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ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id #33024

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diipessh opened this issue Jan 15, 2025 · 0 comments
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ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id #33024

diipessh opened this issue Jan 15, 2025 · 0 comments

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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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[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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ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id

youtube-dl --verbose -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76wvt0aEE4

@dirkf dirkf closed this as completed Jan 15, 2025
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