[MLB] New MLB.com video urls not supported

[lawlmart]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
• 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 issues including closed ones

Verbose log

$ youtube-dl https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-18.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.3, ffprobe 4.1.3, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw: Downloading webpage
[generic] must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2340, in _real_extract
doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2551, 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 2540, in _XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 110, column 83
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3329, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-belli-s-impressive-throw

Description

MLB has a new video setup and it doesn't appear to be supported for newer URLs. Here's another one: https://www.mlb.com/video/yonny-chirinos-in-play-out-s-to-rowdy-tellez

[RingoTheDog]

Bump....
and new example:
https://www.mlb.com/video/boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=most-popular

youtube-dl.py -v "https://www.mlb.com/video/boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=mos
t-popular"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.mlb.com/video/boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=most
-popular']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.08.13
[debug] Python version 3.5.1 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-71727-g46778ab, ffprobe 3.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=most-popular: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=most-popular: Downloading webpage
[generic] boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=most-popular: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/video/boone-on-implementing-mercy-rule?t=most-popular
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3333, in _real_extrac
t
raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/video/boone-on-implementing-
mercy-rule?t=most-popular

Thanks
Ringo

[RingoTheDog]

Another example...
MLB Falls back to generic and can not find video...but direct link to video does download correctly:

Embedded URL does NOT work:
https://www.mlb.com/video/player-spotlight-james-paxton

Direct link to video DOES work:
https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2019/2019-07/26/af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4

youtube-dl.py -v https://www.mlb.com/video/player-spotlight-ja
mes-paxton
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.mlb.com/video/player-spotlight-ja
mes-paxton']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.08.13
[debug] Python version 3.6.3 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-71727-g46778ab, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] player-spotlight-james-paxton: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] player-spotlight-james-paxton: Downloading webpage
[generic] player-spotlight-james-paxton: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/video/player-spotlight-james-paxton
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in e
xtract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 53
0, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3
333, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/video/pl
ayer-spotlight-james-paxton

youtube-dl.py -v "https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2019/2019
-07/26/af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2019/2019-
07/26/af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.08.13
[debug] Python version 3.6.3 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-71727-g46778ab, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K: Re
questing header
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2019/2019-07/
26/af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4'
[download] Destination: af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x72
0_59_4000K-af1803aa-3c589170-5380437d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp
4
[download] 100% of 106.16MiB in 01:12

[RingoTheDog]

A post pandemic example ;-)

URL: https://www.mlb.com/news/javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop

falls back to generic and fails:

C:>youtube-dl.py -v "https://www.mlb.com/news/javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.mlb.com/news/javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.02.22
[debug] Python version 3.6.6 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.14393-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.2-2021-02-02-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 4.3.2-2021-02-02-full_build-www.gyan.dev, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop: Downloading webpage
[generic] javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/news/javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\TRANSMOGRIFIER\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 806, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\TRANSMOGRIFIER\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in __extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\TRANSMOGRIFIER\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 532, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\TRANSMOGRIFIER\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3506, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.mlb.com/news/javier-baez-makes-slick-defensive-play-at-shortstop