Dailymotion seems to be broken again #500

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opened 2026-02-20 23:05:43 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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2026-02-20 23:05:43 -05:00

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Originally created by @bric3 on GitHub (Feb 13, 2013).

Hi I got an error with youtube-dl today :

youtube-dl -F http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3elrr_azazel-bigwall-in-pakistan_sport\#.URuXsVpARkg
[dailymotion] x3elrr: Downloading video webpage
[dailymotion] x3elrr: Extracting information
ERROR: unable to extract video URL

youtube-dl --verbose -F http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3elrr_azazel-bigwall-in-pakistan_sport
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.02.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.2 - Darwin-12.2.1-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x3elrr: Downloading video webpage
[dailymotion] x3elrr: Extracting information
ERROR: unable to extract video URL
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 17, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 494, in main
    _real_main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 478, in _real_main
    retcode = fd.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 503, in download
    videos = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 93, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 719, in _real_extract
    self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video URL')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 228, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

I've installed youtube-dl through Homebrew on mac osx, built on 2013.02.01

Originally created by @bric3 on GitHub (Feb 13, 2013). Hi I got an error with youtube-dl today : ``` youtube-dl -F http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3elrr_azazel-bigwall-in-pakistan_sport\#.URuXsVpARkg [dailymotion] x3elrr: Downloading video webpage [dailymotion] x3elrr: Extracting information ERROR: unable to extract video URL ``` ``` youtube-dl --verbose -F http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3elrr_azazel-bigwall-in-pakistan_sport [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.02.01 [debug] Python version 2.7.2 - Darwin-12.2.1-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] Proxy map: {} [dailymotion] x3elrr: Downloading video webpage [dailymotion] x3elrr: Extracting information ERROR: unable to extract video URL File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 17, in <module> youtube_dl.main() File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 494, in main _real_main() File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 478, in _real_main retcode = fd.download(all_urls) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 503, in download videos = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 93, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py", line 719, in _real_extract self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video URL') File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py", line 228, in trouble tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack()) ``` I've installed youtube-dl through Homebrew on mac osx, built on 2013.02.01