Youtube download stacktrace (signature problem) #2769

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opened 2026-02-20 23:07:33 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-20 23:07:33 -05:00

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Originally created by @tmolitor-stud-tu on GitHub (Aug 2, 2014).

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-x', '--audio-quality', '0', '--audio-format', 'mp3', '-f', 'bestaudio', '--console-title', '--playlist-start', '17', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS2b1eSWUdo&index=31&list=RDJLS378rCjxw', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale ISO-8859-15, fs ISO-8859-15, out ISO-8859-15, pref ISO-8859-15
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.07.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist RDJLS378rCjxw - add --no-playlist to just download video KS2b1eSWUdo
[youtube:playlist] RDJLS378rCjxw: Downloading Youtube mix
[download] Downloading playlist: Mix - POTF - Heal My Wounds (with lyrics)
[youtube:playlist] playlist Mix - POTF - Heal My Wounds (with lyrics): Collected 26 video ids (downloading 10 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 10
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Downloading webpage
[youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Extracting video information
[youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Encrypted signatures detected.
[youtube] encrypted signature length 84 (68.12.2), itag 43, html5 player en_US-vflEyBLiy/html5player
ERROR: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, len(s)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function
player_type = id_m.group('ext')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
; 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 877, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, len(s)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function
player_type = id_m.group('ext')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 168, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1249, in _real_extract
encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 887, in _decrypt_signature
u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
ExtractorError: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, len(s)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function
player_type = id_m.group('ext')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
; 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.

Originally created by @tmolitor-stud-tu on GitHub (Aug 2, 2014). [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-x', '--audio-quality', '0', '--audio-format', 'mp3', '-f', 'bestaudio', '--console-title', '--playlist-start', '17', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS2b1eSWUdo&index=31&list=RDJLS378rCjxw', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale ISO-8859-15, fs ISO-8859-15, out ISO-8859-15, pref ISO-8859-15 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.07.15 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] Downloading playlist RDJLS378rCjxw - add --no-playlist to just download video KS2b1eSWUdo [youtube:playlist] RDJLS378rCjxw: Downloading Youtube mix [download] Downloading playlist: Mix - POTF - Heal My Wounds (with lyrics) [youtube:playlist] playlist Mix - POTF - Heal My Wounds (with lyrics): Collected 26 video ids (downloading 10 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 10 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Downloading webpage [youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Extracting video information [youtube] t4gfw3aDtP0: Encrypted signatures detected. [youtube] encrypted signature length 84 (68.12.2), itag 43, html5 player en_US-vflEyBLiy\/html5player ERROR: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature video_id, player_url, len(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function player_type = id_m.group('ext') AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group' ; 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 877, in _decrypt_signature video_id, player_url, len(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function player_type = id_m.group('ext') AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 168, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1249, in _real_extract encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 887, in _decrypt_signature u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e) ExtractorError: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 877, in _decrypt_signature video_id, player_url, len(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 352, in _extract_signature_function player_type = id_m.group('ext') AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group' ; 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.

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