Select "right" subtitles in video

[Pavel_47]

Hello,

The TV channel ARTE provide two types of subtitles for its videos:

• all conversations are subtitled
• only conversations in different language are subtitled

For example, for this video
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/
there are subtitle files where (1) all conversations are subtitled (both German and French) and (2) only German
How to select 2nd file ?
When I test subtitles I get this:

~/env_video_dnld$ yt-dlp --skip-download --list-subs https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available subtitles for 009403-001-A:
Language Formats
fr       vtt, vtt
de       vtt

So, as I mentioned, for french there are two options: vtt and vtt
There is no mean to distinguish them.
When I try to download subtitle file, only "full" subtitles is downloaded.

yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs 'fr' https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] 009403-001-A: Downloading subtitles: fr
[info] 009403-001-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VOF-STF-2207+VOF-STF-program_audio_0-VOF
[info] Writing video subtitles to: 1870-1894 [009403-001-A].fr.vtt
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 1
[download] Destination: 1870-1894 [009403-001-A].fr.vtt
[download] 100% of  133.84KiB in 00:00:00 at 411.50KiB/s

How to select "only German" option ?
Any ideas ?
Thanks

[Sorenb]

yt-dlp --write-subs --sub-langs de --skip-download https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/

 yt-dlp --write-subs --sub-langs de --skip-download  https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
WARNING: [ArteTV] Video is geo restricted. Retrying extraction with fake IP 109.203.249.249 (MQ) as X-Forwarded-For.
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] 009403-001-A: Downloading subtitles: de
[info] 009403-001-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VOF-STF-2207+VOF-STF-program_audio_0-VOF
Deleting existing file 1870-1894 [009403-001-A].de.vtt
[info] Writing video subtitles to: 1870-1894 [009403-001-A].de.vtt
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 1
[download] Destination: 1870-1894 [009403-001-A].de.vtt
[download] 100% of   23.99KiB in 00:00:00 at 212.42KiB/s

sample

WEBVTT

STYLE
::cue(.black) {
 color: black;
}

STYLE
::cue(.red) {
 color: red;
}

STYLE
::cue(.green) {
 color: green;
}

STYLE
::cue(.yellow) {
 color: yellow;
}

STYLE
::cue(.blue) {
 color: blue;
}

STYLE
::cue(.magenta) {
 color: magenta;
}

STYLE
::cue(.cyan) {
 color: cyan;
}

STYLE
::cue(.white) {
 color: white;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_black) {
 background-color: black;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_red) {
 background-color: red;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_green) {
 background-color: green;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_yellow) {
 background-color: yellow;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_blue) {
 background-color: blue;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_magenta) {
 background-color: magenta;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_cyan) {
 background-color: cyan;
}

STYLE
::cue(.bg_white) {
 background-color: white;
}

00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:03.960 line:70% align:center

00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:08.560 line:83% align:center
DIE ELSÄSSER

00:02:10.040 --> 00:02:12.080 line:83% align:center
Heute schreiben wir
ein Diktat.

00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:17.400 line:83% align:center
Danach sagt mir einer von euch
die Fabel von La Fontaine auf.

00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:45.000 line:91% align:center
Tanzen macht Durst.

00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:54.720 line:83% align:center
Du willst nur schnell wieder
in der Küche sein.

00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.320 line:83% align:center
Und ich?
Bin ich kein schöner Bub?

00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:18.560 line:91% align:center
Doch, du bist der Schönste!

00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:26.880 line:83% align:center
Mathilde hätte lieber
M. Armand heiraten sollen.

[Sorenb]

hmmmmm m3u8 only lists one subtitle

  n-m3u8dl-re "https://arte-cmafhls.akamaized.net/am/cmaf/009000/009400/009403-001-A/230119064918/009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8"
21:42:32.781 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20230111
21:42:32.789 INFO : Loading URL: https://arte-cmafhls.akamaized.net/am/cmaf/009000/009400/009403-001-A/230119064918/009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8
21:42:33.213 INFO : Content Matched: HTTP Live Streaming
21:42:33.213 INFO : Parsing streams...
21:42:33.213 WARN : Master List detected, try parse all streams
21:42:33.214 INFO : Extracted, there are 7 streams, with 5 basic streams, 1 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
21:42:33.214 INFO : Vid 1920x1080 | 2207 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d0028 | SDR
21:42:33.214 INFO : Vid 1280x720 | 1938 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d401f | SDR
21:42:33.214 INFO : Vid 768x432 | 1138 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d401e | SDR
21:42:33.214 INFO : Vid 640x360 | 737 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d401e | SDR
21:42:33.214 INFO : Vid 384x216 | 436 Kbps | 25 | avc1.42e00d | SDR
21:42:33.214 INFO : Aud program_audio_0 | VOF | fr
21:42:33.214 INFO : Sub subs | fr | VF-FRA
Please select what you want to download:                   
                                                           
