Get higher than 720p .mpd

[xistresis]

I know of the limitations that Chrome browser has, like widevineproxy will only give me .mpd up to 720p in different websites.

Like here for example:
https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14784/e841620/as-5-revolucoes-portuguesas, might need Portuguese VPN)

But I know of other people who get 1080p from that and other ones in the same website, and others.
I have been using Widevineproxy on Chrome/Macos.

How do I get .mpd from higher resolutions than 720p?

[Obo]

yt-dlp supports RTP and downloads a 1080p version from your link.

[xistresis]

oh waw I didn't know that. thanks.
but it happens in many other places.. any suggestion for a more general solution?

[Obo]

For DRm protected sites: WidevineProxy2 - if that doesn't work, using a prd (PlayReady) might still work (though not really an option on Macos).
For non-protected sites: e.g. The Stream Detector.
For scripting: involves mostly analyzing the traffic, saving requests as har files, understanding what's going, ...

But I doubt there is a general solution available.

[xistresis]

for exaample here https://tv.nrk.no/serie/snoefall-2/sesong/1/episode/MSUD24000123 I know there is HDR and 4k available. but only getting 1080p max with yt-dlp.

I use widevineproxy as well, but as the chrome is limited to 720p the produced mpd will give links to 720p max too. but I know people manage to get higher resolutions from the same websites as well.

[Obo]

For this example: no 4k, not in a browser on MacOS. The m3u8 only has links to up to 1080p (that's not encrypted). You'd have to ask the people who got higher resolution material from that site how they did it.

Whether a DRM-protected website allows playback of content in 720p, 1080p, or even higher resolution with a Widevine L3 device depends entirely on the individual provider. It's even possible that videos aren't available in 720p resolution at all...

[xistresis]

yes I see. in that example when the video is played on TV it will give 4k/HDR (just like disneyplus for example).
so I was just wondering what is the way to get those links that the tv uses

[larley]

I can look into this further if you want. What do you mean by "played on TV"? Do you have the NRK TV app installed or are you using a browser? What TV are you using?