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Unable to extract JS player URL

See original GitHub issue

Bug report

Version Info

Ytmdl version: 2020.11.20-1
Youtube-dl version: 2020.11.21.1

How Ytmdl was installed?

pip install ytmdl

Console Log

[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  Logger running in DEBUG mode 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  Passed args: Namespace(SONG_NAME=['in', 'a', 'gun', 'barrel'], album=None, artist=None, choice=None, disable_file=False, disable_metaadd=False, format='mp3', get_opts=False, ignore_errors=False, level='DEBUG', list=None, list_level=False, manual_meta=False, nolocal=False, pl_end=None, pl_items=None, pl_start=None, proxy=None, quiet=False, skip_meta=False, song='fish', trim=False, url=None) 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  ['in', 'a', 'gun', 'barrel'] 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  in a gun barrel 
[cache]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  Searching to see if already present in /home/david/Music 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  proxy passed: None 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  Passed format: mp3 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:14]:  Searching Youtube for in a gun barrel 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:16]:  {'title': 'NOFX - Fish in a Gun Barrel w/ Fat Mike introduction', 'href': '/watch?v=KY0MyjtV8mM', 'author_name': 'Fat Wreck Chords', 'duration': '4:46', 'verified_music': False} 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:16]:  Downloading NOFX - Fish in a Gun Barrel w/ Fat Mike introduction in 320kbps 
[yt]:[22/11/2020 20:12:16]:  Saving the files to: /home/david/.cache/ytmdl 
[yt]:[22/11/2020 20:12:16]:  /home/david/.cache/ytmdl/NOFX#-#Fish#in#a#Gun#Barrel#w##Fat#Mike#introduction.mp3 
[yt]:[22/11/2020 20:12:18]:  ERROR: Unable to extract JS player URL; 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. 
[ytmdl]:[22/11/2020 20:12:18]:  ERROR: ERROR: Unable to extract JS player URL; 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.