Unable to extract JS player URL #22168

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opened 2026-02-21 12:09:28 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 12:09:28 -05:00

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Originally created by @jbbacher on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020).

youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-iYrN4lGM
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-iYrN4lGM']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.14
[debug] Python version 3.8.6 (CPython) - Linux-5.8.0-7630-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.32
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1, ffprobe 4.3.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] A8-iYrN4lGM: Downloading webpage
[youtube] A8-iYrN4lGM: Downloading embed webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract JS player URL; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2100, in _real_extract
jsplayer_url_json = self._search_regex(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract JS player URL; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Originally created by @jbbacher on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020). youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-iYrN4lGM [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-iYrN4lGM'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.14 [debug] Python version 3.8.6 (CPython) - Linux-5.8.0-7630-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.32 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1, ffprobe 4.3.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] A8-iYrN4lGM: Downloading webpage [youtube] A8-iYrN4lGM: Downloading embed webpage ERROR: Unable to extract JS player URL; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2100, in _real_extract jsplayer_url_json = self._search_regex( File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract JS player URL; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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