【FranceTV】Download no longer possible

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support
• I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

C:\Users\DELL\video>youtube-dl -v https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-18/2739781-episode-du-vendredi-10-septembre-2021.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-18/2739781-episode-du-vendredi-10-septembre-2021.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp936, fs mbcs, out cp936, pref cp936
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.03.14
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89508-g1f1207145a, ffprobe N-89508-g1f1207145a
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': 'http://127.0.0.1:52528', 'socks': 'socks://127.0.0.1:52527', 'https': 'https://127.0.0.1:52528'}
[FranceTVSite] 2739781-episode-du-vendredi-10-septembre-2021: Downloading webpage
[FranceTV] b44f8a0a-e316-4735-9e1f-0fdf9839e2e2: Downloading video JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp8z3w9mz6\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp8z3w9mz6\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2279, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default


C:\Users\DELL\video>

Description

Hi team,

I can’t seem to download any more video from FRANCE.TV, here are some examples:

https://www.france.tv/france-3/plus-belle-la-vie/plus-belle-la-vie-saison-18/2743611-episode-du-lundi-13-septembre-2021.html https://www.france.tv/france-2/amour-gloire-et-beaute/2743793-emission-du-lundi-13-septembre-2021.html https://www.france.tv/france-5/la-quotidienne/la-quotidienne-saison-9/2743883-emission-du-lundi-13-septembre-2021.html

I assure you it has nothing to do with any of my VPNs for I have verified these videos play like a charm in the browser with my VPNs turned on.

Could you please look into this FRANCE.TV issue on priority and help to publish the latest version ASAP?

Many Thanks!! NiesmialyGosc

[sarnoud]

Here is quick early patch I wrote that seems to repair quite a few links. youtube-dl-patch.txt

[Philippe-Arnaud]

Here is quick early patch I wrote that seems to repair quite a few links. youtube-dl-patch.txt

Thank you @sarnoud ! So is there an on-the-ground solution for end users with little or no programming expertise to apply this patch? If yes could you provide some guidance on the steps? Thank you.

Warm regards, NiesmialyGosc

In your Python directory (i.e. /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages for Linux) enter the following command:

patch youtube_dl/extractor/francetv.py < youtube-dl-patch.txt

Et voilà 😃