Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: Downloading JSON metadata... [vk] None: Error
Labels: account-needed,site-bug

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### Checklist

- [X] I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
- [X] I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.03.04** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
- [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
- [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
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### Region

Russia

### Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

I have an error "[vk] None: Error" on public video that I can watch from logged in browser, and for some reason can't watch when logged out.
Anyway, error is the same even when providing --username and --password to the yt-dlp.

### Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

- [X] Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
- [ ] If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead
- [X] Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below

### Complete Verbose Output

```shell
[debug] Command-line config: ['-F', 'https://vk.com/video399115440_456243970', '-vU']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.03.04 [392389b7d]
[debug] Python 3.11.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.3.8-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.37 (OpenSSL 3.1.1 30 May 2023, glibc 2.37)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.0 (setts), ffprobe 6.0, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Optional libraries: certifi-2023.05.07, mutagen-1.46.0, no_Cryptodome-None, secretstorage-3.3.3, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1786 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Available version: stable@2023.03.04, Current version: stable@2023.03.04
yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2023.03.04)
[vk] Extracting URL: https://vk.com/video399115440_456243970
[vk] 399115440_456243970: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [vk] None: Error
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py",
line 694, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py", line 329, in _real_extract
    payload = self._download_payload('al_video', video_id, data)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py", line 84, in _download_payload
    raise ExtractorError(clean_html(payload[0][1:-1]), expected=True)
```
```