Freevine - A downloader for free streaming services (discontinued)

[Tom Saurus]

achilles: Thank you. I put the file there and it seems to register now that the CTV service exists but I must have the cdm set up wrong:

Run "devine env info" again. Where it says [WVDs], make sure your .wvd is in there and the CDM you named in your config matches the filename of your .wvd file.

Once again thank you and I am thinking maybe I should move my .wvd file to appdata devine folder:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.2538]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\devine>devine env info

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                      / / / / __/  | | / // //  |/ / __/
                     / /_/ / /___  | |/ // // /|  / /___
                    /_____/_____/  |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
                    ⠀
                    v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
                      https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

     [Root Config]     : C:\Users\sheld\AppData\Local\devine\devine.yaml
     [Cookies]         : C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\cookies
     [WVDs]            : C:\Users\sheld\AppData\Local\devine\WVDs
     [Cache]           : C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\cache
     [Logs]            : C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\logs
     [Temp Files]      : C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\temp
     [Downloads]       : C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\downloads

C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\devine>devine dl -w s01e01 CTV cold-squad

                       / __ \/ ____/ |  / /  _/ | / / ____/
                      / / / / __/  | | / // //  |/ / __/
                     / /_/ / /___  | |/ // // /|  / /___
                    /_____/_____/  |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
                    ⠀
                    v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
                      https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

     Service Config loaded
     Failed to load Widevine CDM,
     C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\WVDs\ANDROID_4464_l3.wvd does not exist
     or is not a file

C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine\devine>

Some pictures:


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[achilles]

I get the following error while searching all4:
JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.

IDK. Works for me. You might need to post more info like your config file?

(.venv) D:\Desktop\devine>devine search all4 defiance

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                      / / / / __/  | | / // //  |/ / __/
                     / /_/ / /___  | |/ // // /|  / /___
                    /_____/_____/  |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
                    ⠀
                    v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
                      https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

     Service Config loaded

  ────────────────────────────── Service: ALL4 ───────────────────────────────

     Service is not Geoblocked in your region
      + Acquired tokens...
     Authenticated with Service

  ───────────────────────────── 1 Search Results ─────────────────────────────

     Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
     How Britain's Asian community stood tall against far-right violence
     and racist murders
     id: defiance-fighting-the-far-right

[achilles]

Once again thank you and I am thinking maybe I should move my .wvd file to appdata devine folder:

Your config file line for WVDs should be the directory only. Do not include the wvd filename. And under cdm, it should just say "ANDROID_4464_l3" without the path and file extension.

[achilles]

stabbedbybrick, is it possible to have credentials for devine ALL4 and CTV be optional? Believe it or not, I still use freevine 0.6.2-beta from time to time (haha) and I can search and download on that without any credentials.

[z1269925944]

[Attachment 78235 - Click to enlarge]thank you I can finally download BBC 4K on Mac

[pssh]

[Attachment 78235 - Click to enlarge]thank you I can finally download BBC 4K on Mac

Does it still contain the HDR = HLG or it's just SDR 4K version?

To get the HLG it's "-r HLG" i believe ......

[z1269925944]

[Attachment 78235 - Click to enlarge]thank you I can finally download BBC 4K on Mac

Does it still contain the HDR = HLS or it's just SDR 4K version?

To get the HLS it's "-r HLG" i believe ......

yes,it's SDR version

[iamghost]

Also many thanks from me for freevine! It was an awesome project I really liked!

Just gave devine a try.

Stumbled over some issues:

a) the iP (iPlayer) service doesn't work for me. What am I doing wrong?

(venv) F:\devine>devine dl iP https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001w3pg

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                     / /_/ / /___  | |/ // // /|  / /___
                    /_____/_____/  |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
                    ⠀
                    v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
                      https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

     Service Config loaded
     Loaded Cdm Widevine CDM: xxxxx
     Loaded 1 Vaults

  ─────────────────────────────── Service: iP ────────────────────────────────

     Service is not Geoblocked in your region
     Metadata was not found - is the URL or id correct?

