SBS download error

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support issue
• 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 bug reports including closed ones
• I’ve read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

PS C:\ytdl> ./youtube-dl -v https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1914668099606/grand-tours-of-scotlands-lochs-s4-ep1-where-myths-are-made -o "C:\Users\Greg Lindner\Videos\YTDLFiles\%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1914668099606/grand-tours-of-scotlands-lochs-s4-ep1-where-myths-are-made', '-o', 'C:\\Users\\Greg Lindner\\Videos\\YTDLFiles\\%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1-2021-01-26-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 4.3.1-2021-01-26-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[SBS] 1914668099606: Downloading JSON metadata
[ThePlatform] v_HVUpodQ_p1: Downloading SMIL data
[ThePlatform] v_HVUpodQ_p1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
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\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\theplatform.py", line 309, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1374, 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.

SBS download error

I’m new here and as far as I can tell I have completed all the items on the check list correctly. I have downloaded files from SBS before without issue but now can no longer do so. The output says to report this as a bug and so that is what I am doing.

[bnw42]

The lack of a yt-dl update in well over a month is concerning, so I had a look for yt-dl forks that are still being maintained. You can try this one: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp. It combines fixes, updates etc published for youtube-dl, youtube-dlc (now abandoned), plus their own. Available as the uncompiled code, also as binaries (here https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2021.07.07).

I tossed a url from SBS ondemand at yt-dlp.exe and it worked perfectly WITHOUT the need for logging in either on the browser to get the url or in yt-dlp.exe. It also works with the old format url’s. So it appears the current issue with YT-DL is not one of needing to log in, rather it’s due to changes in the actual video URLs.

[ayubowan2u]

Yes, confirming my download works now. Appears some problem at their end. Thanks everyone!