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PBS Video Not Downloading (version: 2020.12.31)
See original GitHub issueChecklist
- I’m reporting a broken site support
- I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2020.12.31
- 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:\YouTubeDL>youtube-dl -v https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/the-impossible-flight/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/the-impossible-flight/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.12.31
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4, ffprobe 3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 6.64.187.149 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[pbs] Downloading JSON metadata
[pbs] the-impossible-flight: Downloading webpage
[pbs] Downloading widget/partnerplayer page
[pbs] Downloading portalplayer page
ERROR: No video formats found; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpabf7r3hs\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 803, in wrapper
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpabf7r3hs\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 824, in __extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpabf7r3hs\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 532, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpabf7r3hs\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pbs.py", line 661, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpabf7r3hs\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1367, in _sort_formats
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; 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.
Description
Cannot get PBS video to download on either the Windows or Linux version of 2020.12.31
URL: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/the-impossible-flight/
Issue Analytics
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- Created 3 years ago
- Comments:9
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Works just fine:
@Mennaruuk asked:
Please, study your posted logs more carefully 😉 ;
and
IOW, your
youtube-dl.exebinary can’t locate affmpeg.exebinary to use as HLS downloader - [hlsnative] works, because it’s a pure Python-based implementation, already compiled inside your yt-dl binary…Should you wish to use
ffmpeg, place a precompiled Windows binary (suitable for your OS version and architecture) adjacent toyoutube-dl.exeor on another PATH of your choosing; in the latter case, the PATH must be given to yt-dl either via a cmdline flag (--ffmpeg-location PATH) or inside a config file, if such exists…EDIT: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#on-windows-how-should-i-set-up-ffmpeg-and-youtube-dl-where-should-i-put-the-exe-files
Be also aware that the lack of
ffmpegon your yt-dl setup means many post-processing functions (e.g. repackaging streams to other container, muxing separately downloaded V+A elementary streams) won’t be possible, either…@89z wrote:
While I do appreciate your coding efforts and feel you genuinely wish to help people fetch things for which yt-dl, in its current state, has handicaps with (rather than simply promote your “own” solution[s]), please don’t turn this into a pis*ing contest 😉 ; BTW, I’d really appreciate it if you’d be king enough to also release win32 editions of your “tools” (as currently am in a 32-bit WinOS…).