This is supposed to download an episode of the Hairy Bikers. URL works fine when entered directly into the browser. Also just specifying the episode ID didn't work


I had to specify the max_concurrent_downloads in my config file. If not specified the video/audio stream downloaded successfully but always errored out when trying to fetch the subs. Seems there is no default value assumed from what I saw quickly glancing over the code.

aria2c: 
   max_concurrent_downloads: 2
   file_allocation: prealloc

Complete config file which is working

directories:
   services: F:\devine\devine-services\services
   binaries: F:\devine\bin
   downloads: F:\devine\downloads
   cookies: F:\devine\cookies
   cache: F:\devine\cache
   logs: F:\devine\logs
   temp: F:\devine\temp
   vwds: F:\devine\wvds\xxxx.wvd

cdm: 
   default: xxxx
   #NF: xxxxxxxx_l3  
   #AMZN: chromecdm_903_l3
   #NF: nexus_6_l1
   #DSNP:
   #jane_uhd: nexus_5_l1
   #default: chromecdm_903_l3
  

credentials: 

   ALL4: xxx:xxx


downloader: aria2c
aria2c: 
   max_concurrent_downloads: 2
   file_allocation: prealloc

key_vaults:
  - type: SQLite
    name: Local vault
    path: F:\devine\vault\key_store.db

use correct ID

devine search iP "The Hairy Bikers Go West"

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devine dl --list-titles iP m001w3pw

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[z1269925944]

I don't think it's working

[Tom Saurus]

Once again thank you and I am thinking maybe I should move my .wvd file to appdata devine folder:

Your config file line for WVDs should be the directory only. Do not include the wvd filename. And under cdm, it should just say "ANDROID_4464_l3" without the path and file extension.

achilles: Thank you once again. I have made the corrections that you wrote about. It still doesn't work; so perhaps I have made a mistake in my editing of the devine.yaml file. Here is the code and a picture of the devine.yaml file:

[CODE][/Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.2538]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine>devine dl -w s01e01 CTV cold-squad

/ __ \/ ____/ | / / _/ | / / ____/
/ / / / __/ | | / // // |/ / __/
/ /_/ / /___ | |/ // // /| / /___
/_____/_____/ |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
⠀
v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

Service Config loaded
Failed to load Widevine CDM, ANDROID_4464_l3 does not exist or is not
a file

C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\devine>CODE]






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Thank you in advance. It is very kind of you to be so patient.

[achilles]

Thank you in advance. It is very kind of you to be so patient.

In your devine.yaml, "wvds" should be all lowercase.

[Spectrumhsm]

I get the following error while searching all4:
JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.

IDK. Works for me. You might need to post more info like your config file?

(.venv) D:\Desktop\devine>devine search all4 defiance

                       / __ \/ ____/ |  / /  _/ | / / ____/
                      / / / / __/  | | / // //  |/ / __/
                     / /_/ / /___  | |/ // // /|  / /___
                    /_____/_____/  |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
                    ⠀
                    v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
                      https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

     Service Config loaded

  ────────────────────────────── Service: ALL4 ───────────────────────────────

     Service is not Geoblocked in your region
      + Acquired tokens...
     Authenticated with Service

  ───────────────────────────── 1 Search Results ─────────────────────────────

     Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
     How Britain's Asian community stood tall against far-right violence
     and racist murders
     id: defiance-fighting-the-far-right

Thanks achilles for replying.

I have these two lines in the beginning in devine.yaml file in C:\devine\devine folder

endpoints:
  login: https://api.channel4.com/online/v2/auth/token
  title: https://api.channel4.com/online/v1/views/content-hubs/{title}.json
  .......

Is this causing the error - JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)?

[z1269925944]

I get the following error while searching all4:
JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.

IDK. Works for me. You might need to post more info like your config file?

(.venv) D:\Desktop\devine>devine search all4 defiance

                       / __ \/ ____/ |  / /  _/ | / / ____/
                      / / / / __/  | | / // //  |/ / __/
                     / /_/ / /___  | |/ // // /|  / /___
                    /_____/_____/  |___/___/_/ |_/_____/
                    ⠀
                    v3.3.1 Copyright © 2019-2024 rlaphoenix
                      https://github.com/devine-dl/devine

     Service Config loaded

  ────────────────────────────── Service: ALL4 ───────────────────────────────

     Service is not Geoblocked in your region
      + Acquired tokens...
     Authenticated with Service

  ───────────────────────────── 1 Search Results ─────────────────────────────

     Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
     How Britain's Asian community stood tall against far-right violence
     and racist murders
     id: defiance-fighting-the-far-right

Thanks achilles for replying.

