Download from goplay.be using yt-dlp

[heidy333]

I'm trying to download a video from goplay.be by yt-dlp, and an error came up:[GoPlay] This video is only available for registered users. Use --username and --password, --netrc-cmd, or --netrc (goplay) to provide account credentials. What should I do next? I've logged in goplay.be. Thanks a lot.
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[lomero]

add credentials to yt-dlp .... message above seems clear ...

yt-dlp --username xxx --password xxx [your_link]

[heidy333]

add credentials to yt-dlp .... message above seems clear ...

yt-dlp --username xxx --password xxx [your_link]

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and this came up

[lomero]

this error because yt-dlp can't have an extractor for your site ...
so, put in yt-dlp mpd link (or m3u8). this is general rule for not allowed site for yt-dlp
and also use -allow-u option is your video have drm (but on this case need also key to decrypt)

[iamghost]

it need login so i dont have one.

try with yt-dlp --cookie-from-browser chrome or firefox URL

edit: i have login now, video is not playing just spining round circle, chrome, firefox and edge is the same

does it playing on your side?

[Karoolus]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

[heidy333]

this error because yt-dlp can't have an extractor for your site ...
so, put in yt-dlp mpd link (or m3u8). this is general rule for not allowed site for yt-dlp
and also use -allow-u option is your video have drm (but on this case need also key to decrypt)

thanks its working now.

[heidy333]

it need login so i dont have one.

try with yt-dlp --cookie-from-browser chrome or firefox URL

edit: i have login now, video is not playing just spining round circle, chrome, firefox and edge is the same

does it playing on your side?

yes, its playing after I close AD block

[heidy333]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

[Karoolus]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

I did, yt-dlp must have fixed it. When they first switched to doubleclick.net it only downloaded part of the video due to periods in the MPD

[heidy333]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

I did, yt-dlp must have fixed it. When they first switched to doubleclick.net it only downloaded part of the video due to periods in the MPD

I also used MPD, but it only downloaded part of the video, like 11 mins of 24 mins, may I know what codes you used? Thanks a lot.

[Karoolus]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

I did, yt-dlp must have fixed it. When they first switched to doubleclick.net it only downloaded part of the video due to periods in the MPD

I also used MPD, but it only downloaded part of the video, like 11 mins of 24 mins, may I know what codes you used? Thanks a lot.

I edit the MPD before I download the video to merge the periods

[heidy333]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

I did, yt-dlp must have fixed it. When they first switched to doubleclick.net it only downloaded part of the video due to periods in the MPD

I also used MPD, but it only downloaded part of the video, like 11 mins of 24 mins, may I know what codes you used? Thanks a lot.

I edit the MPD before I download the video to merge the periods

could you please teach me how to edit it? Thanks a lot.

[Karoolus]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

I did, yt-dlp must have fixed it. When they first switched to doubleclick.net it only downloaded part of the video due to periods in the MPD

I also used MPD, but it only downloaded part of the video, like 11 mins of 24 mins, may I know what codes you used? Thanks a lot.

I edit the MPD before I download the video to merge the periods

could you please teach me how to edit it? Thanks a lot.

If you open the MPD, you can see that there is different <period> tags
Remove the ones that contains the ads (you can tell from the names)
Then, in the remaining periods, look for the highest resolution representation and remove all the other ones
You should have 3 periods now, each of them should contain 1 video Representation and 1 audio.
Copy all the entries from SegmentTimeline in period 2 and 3 to period 1 (copy video into video and audio into audio)

You should end up with this:
https://files.videohelp.com/u/303646/WTFock.zip

manifest.mpd is the original I downloaded from GoPlay
cleaned.mpd is the resulting MPD that I use to download the video

[heidy333]

Your file: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/72b3e245-ca2a-4254-bbd1-d2ba08c96ecd

GoPlay needs some extra stuff because of the periods in the MPD

I used MPD and its working, have you also used MPD to download?

I did, yt-dlp must have fixed it. When they first switched to doubleclick.net it only downloaded part of the video due to periods in the MPD

I also used MPD, but it only downloaded part of the video, like 11 mins of 24 mins, may I know what codes you used? Thanks a lot.

I edit the MPD before I download the video to merge the periods

could you please teach me how to edit it? Thanks a lot.

If you open the MPD, you can see that there is different <period> tags
Remove the ones that contains the ads (you can tell from the names)
Then, in the remaining periods, look for the highest resolution representation and remove all the other ones
You should have 3 periods now, each of them should contain 1 video Representation and 1 audio.
Copy all the entries from SegmentTimeline in period 2 and 3 to period 1 (copy video into video and audio into audio)

You should end up with this:
https://files.videohelp.com/u/303646/WTFock.zip

manifest.mpd is the original I downloaded from GoPlay
cleaned.mpd is the resulting MPD that I use to download the video

thanks a lot for your explanation! I’ll try it after I off work

[tcools]

Hi all, need some help here

Downloading the video works fine via yt.
However, there is no audio

Any ideas how to solve that?

