ytdl-org/youtube-dl · error · ExtractorError

Could not find neither video nor playlist

Error message

Could not find neither video nor playlist

What it means

Error "Could not find neither video nor playlist" thrown in ytdl-org/youtube-dl.

Source

Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/dvtv.py:184

        timestamp = parse_iso8601(self._html_search_meta(
            'article:published_time', webpage, 'published time', default=None))

        items = re.findall(r'(?s)playlist\.push\(({.+?})\);', webpage)
        if items:
            return self.playlist_result(
                [self._parse_video_metadata(i, video_id, timestamp) for i in items],
                video_id, self._html_search_meta('twitter:title', webpage))

        item = self._search_regex(
            r'(?s)BBXPlayer\.setup\((.+?)\);',
            webpage, 'video', default=None)
        if item:
            # remove function calls (ex. htmldeentitize)
            # TODO this should be fixed in a general way in the js_to_json
            item = re.sub(r'\w+?\((.+)\)', r'\1', item)
            return self._parse_video_metadata(item, video_id, timestamp)

        raise ExtractorError('Could not find neither video nor playlist')

View on GitHub (pinned to 956b8c5855)

Solutions

1. Verify the URL points to an existing video or playlist; update youtube-dl.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/dvtv.py:184 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of ytdl-org/youtube-dl@956b8c5855 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e57f5cedb47901fd. Report an issue: GitHub.