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Youtube-dl failed to extract the signature

I am Facing the Folleing Error Message while using youtube-dl

ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 479, in _decrypt_signature
    video_id, player_url, s
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 383, in _extract_signature_function
    res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 454, in _parse_sig_js
    u'Initial JS player signature function name')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 391, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player signature function name; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.

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xander
asked Jan 14 2019

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The actual reason is youtube-dl is not up-to-date

Google Will change the way to access YouTube videos more frequently. so in order to keep youtube-dl up-to-date, you should update it frequently.

To install the latest version of youtube-dl open the terminal and type:

sudo apt install python-pip
sudo pip install youtube-dl

To upgrade youtube-dl to the latest version:

sudo pip install --upgrade youtube-dl
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