{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766","id":105010532,"number":6766,"title":"RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name;","user":{"login":"jaivikram","id":106378,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106378?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram","html_url":"https://github.com/jaivikram","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-09-05T07:06:43Z","updated_at":"2015-09-05T07:13:26Z","closed_at":"2015-09-05T07:13:26Z","body":"```bash\r\njai@Thunder:~/Music$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E7tz0zRlpE\r\n[debug] System config: []\r\n[debug] User config: []\r\n[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E7tz0zRlpE']\r\n[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'\r\n[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.17\r\n[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-54-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty\r\n[debug] Proxy map: {}\r\n[youtube] Setting language\r\n[youtube] 1E7tz0zRlpE: Downloading webpage\r\n[youtube] 1E7tz0zRlpE: Downloading video info webpage\r\n[youtube] 1E7tz0zRlpE: Extracting video information\r\n[youtube] 1E7tz0zRlpE: Encrypted signatures detected.\r\n[youtube] encrypted signature length 85 (44.40), itag 43, html5 player new-en_US-vflCeB3p5\\/html5player-new\r\n[youtube] 1E7tz0zRlpE: Downloading js player new\r\nWARNING: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py\", line 957, in _decrypt_signature\r\n    video_id, player_url, len(s)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py\", line 356, in _extract_signature_function\r\n    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py\", line 424, in _parse_sig_js\r\n    u'Initial JS player signature function name')\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py\", line 356, in _search_regex\r\n    raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)\r\nRegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.\r\n\r\nWARNING: Warning: Falling back to static signature algorithm\r\n[youtube] encrypted signature length 85 (44.40), itag 18, html5 player new-en_US-vflCeB3p5\\/html5player-new\r\n[youtube] 1E7tz0zRlpE: Downloading js player new\r\nWARNING: Automatic signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py\", line 957, in _decrypt_signature\r\n    video_id, player_url, len(s)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py\", line 356, in _extract_signature_function\r\n    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py\", line 424, in _parse_sig_js\r\n    u'Initial JS player signature function name')\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py\", line 356, in _search_regex\r\n    raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)\r\nRegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.\r\n\r\nWARNING: Warning: Falling back to static signature algorithm\r\n```\r\n\r\nand the last block keeps repeating in a loop"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/comments/137923158","html_url":"https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766#issuecomment-137923158","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6766","id":137923158,"user":{"login":"jaivikram","id":106378,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106378?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram","html_url":"https://github.com/jaivikram","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaivikram/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-05T07:13:26Z","updated_at":"2015-09-05T07:13:26Z","body":"saw this https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6741#issuecomment-137004406 late.\r\nclosing."}}