  [ ] Basic                                                
    [X] Vid 1920x1080 | 2207 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d0028 | SDR 
    [ ] Vid 1280x720 | 1938 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d401f | SDR  
    [ ] Vid 768x432 | 1138 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d401e | SDR   
    [ ] Vid 640x360 | 737 Kbps | 25 | avc1.4d401e | SDR    
    [ ] Vid 384x216 | 436 Kbps | 25 | avc1.42e00d | SDR    
  [ ] Audio                                                
    [X] Aud program_audio_0 | VOF | fr                     
  [ ] Subtitle                                             
  > [X] Sub subs | fr | VF-FRA

[LZAA]

https://files.videohelp.com/u/274438/de%20_fr.srt

[ElCap]

i assume that you want the french forced subtitles that only show during german dialogue.
if so, in the browser player when you change the subtitle it downloads a whole new m3u8 manifest with only 1 subtitle defined.
yt-dlp grabs all 3 m3u8 manifests via the arte extractor but the problem is that yt-dlp assumes the forced french subs are duplicate and there doesnt seem to be an option to choose that particular one.

heres a workaround:
- open devtools in the browser
- play the video
- choose the subtitles that you want
- go to dev tools - network tab
- filter on "XQ"
- copy the link to the last one
- download it with yt-dlp or n_m3u8dl-re

ie.

yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs "https://arte-cmafhls.akamaized.net/am/cmaf/009000/009400/009403-001-A/230119064918/009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8"

[Sorenb]

You may need to look the dev console and search for m3u8
there are 3 top level m3u8s on the page

009403-001-A_VOF-STMF_XQ.m3u8
009403-001-A_VA-STA_XQ.m3u8
009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8

the sub file you are looking for is

009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8

Or in the dev console ,find the sub entry and curl it

curl -o VF-FRA.vtt https://arte-cmafhls.akamaized.net/am/cmaf/009000/009400/009403-001-A/230119064918/medias/009403-001-A_st_VF-FRA.vtt

resulting file is 14.5kb
sample

STYLE
::cue(.bg_white) {
 background-color: white;
}

00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:03.960 line:95%


00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:15.920 line:91%
S/T

00:05:13.080 --> 00:05:15.120 line:83% align:center
Et moi, je suis pas
joli garçon ?

00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.120 line:83% align:center
Mais oui, mon Franzl.
Pour moi, tu es le plus beau.

00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:56.400 line:91% align:center
T'en fais pas, mon trésor.

00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:05.840 line:91% align:center
Attends-moi, Liselotte.

00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.720 line:83% align:center
Moi, Herr Pfarrer,
ça me fait ni chaud ni froid.

[Pavel_47]

i assume that you want the french forced subtitles that only show during german dialogue.
if so, in the browser player when you change the subtitle it downloads a whole new m3u8 manifest with only 1 subtitle defined.
yt-dlp grabs all 3 m3u8 manifests via the arte extractor but the problem is that yt-dlp assumes the forced french subs are duplicate and there doesnt seem to be an option to choose that particular one.

heres a workaround:
- open devtools in the browser
- play the video
- choose the subtitles that you want
- go to dev tools - network tab
- filter on "XQ"
- copy the link to the last one
- download it with yt-dlp or n_m3u8dl-re

ie.

yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs "https://arte-cmafhls.akamaized.net/am/cmaf/009000/009400/009403-001-A/230119064918/009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8"

Yes, it does - I want subtitles to appear only during German conversations.
Regarding your approach using devtools, I know it. But in a slightly different way: network tab, I filter with "vtt". In this way, the "GOOD" subtitle file appears (if the French language is selected in the upper right corner of the ARTE page). Then, by clicking on this "GOOD" vtt, I open it and then save it to the hard disk.
The problem with this approach is that it requires the use of devtools and also a merging tool to embed vtt into the video.
It's not quite compatible with my approach of checking the ARTE channel for interesting videos say once every two weeks.
This way I select the links of all interesting videos and put them in a file and then run the Python script that runs yt-dlp in a loop.
Normally yt-dlp is capable to embed subtitles after downloading (if "GOOD" subtitle could be specified in yt-dlp option).

