[ARTE.tv] Unable to download JSON metadata
Author: sebastienadamCreated May 6, 2022Updated Jun 19, 2026
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Checklist
- I'm reporting a broken site support issue
- I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
- I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
- I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
- I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
- I've read bugs section in FAQ
Verbose log
$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/097516-000-A/operation-1005-les-effaceurs-de-crimes/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/097516-000-A/operation-1005-les-effaceurs-de-crimes/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython) - Linux-5.13.0-40-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ArteTV] 097516-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); 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.
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
Description
I was trying to download a video from website https://arte.tv/. Before, youtube-dl was working well with this site, but not anymore. I tried to re-download previously (successfully) downloaded videos, but I still receive the same error. I guess the page format changed.
Thanks for your job.
Source: ytdl-org/youtube-dl