Need help downloading videos on abema

[Shaorin]

How do I download the free videos on abema.tv? it's accessible to Japan users only. I'm using yt-dlp on a Japan VPS running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with this command:

yt-dlp https://abema.tv/video/episode/19-290_s1_p1

but it gives error:

[AbemaTV] Extracting URL: https://abema.tv/video/episode/19-290_s1_p1
[AbemaTV] Authorizing
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading webpage
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Checking playability
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: [AbemaTV] Ignoring subtitle tracks found in the HLS manifest; if any subtitle tracks are missing, please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
[info] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading 1 format(s): 5300
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
WARNING: The stream has AES-128 encryption and pycryptodomex is not available; extraction will be delegated to ffmpeg
[download] Destination: 第1話 救えなかった救世主 [19-290_s1_p1].mp4
mime type is not rfc8216 compliant
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Skip ('#EXT-X-VERSION:3')
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Skip ('#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:0')
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Unable to open key file abematv-license://6H2iEKbqxRCwPjCwULjBoX7Mba1ZzFnempSKb9MTECoN
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Opening 'crypto+https://vod-abematv.akamaized.net/tsvpg/19-290_s1_p1/h264/1080/HMi85rW4boD4VTofP63ays1LaG3z7RGU2.ts' for reading
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Error when loading first segment 'https://vod-abematv.akamaized.net/tsvpg/19-290_s1_p1/h264/1080/HMi85rW4boD4VTofP63ays1LaG3z7RGU2.ts'
[in#0 @ 0x5a2e7d9b3dc0] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input
Error opening input file https://vod-abematv.akamaized.net/program/19-290_s1_p1/1080/playlist.m3u8?aver=1.
Error opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input


ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 183

Any fix to this or any other cli tools that can download from abema?

[LZAA]

Use 'Python'.

pip install yt-dlp
pip install pycryptodomex

[Obo]

@LZAA: huh? The output *is* from yt-dlp; the error is with ffmpeg. Also see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16573 - I guess @Shaorin is the author...

But definitively install pycryptodomex and try again.

[ddll2]

How do I download the free videos on abema.tv? it's accessible to Japan users only. I'm using yt-dlp on a Japan VPS running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with this command:

yt-dlp https://abema.tv/video/episode/19-290_s1_p1

but it gives error:

[AbemaTV] Extracting URL: https://abema.tv/video/episode/19-290_s1_p1
[AbemaTV] Authorizing
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading webpage
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Checking playability
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: [AbemaTV] Ignoring subtitle tracks found in the HLS manifest; if any subtitle tracks are missing, please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
[info] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading 1 format(s): 5300
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
WARNING: The stream has AES-128 encryption and pycryptodomex is not available; extraction will be delegated to ffmpeg
[download] Destination: 第1話 救えなかった救世主 [19-290_s1_p1].mp4
mime type is not rfc8216 compliant
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Skip ('#EXT-X-VERSION:3')
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Skip ('#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:0')
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Unable to open key file abematv-license://6H2iEKbqxRCwPjCwULjBoX7Mba1ZzFnempSKb9MTECoN
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Opening 'crypto+https://vod-abematv.akamaized.net/tsvpg/19-290_s1_p1/h264/1080/HMi85rW4boD4VTofP63ays1LaG3z7RGU2.ts' for reading
[hls @ 0x5a2e7d9b3ec0] Error when loading first segment 'https://vod-abematv.akamaized.net/tsvpg/19-290_s1_p1/h264/1080/HMi85rW4boD4VTofP63ays1LaG3z7RGU2.ts'
[in#0 @ 0x5a2e7d9b3dc0] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input
Error opening input file https://vod-abematv.akamaized.net/program/19-290_s1_p1/1080/playlist.m3u8?aver=1.
Error opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input


ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 183

Any fix to this or any other cli tools that can download from abema?

26.04.2026
yt-dlp.exe -F https://abema.tv/video/episode/19-290_s1_p1
[AbemaTV] Extracting URL: https://abema.tv/video/episode/19-290_s1_p1
[AbemaTV] Authorizing
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading webpage
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Checking playability
[AbemaTV] 19-290_s1_p1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: [AbemaTV] Ignoring subtitle tracks found in the HLS manifest; if any subtitle tracks are missing, please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
[info] Available formats for 19-290_s1_p1:
ID   EXT RESOLUTION │   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC  ACODEC
───────────────────────────────────────────────────
184  mp4 320x180    │  184k m3u8  │ unknown unknown
300  mp4 426x240    │  300k m3u8  │ unknown unknown
900  mp4 640x360    │  900k m3u8  │ unknown unknown
1400 mp4 852x480    │ 1400k m3u8  │ unknown unknown
2400 mp4 1280x720   │ 2400k m3u8  │ unknown unknown
5300 mp4 1920x1080  │ 5300k m3u8  │ unknown unknown

No problem