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I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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
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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-x', '--audio-format', 'mp3', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76wvt0aEE4']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.6.9 (CPython) - Linux-6.8.0-51-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-24.04-noble
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.11, ffprobe 3.4.11
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] I76wvt0aEE4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] I76wvt0aEE4: Downloading player 0b866fa6
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to decode n-parameter: download likely to be throttled (Unable to extract Initial JS player n function name; 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 "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1520, in _n_descramble
self._player_cache[player_id] = self._extract_n_function(video_id, player_url)
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1492, in _extract_n_function
funcname = self._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1470, in _extract_n_function_name
jscode, 'Initial JS player n function name')
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/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 Initial JS player n function name; 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.
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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 "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 816, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 837, in __extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1974, in _real_extract
'uploader_id': self._search_regex(r'/(?:channel|user)/([^/?&#]+)', owner_profile_url, 'uploader id') if owner_profile_url else None,
File "/snap/youtube-dl/4806/lib/python3.6/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.
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I'm reporting a broken site support issue
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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
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ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id
youtube-dl --verbose -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76wvt0aEE4
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