What causes "can not found media" in iawia002/lux?

Pass a logged-in browser cookie through Options.Cookie so PornHub serves the real player page with mp4 definitions

can not found media

Error message

can not found media

What it means

Thrown by the PornHub extractor after it parses the page's mediaDefinitions array: it scans for an entry with Format == "mp4" and fails to find one. PornHub delivers videos as a list of media definitions in different formats/qualities; if none is labeled mp4, the extractor has no download URL it can use.

Source

Thrown at extractors/pornhub/pornhub.go:136

	if str, err := value.ToString(); err != nil {
		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
	} else {
		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &mediaDefinitions); err != nil {
			return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
		}
	}

	var mp4MediaDefinition *MediaDefinition

	for _, mediaDefinition := range mediaDefinitions {
		if mediaDefinition.Format == "mp4" {
			mp4MediaDefinition = &mediaDefinition
		}
	}

	if mp4MediaDefinition == nil {
		return nil, errors.New("can not found media")
	}

	resApi, err := request.Get(mp4MediaDefinition.VideoURL, mp4MediaDefinition.VideoURL, map[string]string{
		"Cookie": strings.Join(cookiesArr, "; "),
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
	}

	pornhubs := make([]pornhubData, 0)

	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(resApi), &pornhubs); err != nil {
		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
	}

	streams := make(map[string]*extractors.Stream, len(pornhubs))

	for _, data := range pornhubs {

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Solutions

Pass a logged-in browser cookie through Options.Cookie so PornHub serves the real player page with mp4 definitions
Verify the video URL plays in a private browser window without login; if it shows a paywall/age wall, the extractor cannot access it either
Check whether the fetched HTML actually contains mediaDefinitions JSON (log the page) to distinguish 'no mp4 format' from 'wrong page served'
Update the extractor to also accept other formats (e.g. hls) if PornHub shifted delivery away from mp4

Example fix

// before
options := extractors.Options{} // no cookie
_, err := pornhub.Extract(url, options)

// after
options := extractors.Options{
    Cookie: "ua=...; accessAgeDisclaimer=1; il=v; ...", // from a logged-in browser session
}
_, err := pornhub.Extract(url, options)

Defensive patterns

Strategy: try-catch

Try / catch

_, err := pornhub.Extract(url, opts)
if err != nil {
    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "can not found media") {
        // likely age/premium wall: retry once with a logged-in cookie, else skip
    }
    return err
}

Prevention

Always pass a fresh logged-in cookie via Options.Cookie for age-restricted content
Filter premium URLs out of batch input unless you hold a VIP session
Re-verify cookie validity periodically; expired sessions reproduce this error

When it happens

Trigger: Calling Extract on a premium or age-restricted video whose mp4 definitions only appear for logged-in users, a region-blocked video, or a page where anti-bot/consent markup replaced the real player so mediaDefinitions is empty or only contains other formats (e.g. hls).

Common situations: No session cookie passed via extractors.Options.Cookie so the consent/age wall is served instead of the video page; premium content accessed without a paid account; the video was removed and the page no longer embeds definitions.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of iawia002/lux@dd00f6d258 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7aa57f8f4f9ee09c. Report an issue: GitHub.