youtube-dl error (F37 and F38)

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi,

I have been having this error using youtube-dl for a while. Here is what I get:

  $  youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzH7_gGAM3Y
 [debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats']
 [debug] User config: []
 [debug] Custom config: []
 [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose',
'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzH7_gGAM3Y']
 [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
 [debug] Python version 3.11.4 (CPython) -
Linux-6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.37
 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.0, ffprobe 6.0
 [debug] Proxy map: {}
 [youtube] SzH7_gGAM3Y: Downloading webpage
 ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id; 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/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 814,
in wrapper
     return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 835,
in __extract_info
     ie_result = ie.extract(url)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line
534, in extract
     ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py",
line 1794, in _real_extract
     'uploader_id':
self._search_regex(r'/(?:channel|user)/([^/?&#]+)', owner_profile_url,
'uploader id') if owner_profile_url else None,
                   
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line
1012, in _search_regex
     raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
 youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract uploader id; 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.


Strangely, works fine with mpv, which I understand uses youtube-dl.

Any suggestions on the problem?

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan

[Samuel Sieb]

On 7/13/23 21:42, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  I have been having this error using youtube-dl for a while. Here is
> what I get:
>  [...]
>      File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py",
> line 1012, in _search_regex
>        raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
>    youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract uploader id; 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.
>  
>  
>  Strangely, works fine with mpv, which I understand uses youtube-dl. 
Use "yt-dlp" instead, which is what mpv uses now as well.

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Thu Jul13'23 09:52:47PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>  From: Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net&gt;
>  Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:52:47 -0700
>  To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Subject: Re: youtube-dl error (F37 and F38)
>
>  On 7/13/23 21:42, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  > I have been having this error using youtube-dl for a while. Here is what I get:
>  > [...]
>  >     File
> "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1012,
> in _search_regex
>  >       raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
>  >   youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract uploader id; 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.
>  >
>  >
>  > Strangely, works fine with mpv, which I understand uses youtube-dl.
>
>  Use "yt-dlp" instead, which is what mpv uses now as well. 
Thanks very much! Was not aware of this. How do you know so much?:-) yt-dlp Works for me.

Thanks again!

Best wishes,
Ranjan

[simmon simmon]

right.. same error.
but it doesn't work youtube-dl, so use yt-dlp and also link that;

ln -s /usr/bin/yt-dl /usr/bin/youtube-dl

and use youtube.dl

Have a nice day!