Thx

-- solved

[Karoolus]

Hi all, need some help here

Downloading the video works fine via yt.
However, there is no audio

Any ideas how to solve that?

Thx

-- solved

When taking the time to edit your post to mark it solved, you should probably also add the solution so others can learn from it instead of having to ask the same thing...

[KB-01]

@Karoolus is there a script that can edit the mpd?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

is there a script that can edit the mpd?

If it's not too much trouble, could you upload an original mpd from them? I'm curious to see how it looks.

[KB-01]

is there a script that can edit the mpd?

If it's not too much trouble, could you upload an original mpd from them? I'm curious to see how it looks.

ofcourse here is two one without ads and one with

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

ofcourse here is two one without ads and one with

@karoolus' solution worked well
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/412813-Download-from-goplay-be-using-yt-dlp#post2717437

It's not that hard to build a script from it. Just to confirm, is the actual video 45:42 in duration? Also please give the decryption keys for the manifest infested with ads so I can confirm the output

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Seeing as you probably don't have the decryption keys, here's a prototype to @karoolus description

import xmltodict

INPUT_FILE = "mpd_input.mpd"
OUTPUT_FILE = "mpd_output.mpd"


def extend_dict(input_dict, input_key, input_value):
    old_value = input_dict.get(input_key, None)
    if old_value is None:
        input_dict[input_key] = input_value
        return input_dict

    for k1, v1 in input_value.items():
        if v1 is None:
            continue
        if type(v1) is not list:
            v1 = [v1]

        v2 = old_value.get(k1, None)
        if v2 is None:
            old_value[k1] = v1
            continue
        if type(v2) is not list:
            v2 = [v2]

        v2.extend(v1)
        old_value[k1] = v2
    input_dict[input_key] = old_value


if __name__ == '__main__':
    with open(INPUT_FILE, 'r') as file:
        mpd_content = file.read()
    xml_dict = xmltodict.parse(mpd_content)

    xml_node = xml_dict["MPD"]
    new_nodes = []
    for period in xml_node["Period"]:
        if "-ad-" in period["@id"]:
            continue
        new_nodes.append(period)

    segment_dict = {}
    assert len(new_nodes) >= 1

    for loop in range(0, 2):
        if loop == 1:
            new_nodes = [new_nodes[0]]

        for node in new_nodes:
            adaptations = node["AdaptationSet"]
            if type(adaptations) is not list:
                adaptations = [adaptations]

            for adaptation in adaptations:
                representations = adaptation["Representation"]
                if type(representations) is not list:
                    representations = [representations]

                for representation in representations:
                    segment_key = representation.get("@width", representation.get("@audioSamplingRate", None))
                    if loop == 0:
                        extend_dict(segment_dict, segment_key, representation["SegmentTemplate"]["SegmentTimeline"])
                    else:
                        representation["SegmentTemplate"]["SegmentTimeline"] = segment_dict[segment_key]

    xml_dict["MPD"]["Period"] = new_nodes
    mpd_content = xmltodict.unparse(xml_dict, pretty=True)
    with open(OUTPUT_FILE, "w") as f:
        f.write(mpd_content)

pip install xmltodict

The input/output are established at the beginning of the script. Something bonus in this script is that I merge all the resolutions with each other accordingly with the segment timeline, not just the highest one. For your 2 mpds I get 45:42 and 39:55, but I have no way of confirming the output without keys.

Edit: only for advanced users that are familiar with scripts. Do not contact me if you are new. You can download in 1 command from goplay by running

python widefrog.py "https://www.goplay.be/video/de-expeditie/niets-beter-dan-natuurdocumentairestem-janne-om-de-groep-over-de-duinen-te-krijgen"

[KB-01]

ofcourse here is two one without ads and one with

@karoolus' solution worked well
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/412813-Download-from-goplay-be-using-yt-dlp#post2717437

It's not that hard to build a script from it. Just to confirm, is the actual video 45:42 in duration? Also please give the decryption keys for the manifest infested with ads so I can confirm the output

sorry for my late response, awesome when i tried i always get a incorrect playback time i most do something wrong, the actual video 45:42 you got it right

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The key is

--key f0326780f032f032f032f0326780f032:4d3f79c797d49dcbe275c6acb3da0b04

the key for the 39:55 mpd is

--key f0326424f032f032f032f0326424f032:efcde34ec1348ae471d2aaf56fa69948

[KB-01]

