How to download from this site?

[Gameshow Host]

There's a show I'd like to download from the British site www.channel5.com.

I live in the UK and these programmes are free to watch, plus I pay a TV license to be able to watch. BBC lets me download stuff no problem, but not Channel 5. Seems like it's encrypted?

Anyone know how to download please? I'm not very techy and not good with command lines. I normally use Fire DM but it doesn't work here.

[lomero]

write a specific video link

[Sorenb]

the python script from here https://github.com/medvm/widevine_keys
get your own working android device key (the one in the lnked archive is revoked) install the required files as per requirements.txt run with py l3.py, input the mpd and license url, key will be outputted.

[codehound]

Ch5 is not straight forward / basic.

[T33V33]

Ch5 is not straight forward / basic.

Really? I thought c5 was one of the easiest I’ve done… PSSH is in the mpd, filter ‘wide’ in dev tools, copy the headers, lic_url is unique each time

[Sorenb]

Yes it is. headers via curl convert to python, copy to header.py, run script input mpd and license url when requested.

[Sorenb]

Ch5 is not straight forward / basic.

Really? I thought c5 was one of the easiest I’ve done… PSSH is in the mpd, filter ‘wide’ in dev tools, copy the headers, lic_url is unique each time

I suspect he might have confused c5 with c4 which is not so straightforward but is doable.

[T33V33]

There's a show I'd like to download from the British site www.channel5.com.

I live in the UK and these programmes are free to watch, plus I pay a TV license to be able to watch. BBC lets me download stuff no problem, but not Channel 5. Seems like it's encrypted?

Anyone know how to download please? I'm not very techy and not good with command lines. I normally use Fire DM but it doesn't work here.

BBC is paid for by the TV Licence... Channel 5 is not, its paid for by advertising... which if you are downloading, you are bypassing.
Currently the only way is to get the keys via a command line script (WKS-KEYS etc) and then download the stream and decrypt it.

[iamghost]

just give us a link so we will give you key

[Gameshow Host]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I'm no good with scripting (or using the command line) so I think I'm probably too much of a dummy to do this! Wish there were an easy frontend

Channel 5 is not paid for by the TV Licence, its paid for by advertising... which if you are downloading, you are bypassing.

That makes absolutely no difference in my case as I would be bypassing the advertising no matter what. I haven't watched a TV commercial in nearly 20 years. I record everything and skip the adverts. I find TV adverts deeply offensive on many levels (insulting to one's intelligence, dishonest, manipulative, idiotic, anti-male, and a complete waste of one's time) and I make sure there are NONE in my life! For instance, under no circumstances would I sit in a cinema and watch adverts. I also have earplugs in case I have to go in a shop that plays adverts. That stuff is pure brainwashing and hypnotism. I recently went in a shop and an announcement was played telling me that I "love" their products and that I "expect high quality from them"! To me, that is deeply offensive.

[Sorenb]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I'm no good with scripting (or using the command line) so I think I'm probably too much of a dummy to do this! Wish there were an easy frontend

Channel 5 is not paid for by the TV Licence, its paid for by advertising... which if you are downloading, you are bypassing.

That makes absolutely no difference in my case as I would be bypassing the advertising no matter what. I haven't watched a TV commercial in nearly 20 years. I record everything and skip the adverts. I find TV adverts deeply offensive on many levels (insulting to one's intelligence, dishonest, manipulative, idiotic, anti-male, and a complete waste of one's time) and I make sure there are NONE in my life! For instance, under no circumstances would I sit in a cinema and watch adverts. I also have earplugs in case I have to go in a shop that plays adverts. That stuff is pure brainwashing and hypnotism. I recently went in a shop and an announcement was played telling me that I "love" their products and that I "expect high quality from them"! To me, that is deeply offensive.

Irrelevant. Your initial argument was that you paid a TV License in the UK, but the license fee has absolutely nothing to do with Channel 5 other than allow you to watch it on TV. It doesn't finance the channel. The follow up nonsense about advertising, as annoying as they are have no bearing on being able to download content because you paid you TV license. To quote

I live in the UK and these programmes are free to watch, plus I pay a TV license to be able to watch. BBC lets me download stuff no problem, but not Channel 5. Seems like it's encrypted?

[Sorenb]

Also, this

, manipulative, idiotic, anti-male,

Wow. almost out of the lobster handbook on cleaning rooms.

[Gameshow Host]

Your initial argument was that you paid a TV License in the UK, but the license fee has absolutely nothing to do with Channel 5 other than allow you to watch it on TV.

I think you're wrong. No one is legally allowed to watch Channel 5 programmes online unless they A) live in the UK and B) pay a TV license. Which is why I mentioned that I fulfil both these criteria.

Also, this

, manipulative, idiotic, anti-male,

Wow. almost out of the lobster handbook on cleaning rooms.

