Ex. fresh 16.04 install today, youtube-dl packaged version already broken - $ mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A Auto-loading profile 'protocol.https' libva info: VA-API version 0.38.1 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_38 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A [ytdl_hook] ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last): [ytdl_hook] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 856, in _decrypt_signature [ytdl_hook] video_id, player_url, s [ytdl_hook] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 771, in _extract_signature_function [ytdl_hook] res = self._parse_sig_js(code) [ytdl_hook] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 834, in _parse_sig_js [ytdl_hook] initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname) [ytdl_hook] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 241, in extract_function [ytdl_hook] raise ExtractorError('Could not find JS function %r' % funcname) [ytdl_hook] ExtractorError: Could not find JS function u'hr'; 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. [ytdl_hook] (caused by ExtractorError(u"Could not find JS function u'hr'; 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. [ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed, trying to play URL directly ... [ffmpeg] tls: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated. Failed to recognize file format.
Plus it doesn't seem quite right for Ubuntu packages to be recommending a package that is in a somewhat gray area in regards to some websites tos -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400445 Title: Recommend of youtube-dl is questionable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpv/+bug/1400445/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
