ERROR: Unable to extract title; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . #3519

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opened 2026-02-21 01:24:33 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:24:33 -05:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Dec 1, 2014).

apt-get got a new version, but was not good enough so I edited the update.py myself to comment out the return(); in line number: 54

still the youtube-dl is biarching with some error. pls look into it. thansk.

k0rangu@t:~/Downloads/Eram-Scientific-eToilets$ youtube-dl --verbose "https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw&feature=player_detailpage&v=cwCheBQvZN0"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw&feature=player_detailpage&v=cwCheBQvZN0']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.17
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-24-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist PLUUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw - add --no-playlist to just download video cwCheBQvZN0
[youtube:playlist] UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw: Downloading page #1
WARNING: [youtube:playlist] UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw: Playlist page is missing OpenGraph title, falling back ...
ERROR: Unable to extract title; 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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1511, in _real_extract
playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 428, in _og_search_title
return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _og_search_property
escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, _kargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract OpenGraph title; 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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1517, in _real_extract
r'

(.?)

', page, u'title')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; 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.

k0rangu@t:~/Downloads/Eram-Scientific-eToilets$

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Dec 1, 2014). # apt-get got a new version, but was not good enough so I edited the update.py myself to comment out the return(); in line number: 54 still the youtube-dl is biarching with some error. pls look into it. thansk. k0rangu@t:~/Downloads/Eram-Scientific-eToilets$ youtube-dl --verbose "https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw&feature=player_detailpage&v=cwCheBQvZN0" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw&feature=player_detailpage&v=cwCheBQvZN0'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.17 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-24-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist PLUUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw - add --no-playlist to just download video cwCheBQvZN0 [youtube:playlist] UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw: Downloading page #1 WARNING: [youtube:playlist] UUcdXDAGNGuGBi4czNibh2cw: Playlist page is missing OpenGraph title, falling back ... ERROR: Unable to extract title; 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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1511, in _real_extract playlist_title = self._og_search_title(page) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 428, in _og_search_title return self._og_search_property('title', html, *_kargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 416, in _og_search_property escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regexes(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, *_kargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract OpenGraph title; 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/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1517, in _real_extract r'<h1 class="pl-header-title">(.*?)</h1>', page, u'title') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 366, in _html_search_regex res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; 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. k0rangu@t:~/Downloads/Eram-Scientific-eToilets$

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 01:24:38 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:24:39 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2014):

Thank you for the report. YouTube changed their player on November 13th, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.11.13 to play all YouTube videos. See our FAQ if you have trouble updating.

We also cannot support versions of youtube-dl that you modified yourself. In particular, I do not understand why just removing the return would do anything beneficial, let a lone lead to an updated version of youtube-dl.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2014): Thank you for the report. YouTube changed their player on November 13th, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.11.13 to play all YouTube videos. See [our FAQ](https://yt-dl.org/update) if you have trouble updating. We also cannot support versions of youtube-dl that you modified yourself. In particular, I do not understand why just removing the `return` would do anything beneficial, let a lone lead to an updated version of youtube-dl.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:24:39 -05:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2014):

Thaqnks. The video downloaded successfully when --no-playlist was added as an option. Just my stupidity not loking carefully at the stderr;) The reason why return was removed because the ubuntu repo does not update the package as often as the github does fix bugz. IKHO, it is sometmes better to allow the (L)user to update the youtube-dl from github even if (S)he installed the thingy as a package. actually youtube-dl was first called from aria2c, then resorted to youtube-dl itself.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2014): Thaqnks. The video downloaded successfully when --no-playlist was added as an option. Just my stupidity not loking carefully at the stderr;) The reason why return was removed because the ubuntu repo does not update the package as often as the github does fix bugz. IKHO, it is sometmes better to allow the (L)user to update the youtube-dl from github even if (S)he installed the thingy as a package. actually youtube-dl was first called from aria2c, then resorted to youtube-dl itself.

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