newgrounds video error #24953

New issue

Open

opened 2026-02-21 13:35:33 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:35:33 -05:00

Owner

Originally created by @momoe on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022).

Checklist

[x ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
[x ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[x ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
[ x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
[ x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
[ x] I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

PS C:\Users\User\Downloads> .\youtube-dl.exe -v  https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/830258
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/830258']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Newgrounds] 830258: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract ; 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\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\newgrounds.py", line 65, in _real_extract  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1012, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract ; 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.

Description

WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE

Originally created by @momoe on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022).  ## Checklist  - [x ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [x ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [x ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [ x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [ x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones - [ x] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log  ``` PS C:\Users\User\Downloads> .\youtube-dl.exe -v https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/830258 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/830258'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [Newgrounds] 830258: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to extract ; 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\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\newgrounds.py", line 65, in _real_extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1012, in _search_regex youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract ; 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. ``` ## Description  WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE

deekerman added the

broken-IE

Good first issue

labels

2026-02-21 13:35:33 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:35:36 -05:00

Author

Owner

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022):

Yes, the page structure isn't as expected by the extractor. It looks like the page has to be requested again, with the additional headerX-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest to get a nice JSON version of the page that includes the media links:

{
    "id": 830258,
    "title": "moving in",
    "author": "wavetro",
    "sources": {
        "1080p": [
            {
                "type": "video\/mp4",
                "src": "https:\/\/uploads.ungrounded.net\/alternate\/1815000\/1815460_alternate_169154.1080p.mp4?1642878046"
            }
        ],
        "720p": [
            {
                "type": "video\/mp4",
                "src": "https:\/\/uploads.ungrounded.net\/alternate\/1815000\/1815460_alternate_169154.720p.mp4?1642878046"
            }
        ],
        "360p": [
            {
                "type": "video\/mp4",
                "src": "https:\/\/uploads.ungrounded.net\/alternate\/1815000\/1815460_alternate_169154.360p.mp4?1642878046"
            }
        ]
    }
}

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022): Yes, the page structure isn't as expected by the extractor. It looks like the page has to be requested again, with the additional header`X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest` to get a nice JSON version of the page that includes the media links: ``` { "id": 830258, "title": "moving in", "author": "wavetro", "sources": { "1080p": [ { "type": "video\/mp4", "src": "https:\/\/uploads.ungrounded.net\/alternate\/1815000\/1815460_alternate_169154.1080p.mp4?1642878046" } ], "720p": [ { "type": "video\/mp4", "src": "https:\/\/uploads.ungrounded.net\/alternate\/1815000\/1815460_alternate_169154.720p.mp4?1642878046" } ], "360p": [ { "type": "video\/mp4", "src": "https:\/\/uploads.ungrounded.net\/alternate\/1815000\/1815460_alternate_169154.360p.mp4?1642878046" } ] } } ```

No milestone

No project

No assignees

1 participant

Notifications

Due date

The due date is invalid or out of range. Please use the format "yyyy-mm-dd".

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference

starred/youtube-dl-ytdl-org#24953

No description provided.

Rows
Columns