Site Support Request: CBC.ca Archives (and theplatform.com in general) #6111

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opened 2026-02-21 03:09:40 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:09:40 -05:00

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Originally created by @aaronvegh on GitHub (Nov 19, 2015).

I've been noticing more videos lately being hosted on theplatform.com. This latest one is from CBC.ca. I can provide others if you wish.

$ youtube-dl --version
2015.11.15

$ youtube-dl -v -j "http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-j', u'http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.11.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1255, in _real_extract
    doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 248, in compat_etree_fromstring
    doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=etree.TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory)))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 237, in _XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
    raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 72, column 124
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/generic.py", line 1858, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries

Originally created by @aaronvegh on GitHub (Nov 19, 2015). I've been noticing more videos lately being hosted on theplatform.com. This latest one is from CBC.ca. I can provide others if you wish. ``` $ youtube-dl --version 2015.11.15 ``` ``` $ youtube-dl -v -j "http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-j', u'http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.11.15 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1255, in _real_extract doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8')) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 248, in compat_etree_fromstring doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=etree.TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory))) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 237, in _XML parser.feed(text) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed self._raiseerror(v) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror raise err ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 72, column 124 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/generic.py", line 1858, in _real_extract raise UnsupportedError(url) UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-tv-like-machines-replace-secretaries ```

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2026-02-21 03:09:44 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2015):

Duplicate of #4731.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2015): Duplicate of #4731.

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