Should instagram video download work? Fedora 32 #21689

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opened 2026-02-21 10:30:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 10:30:13 -05:00

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Originally created by @javierpeces on GitHub (Sep 24, 2020).

Linux zenboxer 5.8.10-200.fc32.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 17 16:48:25 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[user@host Vídeos]$ youtube-dl https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfd1LMpXhA/
[Instagram] CFfd1LMpXhA: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
[user@zenboxer Vídeos]$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfd1LMpXhA/
[debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfd1LMpXhA/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.20
[debug] Python version 3.8.5 (CPython) - Linux-5.8.10-200.fc32.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Instagram] CFfd1LMpXhA: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 195, in _real_extract
video_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage, secure=False)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1128, in _og_search_video_url
return self._html_search_regex(regexes, html, name, **kargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1019, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags, group)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1010, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Originally created by @javierpeces on GitHub (Sep 24, 2020). Linux zenboxer 5.8.10-200.fc32.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 17 16:48:25 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [user@host Vídeos]$ youtube-dl https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfd1LMpXhA/ [Instagram] CFfd1LMpXhA: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. [user@zenboxer Vídeos]$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfd1LMpXhA/ [debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats'] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfd1LMpXhA/'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.20 [debug] Python version 3.8.5 (CPython) - Linux-5.8.10-200.fc32.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [Instagram] CFfd1LMpXhA: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 195, in _real_extract video_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage, secure=False) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1128, in _og_search_video_url return self._html_search_regex(regexes, html, name, **kargs) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1019, in _html_search_regex res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags, group) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1010, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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