support for RT.com

Checklist

• I’m reporting a new site support request
• I’ve verified that I’m running yt-dlp version 2021.12.27. (update instructions)
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights or contain any DRM to the best of my knowledge
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
• I’ve read the guidelines for opening an issue

Region

worldwide

Example URLs

https://www.rt.com/shows/in-question/535980-plot-to-assassinate-julian-assange/

Description

RT: a news channel

Verbose log

currently yt-dlp finds the 2 soundcloud embeds, but not the mp4 video: https://cdnv.rt.com/files/2021.09/6152271d85f5400464496162.mp4

[debug] Command-line config: ['-Uv', '-F', '--ignore-config', 'https://www.rt.com/shows/in-question/535980-plot-to-assassinate-julian-assange/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, err utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.27 [6223f67] (win_exe)
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-105208-gb24f0c82b3-20220108 (setts), ffprobe N-105208-gb24f0c82b3-20220108
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Latest version: 2021.12.27, Current version: 2021.12.27
yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.27)
[debug] [generic] Extracting URL: https://www.rt.com/shows/in-question/535980-plot-to-assassinate-julian-assange/
[generic] 535980-plot-to-assassinate-julian-assange: Requesting header
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 535980-plot-to-assassinate-julian-assange: Downloading webpage
[generic] 535980-plot-to-assassinate-julian-assange: Extracting information
[debug] Looking for video embeds
[download] Downloading playlist: The plot to assassinate Julian Assange
[generic] playlist The plot to assassinate Julian Assange: Collected 2 videos; downloading 2 of them
[download] Downloading video 1 of 2
[debug] [SoundcloudEmbed] Extracting URL: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://soundcloud.com/rttv/crosstalk-bullhorns-home-edition-false-flag&show_artwork=true&color=%234ad71e
[debug] [soundcloud] Extracting URL: https://soundcloud.com/rttv/crosstalk-bullhorns-home-edition-false-flag
[soundcloud] rttv/crosstalk-bullhorns-home-edition-false-flag: Downloading info JSON
[soundcloud] 1197901810: Downloading JSON metadata
[soundcloud] 1197901810: Downloading webpage
[soundcloud] 1197901810: Downloading JSON metadata
[soundcloud] 1197901810: Downloading JSON metadata
[soundcloud] 1197901810: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[info] Available formats for 1197901810:
ID           EXT  │  FILESIZE PROTO  │ VCODEC     ACODEC   ABR
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
hls_opus_64  opus │           m3u8_n │ audio only unknown  64k
hls_mp3_128  mp3  │           m3u8_n │ audio only unknown 128k
http_mp3_128 mp3  │           http   │ audio only unknown 128k
download     mp3  │  26.01MiB https  │ audio only unknown
[download] Downloading video 2 of 2
[debug] [SoundcloudEmbed] Extracting URL: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://soundcloud.com/rttv/renegade-inc-revenge-capitalism&show_artwork=true&color=%234ad71e
[debug] [soundcloud] Extracting URL: https://soundcloud.com/rttv/renegade-inc-revenge-capitalism
[soundcloud] rttv/renegade-inc-revenge-capitalism: Downloading info JSON
[soundcloud] 1196440786: Downloading JSON metadata
[soundcloud] 1196440786: Downloading webpage
[soundcloud] 1196440786: Downloading JSON metadata
[soundcloud] 1196440786: Downloading JSON metadata
[soundcloud] 1196440786: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[info] Available formats for 1196440786:
ID           EXT  │  FILESIZE PROTO  │ VCODEC     ACODEC   ABR
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
hls_opus_64  opus │           m3u8_n │ audio only unknown  64k
hls_mp3_128  mp3  │           m3u8_n │ audio only unknown 128k
http_mp3_128 mp3  │           http   │ audio only unknown 128k
download     mp3  │  25.36MiB https  │ audio only unknown
[download] Finished downloading playlist: The plot to assassinate Julian Assange

[chrizilla]

@Ashish0804 Great that you are working on that! Sorry, but I am not too familiar with the site. I can keep your question in mind and when I come across a page with >1 videos, I can alert you. However I see that the URL you use in #2377 for testing purposes does have 2 videos.

On an unrelated note, in the top menu of rt.com there is an icon linking to https://rtd.rt.com (“RT’s documentary channel”), in case you want to verify if your extractor works there as well.

Lastly, (still in the top menu) there is a link to https://ruptly.tv (Ruptly is a well-known video news agency subsidiary of RT). I don’t know if the videos there are embedded in a similar enough way to warrant being handled by the same extractor, but I just wanted to point to its existence.

[Ashish0804]

Wow I can’t believe this isn’t supported yet.

Is this an exclusion criterion for the creation of a yt-dlp extractor ?

No (or at least it shouldn’t be)