youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EkkMfjetEY [debug] System config: ['--prefer-free-formats'] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EkkMfjetEY'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Python version 3.11.3 (CPython) - Linux-6.2.14-300.fc38.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.37 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.0, ffprobe 6.0 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] 5EkkMfjetEY: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id; 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. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 814, in wrapper return func(self, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 835, in __extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1794, in _real_extract 'uploader_id': self._search_regex(r'/(?:channel|user)/([^/?&#]+)', owner_profile_url, 'uploader id') if owner_profile_url else None, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1012, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract uploader id; 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. That seems to be fixed by https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/31675/files Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. see description 2. 3.
unfortunately, the patch does not apply cleanly on the already little aged sources :/
We could just use the latest snapshot from upstream. However, would it not be better to switch to yt-dlp instead? Do you have a good reason to keep using youtube-dl?
FEDORA-2023-1f11546a48 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-1f11546a48
FEDORA-2023-5435c10480 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 37. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-5435c10480
FEDORA-2023-1f11546a48 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-1f11546a48` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-1f11546a48 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2023-5435c10480 has been pushed to the Fedora 37 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-5435c10480` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-5435c10480 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.