ytdl-org/youtube-dl · error · NotImplementedError

Unsupported opcode %d

Error message

Unsupported opcode %d

What it means

Error "Unsupported opcode %d" thrown in ytdl-org/youtube-dl.

Source

Thrown at youtube_dl/swfinterp.py:830

                    stack.append(value + 1)
                elif opcode == 208:  # getlocal_0
                    stack.append(registers[0])
                elif opcode == 209:  # getlocal_1
                    stack.append(registers[1])
                elif opcode == 210:  # getlocal_2
                    stack.append(registers[2])
                elif opcode == 211:  # getlocal_3
                    stack.append(registers[3])
                elif opcode == 212:  # setlocal_0
                    registers[0] = stack.pop()
                elif opcode == 213:  # setlocal_1
                    registers[1] = stack.pop()
                elif opcode == 214:  # setlocal_2
                    registers[2] = stack.pop()
                elif opcode == 215:  # setlocal_3
                    registers[3] = stack.pop()
                else:
                    raise NotImplementedError(
                        'Unsupported opcode %d' % opcode)

        avm_class.method_pyfunctions[func_name] = resfunc
        return resfunc

View on GitHub (pinned to 956b8c5855)

Solutions

  1. Update youtube-dl; the SWF uses an opcode the interpreter does not support.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at youtube_dl/swfinterp.py:830 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.


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