Bug 728378 - Youtube-dl no longer compatible with Youtube's backend
Summary: Youtube-dl no longer compatible with Youtube's backend
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: youtube-dl
Version: 15
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Till Maas
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/iss...
Whiteboard:
: 728645 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-08-04 21:01 UTC by skreech2
Modified: 2011-08-22 14:53 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc16
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-08-05 03:50:15 UTC
Type: Feature Request
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Description skreech2 2011-08-04 21:01:26 UTC 
Description of problem:
Youtube has changed the backend for Youtube which has broken youtube-dl

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2011.03.29

How reproducible:
Try to use the application

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to youtube for any video and copy the video's URL
2. Run youtube-dl against the url

  
Actual results:
Get a ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info message

Expected results:
A progress bar for the file.

Additional info:
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/135 details the problem and a patch for it
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2011-08-04 21:42:23 UTC 
youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc15
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-08-04 21:42:31 UTC 
youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc14
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-08-04 21:42:40 UTC 
youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc16
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-08-05 03:50:10 UTC 
youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-08-05 03:54:05 UTC 
youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Rahul Sundaram 2011-08-06 16:04:47 UTC 
*** Bug 728645 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2011-08-22 14:53:10 UTC 
youtube-dl-2011.08.04-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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