Repository: youtube-dl
Issue: 3player error msg "Unsupported url" for various videos downloadable a few days ago
Labels: site-support-request

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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *bug report*, *site support request* or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

[C:\Documents and Settings\adult\Local Settings\Temp\6\wget-1.16]youtube-dl --ve
rbose http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/1131/121878/0/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/1131/12
1878/0/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.10
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 0: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 0: Downloading webpage
[generic] 0: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/1131/121878/0/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj3l3ckzu\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 761, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj3l3ckzu\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 427, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpj3l3ckzu\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2648, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.tv3.ie/3player/sh
ow/1131/121878/0/


[C:\Documents and Settings\adult\Local Settings\Temp\6\wget-1.16]

### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

Hi
Last week I was able to download some videos from the 3player online catchup service for Ireland's tv3 free-to-air channel, but yesterday every link I tried (including some that worked perfectly last week) came back with the "unsupported url" error msg. The same error occurs now with the previously-successful versions of youtube-dl too so maybe in the last day or two tv3 / 3player have changed something to block it.

Thanks in advance for your help :)