dailymotion: Unable to extract video info #5886

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opened 2026-02-21 01:29:58 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:29:58 -05:00

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Originally created by @PascalPetit on GitHub (Oct 18, 2015).

$ youtube-dl http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ooog_le-grand-decryptage-du-14-10-2015_news
[dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion] x39ooog: Extracting information
[dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading embed page
ERROR: Unable to extract video info; 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.
petit@u2:/tmp$ youtube-dl --verbose http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ooog_le-grand-decryptage-du-14-10-2015_news
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ooog_le-grand-decryptage-du-14-10-2015_news']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.02.28
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.19.0-30-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.04-vivid
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.2-6, avprobe 11.2-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading webpage
[dailymotion] x39ooog: Extracting information
[dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading embed page
ERROR: Unable to extract video info; 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/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 643, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 275, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py", line 118, in _real_extract
'video info', flags=re.MULTILINE)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 547, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video info; 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 @PascalPetit on GitHub (Oct 18, 2015). $ youtube-dl http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ooog_le-grand-decryptage-du-14-10-2015_news [dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading webpage [dailymotion] x39ooog: Extracting information [dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading embed page ERROR: Unable to extract video info; 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. petit@u2:/tmp$ youtube-dl --verbose http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ooog_le-grand-decryptage-du-14-10-2015_news [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ooog_le-grand-decryptage-du-14-10-2015_news'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.02.28 [debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.19.0-30-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.04-vivid [debug] exe versions: avconv 11.2-6, avprobe 11.2-6, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading webpage [dailymotion] x39ooog: Extracting information [dailymotion] x39ooog: Downloading embed page ERROR: Unable to extract video info; 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/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 643, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 275, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py", line 118, in _real_extract 'video info', flags=re.MULTILINE) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 547, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video info; 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.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 01:30:00 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:30:05 -05:00

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@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2015):

You're using a out-dated version. Follow update instructions if you have problems on updating.

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2015): You're using a out-dated version. Follow [update instructions](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) if you have problems on updating.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:30:06 -05:00

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@PascalPetit commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2015):

Ok.
I will update and try again.

@PascalPetit commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2015): Ok. I will update and try again.

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