[Attachment 69027 - Click to enlarge]

[Sorenb]

i assume that you want the french forced subtitles that only show during german dialogue.
if so, in the browser player when you change the subtitle it downloads a whole new m3u8 manifest with only 1 subtitle defined.
yt-dlp grabs all 3 m3u8 manifests via the arte extractor but the problem is that yt-dlp assumes the forced french subs are duplicate and there doesnt seem to be an option to choose that particular one.

heres a workaround:
- open devtools in the browser
- play the video
- choose the subtitles that you want
- go to dev tools - network tab
- filter on "XQ"
- copy the link to the last one
- download it with yt-dlp or n_m3u8dl-re

ie.

yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs "https://arte-cmafhls.akamaized.net/am/cmaf/009000/009400/009403-001-A/230119064918/009403-001-A_VOF-STF_XQ.m3u8"

Yes, it does - I want subtitles to appear only during German conversations.
Regarding your approach using devtools, I know it. But in a slightly different way: network tab, I filter with "vtt". In this way, the "GOOD" subtitle file appears (if the French language is selected in the upper right corner of the ARTE page). Then, by clicking on this "GOOD" vtt, I open it and then save it to the hard disk.
The problem with this approach is that it requires the use of devtools and also a merging tool to embed vtt into the video.
It's not quite compatible with my approach of checking the ARTE channel for interesting videos say once every two weeks.
This way I select the links of all interesting videos and put them in a file and then run the Python script that runs yt-dlp in a loop.
Normally yt-dlp is capable to embed subtitles after downloading (if "GOOD" subtitle could be specified in yt-dlp option).

[Attachment 69027 - Click to enlarge]

Alas, you've no choice but to do it this way, ARTE don't flag the subtitle files correctly for yt-dlp to get it. But, based on the m3u8 listed above you might be able to intuit a script.
BTW, when the page loads, the VOF-STF.vtt get loaded into the buffer. (You'll see it load in Dev-tools. The others load on request.)

For future reference
VOF-STMF --> Full French
VOF-STA --> Full German Subtitles
VOF-STF -- French subtitles for German spoken parts.

As for merging, MP4box, ffmpeg of mkvmerge will do it easily.

[Pavel_47]

Alas, you've no choice but to do it this way, ARTE don't flag the subtitle files correctly for yt-dlp to get it. But, based on the m3u8 listed above you might be able to intuit a script.
BTW, when the page loads, the VOF-STF.vtt get loaded into the buffer. (You'll see it load in Dev-tools. The others load on request.)

For future reference
VOF-STMF --> Full French
VOF-STA --> Full German Subtitles
VOF-STF -- French subtitles for German spoken parts.

As for merging, MP4box, ffmpeg of mkvmerge will do it easily.

Well ... in my case (Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox) it happens differently: when I use filter "vtt" in Network tab the ONLY vtt appears, and this vtt is the "GOOD" one.
I don't see any other subtitles you listed ... VOF-STMF, VOF-STA, etc., but for me it's Ok.
The problem is how to do implement this in some way in Python script.
As you reasonably mentioned, that's impossible.
Concerning merging tools, I'm aware of them and use mkvmerge.
It works just fine.
But again, the reason I posted my request is if Python automation is possible.
And the answer that emerges from the discussion is "No".
Although negative, it is an answer anyway.
Sincerely,

[Sorenb]

I'm sure there is a python module to pull the streams, take a look at Beautiful soup or webvtt.py

I'm sure other user more au fait with python could point you in the right direction. My python-fu is too damn rusty.
Edit:
And in my case (Arch, firefox) dev console in network and vtt found the initial vof-sta subs. Selecting the others would load them.
initial page load

[Attachment 69038 - Click to enlarge]
playing video and selecting alternative subs

[Attachment 69039 - Click to enlarge]

[ElCap]

the yt-dlp extractor for ARTE just needs a bit of modification to seperate the "SDH/sourds et malentendants" (full subtitle) subtitle from the forced (foreign language parts only).

download the attached file, rename to arte.py
download the source code zip from here, extract to a folder, replace yt_dlp\extractor\arte.py with the above file.
run yt-dlp.cmd (or yt-dlp.sh if using linux) from the directory with similar options as before.

it should look like this:

>yt-dlp.cmd "https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/" --skip-download --list-subs
[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available subtitles for 009403-001-A:
Language Formats
fr       vtt
fr_sdh   vtt
de       vtt

this command should download the french audio with the french forced subtitles

>yt-dlp.cmd "https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/" --sub-langs fr -s -f "bv+ba[language=fr]" --embed-subs
[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/009403-001-A/les-alsaciens-ou-les-deux-mathilde-1-4/
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 009403-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] 009403-001-A: Downloading subtitles: fr
[info] 009403-001-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VOF-STF-2207+VOF-STF-program_audio_0-VOF

change "--sub-langs fr" to "--sub-langs fr_sdh" if you want the full subtitles

[Pavel_47]

In my case it doesn't work the same way: whereas "List of subs" options works fine, the downloading instruction chooses the smallest resolution (with -f "bv+ba or without it)
With the previous version of arte.py always the best resolution was kept without any '-f' option.
The only option to achieve the best resolution (which I found) is to check the available formats with "--list-formats", then specify the name which corresponds to 1280x720.

