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mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,240

[SOLVED] youtube-dl errors out downlong an audio file

I have youtube (version youtube-dl 2020.01.15-1 ) fail when trying to download an audio file:

$ youtube-dl -x --audio-format "mp3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVwui6GcUc8
[youtube] GVwui6GcUc8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] GVwui6GcUc8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] GVwui6GcUc8: Downloading js player vfl7lL1_p
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1383, in _decrypt_signature
    func = self._extract_signature_function(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1297, in _extract_signature_function
    cache_res = res(test_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1360, in <lambda>
    return lambda s: initial_function([s])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 258, in resf
    res, abort = self.interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 91, in interpret_expression
    right_val = self.interpret_expression(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 188, in interpret_expression
    x, abort = self.interpret_statement(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 188, in interpret_expression
    x, abort = self.interpret_statement(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 56, in interpret_statement
    v = self.interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 211, in interpret_expression
    raise ExtractorError('Unsupported JS expression %r' % expr)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unsupported JS expression '[function(c,d){d=(d'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
 (caused by ExtractorError("Unsupported JS expression '[function(c,d){d=(d'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.")); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Is this an upstream error in the youtube-dl package or is there a workaround?

Last edited by mcloaked (2020-01-25 10:56:04)

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Mike C

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,213

Re: [SOLVED] youtube-dl errors out downlong an audio file

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/ … 96c2aec73e
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/23819

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mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,240

Re: [SOLVED] youtube-dl errors out downlong an audio file

Thank you Seth - I guess the fix will come through to the next released version.

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mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,240

Re: [SOLVED] youtube-dl errors out downlong an audio file

Fixed in youtube-dl 2020.01.24-1

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Mike C