: Extracting information
ERROR: Unable to extract json; 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 "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 500, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 162, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py", line 170, in _real_extract
videoPlayer[0], query_str, query, referer=referer)
File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py", line 186, in _get_video_info
info = self._search_regex(r'var experienceJSON = ({.*?});', webpage, 'json')
File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 360, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract json; 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 @jmfbk on GitHub (Mar 9, 2014). Verbose output: Jewford:Downloads jmf$ youtube-dl --verbose http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002757071/the-men-of-atalissa.html [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002757071/the-men-of-atalissa.html'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'utf-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.07.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Darwin-13.1.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] the-men-of-atalissa: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] the-men-of-atalissa: Downloading webpage [generic] the-men-of-atalissa: Extracting information [generic] Brightcove video detected. [download] Downloading playlist: The Men of Atalissa - Video - NYTimes.com [generic] playlist The Men of Atalissa - Video - NYTimes.com: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 1 [Brightcove] ref:100000002757071: Downloading webpage [Brightcove] ref:100000002757071: Extracting information ERROR: Unable to extract json; 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 "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 500, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 162, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py", line 170, in _real_extract videoPlayer[0], query_str, query, referer=referer) File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py", line 186, in _get_video_info info = self._search_regex(r'var experienceJSON = ({.*?});', webpage, 'json') File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 360, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract json; 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

2026-02-21 00:11:08 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:11:09 -05:00

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@canavan commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2014):

"Embedded" URLs of nytimes videos fail as well. They do use brightcove, but the URL to the video is assembled by javascript.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed

$ http_proxy= youtube-dl --verbose 'http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'ISO8859-1', fs 'ISO8859-1', out 'ISO8859-1', pref: 'ISO8859-1'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.12
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - IRIX64-6.5-IP35-mips-n32bit-ELF
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] embed: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] embed: Downloading webpage
[generic] embed: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed; 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 "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 288, in _real_extract
doc = parse_xml(webpage)
File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1281, in parse_xml
return xml.etree.ElementTree.XML(s.encode('utf-8'), **kwargs)
File "/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
raise err
ParseError: mismatched tag: line 1, column 378
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 503, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 159, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 491, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url)
ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed; 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.

@canavan commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2014): "Embedded" URLs of nytimes videos fail as well. They do use brightcove, but the URL to the video is assembled by javascript. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed $ http_proxy= youtube-dl --verbose 'http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed' [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'ISO8859-1', fs 'ISO8859-1', out 'ISO8859-1', pref: 'ISO8859-1' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.12 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - IRIX64-6.5-IP35-mips-n32bit-ELF [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] embed: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] embed: Downloading webpage [generic] embed: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed; 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 "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 288, in _real_extract doc = parse_xml(webpage) File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1281, in parse_xml return xml.etree.ElementTree.XML(s.encode('utf-8'), **kwargs) File "/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML parser.feed(text) File "/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed self._raiseerror(v) File "/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror raise err ParseError: mismatched tag: line 1, column 378 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 503, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 159, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/nekoware/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 491, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url) ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002747620&playerType=embed; 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 commented

2026-02-21 00:11:10 -05:00

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@naglis commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2014):

Can't reproduce @jordanf's problem with the latest youtube-dl (2014.09.14.2), although I get an HTTP Error 403: Forbidden when trying to download.

@naglis commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2014): Can't reproduce @jordanf's problem with the latest youtube-dl (2014.09.14.2), although I get an `HTTP Error 403: Forbidden` when trying to download.

deekerman commented

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@netllama commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014):

$ youtube-dl --version
2014.10.12
$ youtube-dl 'http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html'
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Downloading webpage
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0; 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.

@netllama commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014): $ youtube-dl --version 2014.10.12 $ youtube-dl 'http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html' [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header [redirect] Following redirect to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0 [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Downloading webpage [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0; 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 commented

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@netllama commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014):

$ youtube-dl --verbose 'http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html'
[debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.10.12
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-3.15.10-200.fc20.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-20-Heisenbug
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Downloading webpage
[generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0; 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 "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 540, in _real_extract
doc = parse_xml(webpage)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1550, in parse_xml
tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.XML(s.encode('utf-8'), **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 2, column 285
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 524, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 193, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 911, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url)
ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0; 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.

@netllama commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2014): $ youtube-dl --verbose 'http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html' [debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats'] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.10.12 [debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-3.15.10-200.fc20.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-20-Heisenbug [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header [redirect] Following redirect to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0 [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Downloading webpage [generic] fine-dining-for-second-graders: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0; 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 "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 540, in _real_extract doc = parse_xml(webpage) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1550, in parse_xml tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.XML(s.encode('utf-8'), **kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML parser.feed(text) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed self._raiseerror(v) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror raise err ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 2, column 285 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 524, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 193, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 911, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url) ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?_r=0; 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.

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015):

All provided example URLs work fine with latest version. Closing.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015): All provided example URLs work fine with latest version. Closing.

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