Unable to extract uploader id
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Checklist
- 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
Verbose log
PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE
C:\Users\Naeem>youtube-dl --verbose "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY1jrIDhvU&t=29s"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY1jrIDhvU&t=29s']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.12.1 (CPython) - Windows-11-10.0.22631-SP0
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] RRY1jrIDhvU: Downloading webpage
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 "C:\Users\Naeem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Naeem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Naeem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Naeem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1794, in _real_extract
'uploader_id': self._search_regex(r'/(?:channel|user)/([^/?&#]+)', owner_profile_url, 'uploader id') if owner_profile_url else None,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Naeem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\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.
Description
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Youtube-dl is unable to extract the uploader's id, returns RegexNotFoundError in attempt to do so
I'm experiencing the same bug with version 2021.12.17 on Linux (NixOS).
This is a known issue, refer to #30839 known issues section for your solution
[ ] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
You are.
[x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
[x] I've read bugs section in FAQ
But surprisingly this didn't reveal the master issue?