Rewrote error message a bit to clarify

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / utils.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 3a8dcf4d3cb7e04c5cbf3a77f7e7fd7031218ff5..f9e7ce956573e85289466f775b5e6e295dabb968 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 import zlib
 import email.utils
-import json
+import socket
 import datetime
 
 try:
@@ -472,7 +472,11 @@ class ExtractorError(Exception):
     """Error during info extraction."""
     def __init__(self, msg, tb=None):
         """ tb, if given, is the original traceback (so that it can be printed out). """
+
+        if not sys.exc_info()[0] in (compat_urllib_error.URLError, socket.timeout, UnavailableVideoError):
+            msg = msg + u'; 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.'
         super(ExtractorError, self).__init__(msg)
+
         self.traceback = tb
         self.exc_info = sys.exc_info()  # preserve original exception