ERROR: Unable to extract content ID Yahoo/Plus7

[ringofyre]

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$ youtube-dl -v https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/first-dates-uk/-/watch/36801412/first-dates-uk-tue-22-aug-season-2-episode-4/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/first-dates-uk/-/watch/36801412/first-dates-uk-tue-22-aug-season-2-episode-4/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.11
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Linux-4.9.0-3-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Yahoo] first-dates-uk-tue-22-aug-season-2-episode: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract content ID; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 434, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py", line 302, in _real_extract
    CONTENT_ID_REGEXES, webpage, 'content ID')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 797, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract content ID; 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.

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I've come across this a couple of times now. I d'loaded some 800 Words on the weekend (090917) with no issue.

Keep up the excellent work and cheers for a great program.

[ringofyre]

Seems to be site wide. I've tried a few other shows - same error.
Clips used to dl'd (I think - correct me if I'm wrong) - now passed to generic and unsupported url.
$ youtube-dl -v https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/sunrise/-/watch/37083565/clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/sunrise/-/watch/37083565/clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.11
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Linux-4.9.0-3-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business: Downloading webpage
[generic] clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/sunrise/-/watch/37083565/clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business/
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2116, in _real_extract
doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2539, in compat_etree_fromstring
doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=_TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory)))
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2528, in _XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1653, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1517, in _raiseerror
raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 34, column 33
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 434, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2964, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/sunrise/-/watch/37083565/clown-entertainers-say-it-is-hurting-their-business/

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youtube-dl --verbose --ignore-config -o ./%(title)s.%(ext)s "https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/heists-that-shook-the-world/-/watch/36774851/heists-that-shook-the-world-sun-20-aug-season-1-episode-2/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--ignore-config', '-o', '~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/heists-that-shook-the-world/-/watch/36774851/heists-that-shook-the-world-sun-20-aug-season-1-episode-2/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.15
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82759-g1f5630a-Sherpya, ffprobe N-86977-g5859b5b, rtmpdump 2.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Yahoo] heists-that-shook-the-world-sun-20-aug-season-1-episode: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract content ID; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 434, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\extractor\yahoo.py", line 302, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpl1klaw4y\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 797, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract content ID; 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.

Dash request URL was:
https://yahoo7pdash-a.akamaihd.net/2376984108001/2376984108001_5546047511001_5546040089001.mpd

[djcode]

I don't believe this is completely fixed.
Now for some videos (not all) I'm getting a 404 looking for the JSON metadata.

> youtube-dl "https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/sunrise/-/watch/37263964/sunrise-episode-wed
-27-sep/" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/sunrise/-/watch/37263964/sunrise-episode-wed-27-sep/', u'--v
erbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-87353-g183fd30, ffprobe N-87353-g183fd30
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Yahoo] sunrise-episode-wed: Downloading webpage
[brightcove:new] 5591274867001: Downloading webpage
[brightcove:new] 5591274867001: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on
https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be
sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl-2017.9.24-py2.7.egg\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 503, in _requ
est_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl-2017.9.24-py2.7.egg\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2184, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)```