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BFM business video extraction fails #26713

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opened 2026-02-21 14:27:06 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:27:06 -05:00

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Originally created by @theedge456 on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023).

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[ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
[ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2023.10.13
[ 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

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[debug] Command-line config: ['https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/replay-emissions/les-experts/les-experts-transition-verte-qui-doit-payer-13-10_VN-202310130321.html', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.10.13 [b634ba742] (zip)
[debug] Python 3.11.2 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.1.57-x86_64-with-glibc2.36 (OpenSSL 3.0.11 19 Sep 2023, glibc 2.36)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.1.3-1 (setts), ffprobe 5.1.3-1
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.11.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.09.24, mutagen-1.46.0, pyxattr-0.8.1, requests-2.28.1, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-1.26.12
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib
[debug] Loaded 1890 extractors
[bfmtv] Extracting URL: https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/replay-emissions/les-experts/les-experts-transition-verte-qui-doit-payer-13-10_VN-202310130321.html
[bfmtv] 202310130321: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [bfmtv] 202310130321: Unable to extract video block; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 715, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/yt_dlp/extractor/bfmtv.py", line 43, in _real_extract
    video_block = extract_attributes(self._search_regex(
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1263, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)

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The extraction fails since October 17th, 2023

Originally created by @theedge456 on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023).  ## Checklist  - [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2023.10.13** - [ 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  ``` [debug] Command-line config: ['https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/replay-emissions/les-experts/les-experts-transition-verte-qui-doit-payer-13-10_VN-202310130321.html', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8 [debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.10.13 [b634ba742] (zip) [debug] Python 3.11.2 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.1.57-x86_64-with-glibc2.36 (OpenSSL 3.0.11 19 Sep 2023, glibc 2.36) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.1.3-1 (setts), ffprobe 5.1.3-1 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.11.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.09.24, mutagen-1.46.0, pyxattr-0.8.1, requests-2.28.1, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-1.26.12 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib [debug] Loaded 1890 extractors [bfmtv] Extracting URL: https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/replay-emissions/les-experts/les-experts-transition-verte-qui-doit-payer-13-10_VN-202310130321.html [bfmtv] 202310130321: Downloading webpage ERROR: [bfmtv] 202310130321: Unable to extract video block; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 715, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/yt_dlp/extractor/bfmtv.py", line 43, in _real_extract video_block = extract_attributes(self._search_regex( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1263, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) ``` ## Description  The extraction fails since October 17th, 2023

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2026-02-21 14:27:06 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:27:08 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023):

The pattern used by the extractor to find the Brightcove video id is too restrictive:

--- old/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bfmtv.py
+++ new/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bfmtv.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 class BFMTVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL_BASE = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bfmtv\.com/'
     _VALID_URL_TMPL = _VALID_URL_BASE + r'(?:[^/]+/)*[^/?&#]+_%s[A-Z]-(?P<id>\d{12})\.html'
-    _VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX = r'(<div[^>]+class="video_block"[^>]*>)'
+    _VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX = r'(<div\s[^>]*\bclass\s*=\s*["\'](?:[\S]\s+)*video_block\b[^>]+>)'
     BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/%s_default/index.html?videoId=%s'
 
     def _brightcove_url_result(self, video_id, video_block):

Also there are some improvements from the yt-dlp version to add.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023): The pattern used by the extractor to find the Brightcove video id is too restrictive: ``` --- old/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bfmtv.py +++ new/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bfmtv.py @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class BFMTVBaseIE(InfoExtractor): _VALID_URL_BASE = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bfmtv\.com/' _VALID_URL_TMPL = _VALID_URL_BASE + r'(?:[^/]+/)*[^/?&#]+_%s[A-Z]-(?P<id>\d{12})\.html' - _VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX = r'(<div[^>]+class="video_block"[^>]*>)' + _VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX = r'(<div\s[^>]*\bclass\s*=\s*["\'](?:[\S]\s+)*video_block\b[^>]+>)' BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/%s_default/index.html?videoId=%s' def _brightcove_url_result(self, video_id, video_block): ``` Also there are some improvements from the yt-dlp version to add.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:27:09 -05:00

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@theedge456 commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023):

@dirkf
It's fixed now.
Thanks for the patch

@theedge456 commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023): @dirkf It's fixed now. Thanks for the patch

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:27:09 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023):

Thanks. I'll keep it open until the patch is committed.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023): Thanks. I'll keep it open until the patch is committed.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:27:09 -05:00

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@mycodedoesnotcompile2 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023):

When this patch will be merged ?

@mycodedoesnotcompile2 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023): When this patch will be merged ?

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