I have these two lines in the beginning in devine.yaml file in C:\devine\devine folder

endpoints:
  login: https://api.channel4.com/online/v2/auth/token
  title: https://api.channel4.com/online/v1/views/content-hubs/{title}.json
  .......

Is this causing the error - JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)?

Using

 devine dl -w s01e01 all4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/defiance-fighting-the-far-right

It's working fine
[Attachment 78247 - Click to enlarge]

[Spectrumhsm]

Using

 devine dl -w s01e01 all4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/defiance-fighting-the-far-right

It's working fine..

Still getting - JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)

Something with configuration.

[achilles]

.......

Is this causing the error - JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)?

I honestly don't know what is causing the error.

All I can say is that I installed devine via "pip install devine" and what this does is install devine as an executable which is what I am running, and that works.

I see that in your error results, there is reference to "C:\devine\devine\core\service.py" which indicates that maybe you installed devine by downloading a zip file, doing a git clone, or something else similar. And because you are running devine as interpreted code, maybe one of your requirements is out of date. I can't say for sure if this is what is causing the issues, but all I can say is that I did an official pip install of devine and that seems to be working ok.

[Spectrumhsm]

.......

Is this causing the error - JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)?

I honestly don't know what is causing the error.

All I can say is that I installed devine via "pip install devine" and what this does is install devine as an executable which is what I am running, and that works.

I see that in your error results, there is reference to "C:\devine\devine\core\service.py" which indicates that maybe you installed devine by downloading a zip file, doing a git clone, or something else similar. And because you are running devine as interpreted code, maybe one of your requirements is out of date. I can't say for sure if this is what is causing the issues, but all I can say is that I did an official pip install of devine and that seems to be working ok.

Thanks for the reply.

I followed iamghost post for installation from here.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/411643-Freevine-A-downloader-for-free-streaming-se...42#post2730799



Indeed it used zip installation.
Followed all steps without any error until I executed channel 4 command.


Also how do I check the requirements are up to date?

[achilles]

Indeed it used zip installation.
Followed all steps without any error until I executed channel 4 command.

Also how do I check the requirements are up to date?

Poetry should have handled all that for you. And I just did another fresh install, this time from official github repo (downloaded as zip) and installed via poetry and it worked just fine.

Hmm... the next message I get is "Service is not Geoblocked in your region" (which doesn't show on your output). So maybe your error has something to do with your IP address, VPN use (or lack of use) or proxy settings.

[stabbedbybrick]

Hey, guys, just a friendly reminder of what I wrote earlier:

Since I'm not the dev of Devine, I won't provide the same level of support on how to use it as I've done with Freevine. I'm generally a pretty patient dude but I suspect that would break me. Instead, I'll refer you to the excellent documentation on their Github and by running devine --help. If you need more help with its various configs and usage, please create a new thread here or maybe create a help thread on CDM-project discord.

I don't really mind if you discuss Devine in here, but creating an official thread would probably be more helpful for users learning it for the first time.

[achilles]

stabbedbybrick, are credentials really needed for All4? I still have freevine 0.6.2-beta running and All4 works with no credentials at all.

[stabbedbybrick]

stabbedbybrick, are credentials really needed for All4? I still have freevine 0.6.2-beta running and All4 works with no credentials at all.

Yes, it's needed since both the content and android API requires authorization. Freevine 0.6.2 parsed the episode data from the actual page instead of an API, and used a setting in the config for getting android streams. Which has since stopped working.

[pssh]

[Attachment 78235 - Click to enlarge]thank you I can finally download BBC 4K on Mac

Does it still contain the HDR = HLS or it's just SDR 4K version?