Seeing as you probably don't have the decryption keys, here's a prototype to @karoolus description

import xmltodict

INPUT_FILE = "mpd_input.mpd"
OUTPUT_FILE = "mpd_output.mpd"


def extend_dict(input_dict, input_key, input_value):
    old_value = input_dict.get(input_key, None)
    if old_value is None:
        input_dict[input_key] = input_value
        return input_dict

    for k1, v1 in input_value.items():
        if v1 is None:
            continue
        if type(v1) is not list:
            v1 = [v1]

        v2 = old_value.get(k1, None)
        if v2 is None:
            old_value[k1] = v1
            continue
        if type(v2) is not list:
            v2 = [v2]

        v2.extend(v1)
        old_value[k1] = v2
    input_dict[input_key] = old_value


if __name__ == '__main__':
    with open(INPUT_FILE, 'r') as file:
        mpd_content = file.read()
    xml_dict = xmltodict.parse(mpd_content)

    xml_node = xml_dict["MPD"]
    new_nodes = []
    for period in xml_node["Period"]:
        if "-ad-" in period["@id"]:
            continue
        new_nodes.append(period)

    segment_dict = {}
    assert len(new_nodes) >= 1

    for loop in range(0, 2):
        if loop == 1:
            new_nodes = [new_nodes[0]]

        for node in new_nodes:
            adaptations = node["AdaptationSet"]
            if type(adaptations) is not list:
                adaptations = [adaptations]

            for adaptation in adaptations:
                representations = adaptation["Representation"]
                if type(representations) is not list:
                    representations = [representations]

                for representation in representations:
                    segment_key = representation.get("@width", representation.get("@audioSamplingRate", None))
                    if loop == 0:
                        extend_dict(segment_dict, segment_key, representation["SegmentTemplate"]["SegmentTimeline"])
                    else:
                        representation["SegmentTemplate"]["SegmentTimeline"] = segment_dict[segment_key]

    xml_dict["MPD"]["Period"] = new_nodes
    mpd_content = xmltodict.unparse(xml_dict, pretty=True)
    with open(OUTPUT_FILE, "w") as f:
        f.write(mpd_content)

pip install xmltodict

The input/output are established at the beginning of the script. Something bonus in this script is that I merge all the resolutions with each other accordingly with the segment timeline, not just the highest one. For your 2 mpds I get 45:42 and 39:55, but I have no way of confirming the output without keys.

thankyou for your script! see my previous replay for the key

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

No idea what the key is supposed to be for non-ad one, but this one worked for the ad. So I don't think there's anymore any need for testing. Apparently you still need to merge them, regardless of there being ads or not, simply because you have lots of periods xml nodes that mess it up.

I know the title of the post is "download...using yt-dlp" but you should use something that automatically decrypts, like N_m3u8DL-RE. yt-dlp is good for non-DRM

In your case I ran the script for manifest2.mpd in your zip archive and then

N_m3u8DL-RE mpd_output.mpd --check-segments-count false -M format=mkv --key f0326780f032f032f032f0326780f032:4d3f79c797d49dcbe275c6acb3da0b04

The video
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240828O7eKgixV

Edit: here's video for non-ad
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240828ASv7GKKs

[aqzs]

I haven't tried that tool for a while but dash-mpd-cli have '--minimum-period-duration' parameter, maybe it works for skipping ads ?

[KB-01]

No idea what the key is supposed to be for non-ad one, but this one worked for the ad. So I don't think there's anymore any need for testing. Apparently you still need to merge them, regardless of there being ads or not, simply because you have lots of periods xml nodes that mess it up.

I know the title of the post is "download...using yt-dlp" but you should use something that automatically decrypts, like N_m3u8DL-RE. yt-dlp is good for non-DRM

In your case I ran the script for manifest2.mpd in your zip archive and then

N_m3u8DL-RE mpd_output.mpd --check-segments-count false -M format=mkv --key f0326780f032f032f032f0326780f032:4d3f79c797d49dcbe275c6acb3da0b04

The video
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240828O7eKgixV

Edit: here's video for non-ad
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240828ASv7GKKs

thankyou for your help

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

No problem. You should be thanking @karoolus as well. I just converted his words into code, almost ad verbatim. You should try @aqzs suggestion as well. After all, these "patch" scripts are only meant as a temporary solution until the big main download tools fix their stuff. Can't say I care that much to try dash-mpd-cli out, but it's worth a shot

[KB-01]

No problem. You should be thanking @karoolus as well. I just converted his words into code, almost ad verbatim. You should try @aqzs suggestion as well. After all, these "patch" scripts are only meant as a temporary solution until the big main download tools fix their stuff. Can't say I care that much to try dash-mpd-cli out, but it's worth a shot

you are absolutely right i forgot to thank him @karoolus thankyou so much for explaining how to fix the mpd @2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi thank you for you code, thanks to you i can download without issues now. Yes i will try dash-mpd-cli, my main downloader is N_m3u8DL-RE with your script is a golden combination i hope that N_m3u8DL-RE will fix this soon. Not sure if Dash Role Scheme fix this in the N_m3u8DL-RE_v0.2.1-beta

[Karoolus]

No problem

I still use this in my own downloader for GoPlay daily