ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id about sonarr_youtubedl HOT 10 OPEN

Ever found a solution?

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Ever found a solution?

No unfortunately, google search suggests that the yt-dl needs to be updated but I don't know how to do that...

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I'm having the same issue. After some research it seems as though my best guess is it's not properly handling when the Youtube owner account is using the new "youtube.com/@channelname" instead of old url style but I believe the solution is in the code itself for not handling the "@".

For clarification, I am using the most up to date yt-dlp version. I also am able to download a video directly through yt-dlp commands. However, I get the same error as you when using sonarr_youtubedl. So, it seems like it may be a mismatch between the handling of the "@" in the url for the channel that is causing the issue. But I don't know for sure.

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I have had this issue for a while now and have tested it with windows yt-dlp clients and I get the same exact error.
I have managed to successfully download a video using this version on windows: yt-dlp nightly 2023.09.21.222108 Latest

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Also I was successful downloading with version: yt-dlp 2023.07.06 Latest
I believe pull request #60 needs to be merged for this issue to be resolved.
@whatdaybob any chance this can me merged?

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doing some more digging, I have managed to update the yt-dlp to the latest version of 2023.07.06 and I am still getting the same error.
However, when I run yt-dlp directly from the docker container, it works?!
I am not sure what is going on here :/

Result when running yt-dlp directly from the container:

root@ce42168f54d6:/usr/local/bin# yt-dlp -P "/sonarr_root" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghe058HpmMk" [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghe058HpmMk [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading webpage WARNING: [youtube] unable to extract initial player response; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading ios player API JSON [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading android player API JSON [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading iframe API JS [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading player f130aa11 [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading web player API JSON [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading m3u8 information WARNING: [youtube] unable to extract yt initial data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U WARNING: [youtube] Incomplete data received in embedded initial data; re-fetching using API. [youtube] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading initial data API JSON [info] Ghe058HpmMk: Downloading 1 format(s): 303+251 [download] Destination: /sonarr_root/Fix for youtube-dl Unable to extract uploader id [Ghe058HpmMk].f303.webm [download] 100% of 11.59MiB in 00:00:11 at 1001.66KiB/s [download] Destination: /sonarr_root/Fix for youtube-dl Unable to extract uploader id [Ghe058HpmMk].f251.webm [download] 100% of 1.45MiB in 00:00:01 at 1.17MiB/s [Merger] Merging formats into "/sonarr_root/Fix for youtube-dl Unable to extract uploader id [Ghe058HpmMk].webm" Deleting original file /sonarr_root/Fix for youtube-dl Unable to extract uploader id [Ghe058HpmMk].f303.webm (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file /sonarr_root/Fix for youtube-dl Unable to extract uploader id [Ghe058HpmMk].f251.webm (pass -k to keep) root@ce42168f54d6:/usr/local/bin#

Result when running sonarr-youtubedl as normal from the same docker container

WARNING: [youtube:tab] unable to extract yt initial data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U WARNING: [youtube:tab] Incomplete yt initial data received. Retrying (1/3)... WARNING: [youtube:tab] unable to extract yt initial data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U WARNING: [youtube:tab] Incomplete yt initial data received. Retrying (2/3)... WARNING: [youtube:tab] unable to extract yt initial data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U WARNING: [youtube:tab] Incomplete yt initial data received. Retrying (3/3)... WARNING: [youtube:tab] unable to extract yt initial data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U WARNING: [youtube:tab] Incomplete yt initial data received; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U. Giving up after 3 retries ERROR: [youtube:tab] UCgJRL30YS6XFxq9Ga8W2J3A: Playlists that require authentication may not extract correctly without a successful webpage download. If you are not downloading private content, or your cookies are only for the first account and channel, pass "--extractor-args youtubetab:skip=authcheck" to skip this check Traceback (most recent call last): File "/app/sonarr_youtubedl.py", line 441, in <module> main() File "/app/sonarr_youtubedl.py", line 435, in main client.download(series, episodes) File "/app/sonarr_youtubedl.py", line 363, in download found, dlurl = self.ytsearch(ydleps, url) File "/app/sonarr_youtubedl.py", line 336, in ytsearch if 'entries' in result and len(result['entries']) > 0: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

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This error still persists...

It even fails with the first youtube channel in the example "config.yml.template" file: Smarter Every Day.

As a test I uncommented these two lines:
# - title: Smarter Every Day
# url: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA

And I got loads of errors in the log file like this:
2023-11-08 18:53:02,417 - sonarr_youtubedl - ERROR - Failed - Helicopter Physics Series - #4 They're Gyroscopes - ERROR: [youtube] prRTWThrotU: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U

Any one find an answer? @whatdaybob , can you address this?

Thanks

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