To get the HLS it's "-r HLG" i believe ......

yes,it's SDR version

Just confirmed the Beeb UHD downloads are all downloading

devine dl -v H.265 -w S01E02 iP m001xxn5

HLG but showing in Devine as SDR .....

[Tom Saurus]

It would be best to dedicate a new topic thread to "Devine". I will start one if no one else wants to launch one.

Back to Freevine; I am all up to date and every service I use as far as I know is working except PLUTO which is only giving me the option of descriptive audio or no audio as well. I don't know if it is just me as no one responded when I wrote about it. I was hoping to get some fresh movies off of Pluto TV at the beginning of April but I ran across that and found no use in downloading as descriptive audio isn't what I want and having no audio at all isn't my thing either.

achilles: I put "wvds" in lower case letters in the yaml but I got the same result as above that my Android CDM doesn't exists. Regardless I better stop discussing Devine here and I will wait a bit to see someone launch a thread dedicated to Devine and if they don't I will.

Also thank you achilles and everyone who has taken the time to guide me and I hope others learn along with me. I tend to be happy with smaller files like 480p and lately I have been getting some series from CTV at 360p to save on hard drive space and they look fine on a 24 inch TV.

It seems that Devine only has the capability to download very high quality files that my under 10 mbs DSL would take quite a while to download and if I do get it working and Freevine stops working these big files I will just encode down to a lower quality and smaller file size.

I think through time there will be more options in Devine and maybe they are already there.

[iamghost]

devine cfg wvd path.wvd

[PSXman_uk]

It would be best to dedicate a new topic thread to "Devine". I will start one if no one else wants to launch one.

Back to Freevine; I am all up to date and every service I use as far as I know is working except PLUTO which is only giving me the option of descriptive audio or no audio as well. I don't know if it is just me as no one responded when I wrote about it. I was hoping to get some fresh movies off of Pluto TV at the beginning of April but I ran across that and found no use in downloading as descriptive audio isn't what I want and having no audio at all isn't my thing either.

achilles: I put "wvds" in lower case letters in the yaml but I got the same result as above that my Android CDM doesn't exists. Regardless I better stop discussing Devine here and I will wait a bit to see someone launch a thread dedicated to Devine and if they don't I will.

Also thank you achilles and everyone who has taken the time to guide me and I hope others learn along with me. I tend to be happy with smaller files like 480p and lately I have been getting some series from CTV at 360p to save on hard drive space and they look fine on a 24 inch TV.

It seems that Devine only has the capability to download very high quality files that my under 10 mbs DSL would take quite a while to download and if I do get it working and Freevine stops working these big files I will just encode down to a lower quality and smaller file size.

I think through time there will be more options in Devine and maybe they are already there.

-q, --quality QUALITY_LIST

[SL33K]

Hello.... Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I installed "devine" at C:/devine"

installed poetry & devine... but still get error

"'divine' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."

Anyone know what I did wrong? Thanks

did you check spelling, it devine not divine

Yes...
C:\devine>devine --help
'devine' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any updates on why I'm getting error trying to install?

[SB47x]

C:\devine>devine --help
'devine' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any updates on why I'm getting error trying to install?[/QUOTE]

I don't use windows, but could you show a list of what's in that folder?

[SL33K]

C:\devine>devine --help
'devine' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any updates on why I'm getting error trying to install?

I don't use windows, but could you show a list of what's in that folder?[/QUOTE]

.git
cache
cookies
devine
downloads
logs
temp
WVDs
.deepsource.toml
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.pre-commit-config.yaml
CHANGELOG.md
cliff.toml
CONFIG.md
CONTRIBUTING.md
LICENSE
poetry.lock
pyproject.toml
README.md

[SB47x]

presumably the "devine" that's in that folder is itself a folder?

[SL33K]

presumably the "devine" that's in that folder is itself a folder?

yes, installed it, But windows itself doesn't recognize any commands as shown earlier.

/devine/
commands
core
services
vaults
__main__.py
devine.yaml
key_store.db

[SB47x]

Right, but should you be in c:\devine\devine\ rather than c:\devine\ ?

If you want to be able to run it from other places, you'll need to put it in the PATH.

Is Python installed and working fine?

edit: how did you install it?