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm sure you must be aware that TV advertising is highly sexist against men. Since the 90s, men in adverts are always made to look idiotic and incompetent, while women are always made to look superior. I cannot stand sexism.

[Sorenb]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm sure you must be aware that TV advertising is highly sexist against men. Since the 90s, men in adverts are always made to look idiotic and incompetent, while women are always made to look superior. I cannot stand sexism.

For someone who claims to have not been subject to advertising in 20 years, you seem to have a comprehensive grasp of contemporary advertising trends, don't you?

I haven't watched a TV commercial in nearly 20 years.

As for this

the license fee has absolutely nothing to do with Channel 5 other than allow you to watch it on TV.

I should have been clearer, the tv license gives you the right to disseminate tv pictures within the UK either on TV or via other TV disseminating devices. While a vhs or digital recorder may allow you to preserve content you wish to watch at a later date, that doesn't apply to online catch up services.
I'm not trying to defend the practices of TV networks in the UK or elsewhere, I'm just disabusing you of what ever entitlement you are using to justify your stance.

Be honest, you want to download online content without paying for it and would like to learn how to do so.
Well, this forum will help, but you need to be willing to use the command line, because the days of an idiot proof GUI front-end are gone for now and it should be no surprise really.

[Gameshow Host]

For someone who claims to have not been subject to advertising in 20 years, you seem to have a comprehensive grasp of contemporary advertising trends, don't you?

You're doubting my honesty? Why? What I said is true. With rare exceptions, I haven't watched any TV adverts since around 2003. I remember the last advert I watched on TV was a Renault advert which featured multiple close-ups of women "shaking their ass" which I found pretty tacky, tasteless, idiotic, and insulting to my intelligence. For me, that was the last straw, having grown increasingly intolerant to adverts.

Blocking adverts was very easy when I got my first PVR that year. Plus adblock online. I haven't seen an advert for a long time, other than a handful I deliberately chose to watch. One is the disgusting Gillette "toxic masculinity" advert, which is an outright attack on men and mascullinity.

I know that the anti-male agenda in adverts has not gone away. I am also aware that adverts now get banned if they portray traditional gender roles such as girls depicted as housewives. My knowledge of advertising trends is not incompatible with the fact that I've avoided adverts. On the contrary, it is the reason I continue to avoid them.

I also know that modern advertising has become extremely racist against white people, with blacks now about 30 times more likely than whites to get cast in a media role. I want none of that! I believe in equality, which means 1 in 50 faces on TV should be black, because Britain is a white country with only 2% blacks, not 60% as seen on TV!

I should have been clearer, the tv license gives you the right to disseminate tv pictures within the UK either on TV or via other TV disseminating devices. While a vhs or digital recorder may allow you to preserve content you wish to watch at a later date, that doesn't apply to online catch up services.
I'm not trying to defend the practices of TV networks in the UK or elsewhere, I'm just disabusing you of what ever entitlement you are using to justify your stance.

I'm well aware that by downloading TV shows, I'm probably breaking some trivial copyright law which no one actually cares about. But I'm only trying to download one show, from my own country, which I watched on TV, having had to pay a fortune to be able to do so. My point is that, putting aside legal technicalities relating to copyright, I don't think any broadcaster would find my intentions in any way morally reprehensible. I'm not trying to hoard or leech TV shows, I have no intention to redistribute or share them, I'm not trying to avoid or evade any kind of payment. If I could pay to download it, I would. That was my point. That my intentions are perfectly reasonable, even if they happen to break some law, which is put in place to prevent large-scale abuse of copyright, not folks like me. The only difference between me recording from TV and downloading is the picture quality - no interlacing!

[Sorenb]

I'm well aware that by downloading TV shows, I'm probably breaking some trivial copyright law which no one actually cares about. But I'm only trying to download one show, from my own country, which I watched on TV, having had to pay a fortune to be able to do so. My point is that, putting aside legal technicalities relating to copyright, I don't think any broadcaster would find my intentions in any way morally reprehensible. I'm not trying to hoard or leech TV shows, I have no intention to redistribute or share them, I'm not trying to avoid or evade any kind of payment. If I could pay to download it, I would. That was my point. That my intentions are perfectly reasonable, even if they happen to break some law, which is put in place to prevent large-scale abuse of copyright, not folks like me. The only difference between me recording from TV and downloading is the picture quality - no interlacing!

Tell you what, contact Channel 5 with your opinions on "trivial copyright laws" and how much you want to download for your own enjoyment Eggheads. Because honestly, that's one desperately entitled stance, I'm sure their legal department could do with a laugh. If I didn't know any better I'd guess you were trying to sound like C. J de Mooi quoting Lawerance Lessig .

[codehound]

@ Sorenb dont feed it brother

see you in the discord )

[Anonymous84]

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[Sorenb]

Oh, Gameshow Host is definitely suffering from many misconceptions judging from his nonsense above.