Repository: youtube-dl
Issue: Downloading from www.visir.is fails
Labels: site-support-request

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- You will be asked some questions and requested to provide some information, please read them **carefully** and answer honestly
- Put an `x` into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your *issue* (like that [x])
- Use *Preview* tab to see how your issue will actually look like

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### Make sure you are using the *latest* version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is *2017.01.24*. If it's not read [this FAQ entry](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.
- [x] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2017.01.24**

### Before submitting an *issue* make sure you have:
- [x] At least skimmed through [README](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md) and **most notably** [FAQ](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#faq) and [BUGS](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#bugs) sections
- [x] [Searched](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

### What is the purpose of your *issue*?
- [ ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
- [x] Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
- [ ] Feature request (request for a new functionality)
- [ ] Question
- [ ] Other

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### The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your *issue*

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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:

Add `-v` flag to **your command line** you run youtube-dl with, copy the **whole** output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with **your** log inserted between triple ```):
```
$ youtube-dl -v http://www.visir.is/section/MEDIA99&fileid=CLP51823
$ [debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.visir.is/section/MEDIA99']
[debug] Encodings: locale US-ASCII, fs utf-8, out US-ASCII, pref US-ASCII
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Darwin-16.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] MEDIA99: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] MEDIA99: Downloading webpage
[generic] MEDIA99: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.visir.is/section/MEDIA99
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1710, in _real_extract
    doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2526, 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 2515, in _XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1653, in feed
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1517, in _raiseerror
    raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 33, column 97
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 359, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2544, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.visir.is/section/MEDIA99
```

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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
- Single video: http://www.visir.is/section/MEDIA99&fileid=CLP51823
- Single video: http://www.visir.is/oli-bjorn-thakkar-logreglunni-fyrir-bjorgunina/article/201048158454

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Icelandic news and media company