[ElCap]

can you paste your command and the output into a [ code] block?
add "-s" to the end of the command to simulate (but not download anything)

[Pavel_47]

Here it is:

(env_video_dnld) pavel@MISSURI:~/env_video_dnld$ yt-dlp https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/ --sub-langs fr -f "bv+ba[language=fr]" --embed-subs -s
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] 046419-002-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VF-431+VF-program_audio_0-VF
(env_video_dnld) pavel@MISSURI:~/env_video_dnld$

Here is available formats for this video:

(env_video_dnld) pavel@MISSURI:~/env_video_dnld$ yt-dlp --list-formats https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 046419-002-A:
ID                      EXT RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC      ACODEC     MORE INFO
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
VF-program_audio_0-VF   mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only  unknown    [fr] Français [VF]
VF-1381                 mp4 768x432     25 │ ~435.50MiB 1381k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e video only Français [VF]
VF-2316                 mp4 1280x720    25 │ ~730.30MiB 2316k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f video only Français [VF]
VF-925                  mp4 640x360     25 │ ~291.66MiB  925k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e video only Français [VF]
VF-431                  mp4 384x216     25 │ ~136.18MiB  432k m3u8  │ avc1.42e00d video only Français [VF]
VOA-program_audio_0-VOA mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only  unknown    [de] Allemand [VA]

As you can see, VF-431 corresponds to the lowest resolution

[ElCap]

hmm thats strange, on windows i get the highest resolution

>yt-dlp.cmd https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/ --sub-langs fr -f "bv+ba[language=fr]" --embed-subs -s
[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] 046419-002-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VF-2316+VF-program_audio_0-VF

and when i list the outputs its sorted correctly

>yt-dlp.cmd https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/ --sub-langs fr -f "bv+ba[language=fr]" --embed-subs -s -F
[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 046419-002-A:
ID                      EXT RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC     MORE INFO
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
VOA-program_audio_0-VOA mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    [de] Allemand [VA]
VF-program_audio_0-VF   mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    [fr] Français [VF]
VF-431                  mp4 384x216     25 │ ~136.18MiB  432k m3u8  │ avc1.42e00d  432k video only Français [VF]
VF-925                  mp4 640x360     25 │ ~291.66MiB  925k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e  925k video only Français [VF]
VF-1381                 mp4 768x432     25 │ ~435.50MiB 1381k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e 1381k video only Français [VF]
VF-2316                 mp4 1280x720    25 │ ~730.30MiB 2316k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f 2316k video only Français [VF]
[info] 046419-002-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VF-2316+VF-program_audio_0-VF

can you run the command in debug mode "-v" and paste the output?

[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[info] Available formats for 046419-002-A:
ID                      EXT RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC     MORE INFO
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
VOA-program_audio_0-VOA mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    [de] Allemand [VA]
VF-program_audio_0-VF   mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    [fr] Français [VF]
VF-431                  mp4 384x216     25 │ ~136.18MiB  432k m3u8  │ avc1.42e00d  432k video only Français [VF]
VF-925                  mp4 640x360     25 │ ~291.66MiB  925k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e  925k video only Français [VF]
VF-1381                 mp4 768x432     25 │ ~435.50MiB 1381k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e 1381k video only Français [VF]
VF-2316                 mp4 1280x720    25 │ ~730.30MiB 2316k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f 2316k video only Français [VF]

[Pavel_47]

Here it is:

