When trying to download video off ARD: "Unable to extract title" #2425

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opened 2026-02-21 00:21:49 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:21:49 -05:00

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Originally created by @jorenverspeurt on GitHub (Jun 11, 2014).

I recently tried to download a video off ardmediathek.de, which should be supported, but it gives this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 163, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py", line 41, in _real_extract
    r'<h1(?:\s+class="boxTopHeadline")?>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 389, in _html_search_regex
    res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 379, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title;

I used the following URL: (I tried different variations)
http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Dokumentation-und-Reportage/Weniger-essen-laenger-leben/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=21414506

Originally created by @jorenverspeurt on GitHub (Jun 11, 2014). I recently tried to download a video off ardmediathek.de, which should be supported, but it gives this error: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 163, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py", line 41, in _real_extract r'<h1(?:\s+class="boxTopHeadline")?>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title') File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 389, in _html_search_regex res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 379, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; ``` I used the following URL: (I tried different variations) http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Dokumentation-und-Reportage/Weniger-essen-laenger-leben/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=21414506

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2026-02-21 00:21:49 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:21:51 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2014):

I think you are using an outdated version (It seems to be the same error as #3006). It seems you are using pip, so you need to run sudo pip install -U youtube_dl to upgrade.

If you still have the problem with the last version, please post the full output of youtube-dl --verbose http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Dokumentation-und-Reportage/Weniger-essen-laenger-leben/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=21414506 and I will reopen the issue.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2014): I think you are using an outdated version (It seems to be the same error as #3006). It seems you are using pip, so you need to run `sudo pip install -U youtube_dl` to upgrade. If you still have the problem with the last version, please post the [full output of `youtube-dl --verbose http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Dokumentation-und-Reportage/Weniger-essen-laenger-leben/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=21414506`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#bugs) and I will reopen the issue.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:21:52 -05:00

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@jorenverspeurt commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2014):

Thank you for your time, I looked at the other report and it was exactly what I had (I wonder why I didn't find that issue, I searched for ARD but didn't see it...), updating to the latest version fixed it for me, apparently the package repository for my Linux distro was behind about 3 weeks or so so I didn't get the latest version through there until today. It works now, I've successfully downloaded the video.

@jorenverspeurt commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2014): Thank you for your time, I looked at the other report and it was exactly what I had (I wonder why I didn't find that issue, I searched for ARD but didn't see it...), updating to the latest version fixed it for me, apparently the package repository for my Linux distro was behind about 3 weeks or so so I didn't get the latest version through there until today. It works now, I've successfully downloaded the video.

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