vimeo video fails to download #6046

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opened 2026-02-21 03:08:12 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:08:12 -05:00

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Originally created by @martinlindhe on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015).

~> youtube-dl --version
2015.11.10

~> youtube-dl --verbose "https://vimeo.com/143211613"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://vimeo.com/143211613']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.11.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.1, ffprobe 2.8.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 143211613: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 143211613: Extracting information
[vimeo] 143211613: Downloading webpage
ERROR: No video formats found; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 378, in _real_extract
    view_count = int(self._search_regex(r'UserPlays:(\d+)', webpage, 'view count'))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 584, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract view count; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 661, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 290, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 427, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 766, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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.

Originally created by @martinlindhe on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015). ``` ~> youtube-dl --version 2015.11.10 ~> youtube-dl --verbose "https://vimeo.com/143211613" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://vimeo.com/143211613'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.11.10 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.1, ffprobe 2.8.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [vimeo] 143211613: Downloading webpage [vimeo] 143211613: Extracting information [vimeo] 143211613: Downloading webpage ERROR: No video formats found; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 378, in _real_extract view_count = int(self._search_regex(r'UserPlays:(\d+)', webpage, 'view count')) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 584, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract view count; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 661, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 290, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 427, in _real_extract self._sort_formats(formats) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 766, in _sort_formats raise ExtractorError('No video formats found') ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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. ```

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 03:08:13 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:08:15 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015):

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. Read our FAQ if you have troubles updating.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015): You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. Read [our FAQ](https://yt-dl.org/update) if you have troubles updating.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:08:16 -05:00

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@martinlindhe commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015):

okay thanks. i see you pushed out 2015.11.13 about 2 hours before i opened this task, and i am guessing this is the commit resolved it: github.com/rg3/youtube-dl@fcd817a326

could you guys also push a new release to homebrew then, or is it maybe not controlled by you?

@martinlindhe commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015): okay thanks. i see you pushed out 2015.11.13 about 2 hours before i opened this task, and i am guessing this is the commit resolved it: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commit/fcd817a32636268156dfab20ffc7896fb6082f50 could you guys also push a new release to homebrew then, or is it maybe not controlled by you?

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:08:16 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015):

It's not controlled by us.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2015): It's not controlled by us.

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