[Vimeo Showcase] ERROR: Unable to extract bootstrap data

[vpbonillas]

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Hello,

I tried to download the audio from a video protected by a password. I have updated youtube-dl to the latest version, but the problem persists. A previous issue related to Vimeo Showcase was reported but it seems there is not yet a solution Vimeo Showcase not downloading #26329

I paste below the first try, with out using --force-generic-extractor :

~$ youtube-dl -v -x --audio-format flac --video-password forets https://vimeo.com/showcase/7774146 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-x', u'--audio-format', u'flac', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE', u'https://vimeo.com/showcase/7774146'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.11.19 [debug] Python version 2.7.18 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-53-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-20.04-focal [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [vimeo:album] 7774146: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to extract bootstrap data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 952, in _real_extract webpage, 'bootstrap data'), album_id)['viewer'] File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1010, in _search_regex raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name) RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract bootstrap data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

And this is the output when using the --force-generic-extractor :

~$ youtube-dl -v -x --audio-format flac --force-generic-extractor --video-password forets https://vimeo.com/showcase/7774146 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-x', u'--audio-format', u'flac', u'--force-generic-extractor', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE', u'https://vimeo.com/showcase/7774146'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.11.19 [debug] Python version 2.7.18 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-53-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-20.04-focal [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] 7774146: Requesting header WARNING: Forcing on generic information extractor. [generic] 7774146: Downloading webpage [generic] 7774146: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7774146 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2388, in _real_extract doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8')) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2562, in compat_etree_fromstring doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=_TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory))) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2551, in _XML parser.feed(text) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1659, in feed self._raiseerror(v) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1523, in _raiseerror raise err ParseError: syntax error: line 1, column 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3381, in _real_extract raise UnsupportedError(url) UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7774146

It seems then that showcase vimeo URL are not supported by youtube-dl.

Thanks.

[vpbonillas]

Hi @remitamine ,
Please accept my apologies, yesterday when I first posted the issue I did not read the template.
I have updated it, carefully following the rules. I hope I did it correctly.
Thanks.

[vpbonillas]

Hi,

May I ask why this is still incomplete?

[remitamine]

forgot to update the labels, the fix will be available in the next version.

[someziggyman]

@remitamine a sight improvement may be needed in this "showcase" issue.
Show case URLs can have a format of "direct" link to showcase video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6733390/video/389861851

Right now link of type: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6733390 are working fine, but "direct link" to showcase video gives a following ytdl output:

_ERROR: Unable to extract info section (caused by ValueError('Extra data: line 1 column 3 - line 1 column 104 (char 2 - 103)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./vydl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 658, in _real_extract
config = json.loads(config)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/init.py", line 339, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 367, in decode
raise ValueError(errmsg("Extra data", s, end, len(s)))
ValueError: Extra data: line 1 column 3 - line 1 column 104 (char 2 - 103)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./vydl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "./vydl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "./vydl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 671, in real_extract
cause=e)
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section (caused by ValueError('Extra data: line 1 column 3 - line 1 column 104 (char 2 - 103)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[remitamine]

you have reported this problem before, I'm not planning to work on it now.

[someziggyman]

you have reported this problem before, I'm not planning to work on it now.

oh, OK. I understand. Just thought it's worth mentioning. Appreciate your hard work with these fixes! cheers