Unable to download from CBS local sites that use the Anvato embedded player

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support
• I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.01.03
• 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:\FFAStrans\Processors\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe --verbose https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/05/07/coronavirus-boulder-valley-school-district-imapct-education-food-bank
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/05/07/coronavirus-boulder-valley-school-district-imapct-education-food-bank']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.01.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[CBSLocalArticle] coronavirus-boulder-valley-school-district-imapct-education-food-bank: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract Anvato player data; 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\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 803, in wrapper
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 824, in __extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 532, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\cbslocal.py", line 107, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\anvato.py", line 365, in _extract_anvato_videos
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1019, in _html_search_regex
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp7n_m4vnl\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1010, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Anvato player data; 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

Can’t download from CBS local sites that use the embedded anvato player.

[october262]

play the video and press F12 on your keyboard, the debug menu shows, go to network - media - type m3u8 in the search box and look for prog.m3u8, copy the link and feed it into youtube-dl to download the video.

[MichaelKuz]

Indeed… thanks. I’m not sure what I was doing wrong but whatever it was, I’m not proud of it! Was able to successfully download the video using the master m3u8 file.