arte.tv gives invalid URL for some URLs #782

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opened 2026-02-20 21:22:54 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:22:54 -05:00

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Originally created by @grexe on GitHub (Jul 9, 2013).

I'm back unfort. with another issue - for some shows, the arte plugin still fails, but this time with the good old "invalid URL" error:

[grexe@grexbox arte]$ youtube-dl -t --verbose "http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/Lang_Lang_Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_Radio-Sinfonieorchester_Stuttgart/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-t', '--verbose', 'http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/Lang_Lang_Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_Radio-Sinfonieorchester_Stuttgart/']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.07.08.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.9.2-1-CHAKRA-x86_64-with-chakra
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[redirect] Following redirect to http://liveweb.arte.tv/front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome: Downloading webpage
[generic] front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome: Extracting information
ERROR: Invalid URL: http://liveweb.arte.tv/front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 312, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 95, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 125, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
ExtractorError: Invalid URL: http://liveweb.arte.tv/front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome; 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.

Originally created by @grexe on GitHub (Jul 9, 2013). I'm back unfort. with another issue - for some shows, the arte plugin still fails, but this time with the good old "invalid URL" error: ``` bash [grexe@grexbox arte]$ youtube-dl -t --verbose "http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/Lang_Lang_Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_Radio-Sinfonieorchester_Stuttgart/" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-t', '--verbose', 'http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/Lang_Lang_Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_Radio-Sinfonieorchester_Stuttgart/'] [debug] youtube-dl version 2013.07.08.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.9.2-1-CHAKRA-x86_64-with-chakra [debug] Proxy map: {} [redirect] Following redirect to http://liveweb.arte.tv/front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome: Downloading webpage [generic] front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome: Extracting information ERROR: Invalid URL: http://liveweb.arte.tv/front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome; 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. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 312, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 95, in extract return self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 125, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url) ExtractorError: Invalid URL: http://liveweb.arte.tv/front.do;jsessionid=9047FCED6097F0C17383CB9098715D88.tc6l2?method=getHome; 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. ```

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 21:22:56 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:22:57 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2013):

This (liveweb.) seems to be third (!), unrelated video delivery method of Arte. It uses RTMP instead of HTTP like the two others.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2013): This (`liveweb.`) seems to be third (!), unrelated video delivery method of Arte. It uses RTMP instead of HTTP like the two others.

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