(env_video_dnld) pavel@MISSURI:~/env_video_dnld$ yt-dlp https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/ --sub-langs fr -f "bv+ba[language=fr]" --embed-subs -s -F -v
[debug] Command-line config: ['https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/', '--sub-langs', 'fr', '-f', 'bv+ba[language=fr]', '--embed-subs', '-s', '-F', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.11.11 [8b64402] (pip)
[debug] Python 3.10.6 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-5.15.0-58-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 (OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022, glibc 2.35)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.2 (setts), ffprobe 4.4.2
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.16.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.12.07, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1723 extractors
[debug] [ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/046419-002-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-un-paradis-sur-terre/
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 046419-002-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 046419-002-A:
ID                      EXT RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC      ACODEC     MORE INFO
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
VF-program_audio_0-VF   mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only  unknown    [fr] Français [VF]
VF-1381                 mp4 768x432     25 │ ~435.50MiB 1381k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e video only Français [VF]
VF-2316                 mp4 1280x720    25 │ ~730.30MiB 2316k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f video only Français [VF]
VF-925                  mp4 640x360     25 │ ~291.66MiB  925k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e video only Français [VF]
VF-431                  mp4 384x216     25 │ ~136.18MiB  432k m3u8  │ avc1.42e00d video only Français [VF]
VOA-program_audio_0-VOA mp4 audio only     │                  m3u8  │ audio only  unknown    [de] Allemand [VA]
[info] 046419-002-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VF-431+VF-program_audio_0-VF
(env_video_dnld) pavel@MISSURI:~/env_video_dnld$

[ElCap]

hmmm, there might be something buggy with your yt-dlp as it doesnt have the "[debug] formats sorted by" line
did you build it from source?
can you try just extracting the zip/tar.gz folder, copying over the arte.py and then running yt-dlp.sh?

also, do you get the "formats sorted" line when you run the prebuilt yt-dlp?

[Pavel_47]

Probably the best solution is to update yt-dlp.
As you can see my version is 2022.11.11.
What version you have?
Concerning resolution, the tool (i.e yt-dlp) takes the last stream in the list.
In my case the last videostream (for unknown reason) is VF-431, in yours, what is logical, is VF-2316

[Pavel_47]

Probably the best solution is to update yt-dlp.
As you can see my version is 2022.11.11.
What version you have?
Concerning resolution, the tool (i.e yt-dlp) takes the last stream in the list.
In my case the last videostream (for unknown reason) is VF-431, in yours, what is logical, is VF-2316

[ElCap]

im using the latest version 2023.01.06.

the issue is that your version doesnt seem to be doing any sorting of formats - which yt-dlp has always done by default (or for at least a year or 2)
its not just back to front, its randomly ordered and just so happens that the smallest resolution is the last one, but it could be any of them.

by default yt-dlp will sort in this order "lang,quality,res,fps,hdr:12,vcodec:vp9.2,channels ,acodec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,hasaud,source,id"
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#sorting-formats

you can force it to sort the formats with this argument, but you might want to work out why yours isnt doing it by default

-S "lang,quality,res"

(you can add all the rest if you like, but it wont matter for this video)

[Pavel_47]

I upgraded to the latest version. Seems to be a bug.
Now it's Ok.
One more question: does exist an option that takes fr_sdh subtitles (if it exist), otherwise takes fr ?

[ElCap]

I upgraded to the latest version. Seems to be a bug.
Now it's Ok.
One more question: does exist an option that takes fr_sdh subtitles (if it exist), otherwise takes fr ?

great.

yt-dlp doesnt seem to have a preference option for subtitles (like it does for video and audio).
if you set

--sub-langs "fr,fr_sdh"

it will download both those subtitles if available.

[[ss]vegeta]

Well done ElCap.

Now it's Ok.

No, it's not. It's common courtesy to express gratitude.

[lomero]

yeah, many users forget this. not thinking about our time spent on them ...

[jack_666]

Way to go [ss]vegeta and lomero.


Totally agree. It's depressing that when after you put in a lot of time and effort, there is not even a thank you, merci, grazie or gracias.

[ElCap]

thanks

[Pavel_47]

Thanks a lot !!!

[babs2]

Hello,

I have the same problem : it download the "sourds et malentendants" subtitles instead of the good one, and the --list-subs give this :

Language Formats
fr vtt, vtt, vtt
de vtt
en vtt

I've update yt-dlp with the latest version :
python3 -m pip install -U yt-dlp

yt-dlp --version
2023.12.30

If i replace arte.py with the version suggested :
cp arte.txt ~/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/arte.py

I have this error message :
WARNING: [ArteTV] Skipping stream with unknown protocol API_HLS_NG_MA
ERROR: [ArteTV] 110868-011-A: No video formats found!; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate

Nota : i have two version of yt-dlp :
usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
~/.local/bin/yt-dlp

Thank you for your help !

[LZAA]

Url?

[babs2]

Here an url :
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/110868-001-A/the-durrells-une-famille-anglaise-a-corfou-saison-1-1-6/