Failed to download a NY Times video #4476

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opened 2026-02-21 00:17:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @RingoTheDog on GitHub (Apr 15, 2015).

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.html?_r=0

youtube-dl.py -v "http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/o
wner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-7
0000-a-year.html"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/
owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-
70000-a-year.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-40824-g31dfe20, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min
imum-wage-70000-a-year: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owne
r-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-7000
0-a-year.html?_r=0
[generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min
imum-wage-70000-a-year: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min
imum-wage-70000-a-year: Downloading webpage
[generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min
imum-wage-70000-a-year: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-grav
ity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.
html?_r=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 8
58, in _real_extract
doc = parse_xml(webpage)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1531, in pars
e_xml
tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.XML(s.encode('utf-8'), **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML
parser.feed(text)
File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 2, column 352
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 651, in e
xtract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 27
5, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 1
364, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/ow
ner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70
000-a-year.html?_r=0

Thanks
Ringo

Originally created by @RingoTheDog on GitHub (Apr 15, 2015). URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.html?_r=0 youtube-dl.py -v "http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/o wner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-7 0000-a-year.html" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/ owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage- 70000-a-year.html'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.04.09 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-40824-g31dfe20, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min imum-wage-70000-a-year: Requesting header [redirect] Following redirect to http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owne r-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-7000 0-a-year.html?_r=0 [generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min imum-wage-70000-a-year: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min imum-wage-70000-a-year: Downloading webpage [generic] owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-min imum-wage-70000-a-year: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-grav ity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year. html?_r=0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 8 58, in _real_extract doc = parse_xml(webpage) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1531, in pars e_xml tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.XML(s.encode('utf-8'), **kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML parser.feed(text) File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed self._raiseerror(v) File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror raise err ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 2, column 352 Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 651, in e xtract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 27 5, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 1 364, in _real_extract raise UnsupportedError(url) UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/ow ner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70 000-a-year.html?_r=0 Thanks Ringo

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deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:17:17 -05:00

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@yan12125 commented on GitHub (May 4, 2015):

Thanks for the report. Videos in New York Times articles will be correctly extracted in the next version.

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (May 4, 2015): Thanks for the report. Videos in New York Times articles will be correctly extracted in the next version.

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