YT-DLP & CBC Gem Registered Account

[Tom Saurus]

I finally signed up for a CBC Gem Registered Account. Recently everything they have to stream has been placed behind a "sign in". To sign in I have to put in my email address and a password. So how do I use yt-dlp to work with all this to download TV Show episodes and such? Thank you in advance. Normally I would use a command like this:

yt-dlp -f "hls-1234 + hls-audio-English" https://gem.cbc.ca/anne-with-an-e/s02

[iamghost]

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find desktop_master.m3u8 link

yt-dlp -f 1234+audio-English https://cbcrcott-gem.akamaized.net/cf960e66-c36b-4871-a946-8add7c8335d9/CBC_ANNE_WITH_AN_E_SEASON_02_S02E01.ism/desktop_master.m3u8?hdnea=st=1696533795~exp=1696533915~acl=/cf960e66-c36b-4871-a946-8add7c8335d9/cbc_anne_with_an_e_season_02_s02e01.ism/desktop*~hmac=bcedc0e384db47d294e5409411ab0d881574ea1b1addee173cec9a7180aef1f6

[Tom Saurus]

iamghost: Thank you for your post. So would I sign into my account and play the first episode and every remaining episode for the season and get the desktop_master.m3u8 link for each episode one by one? Thankfully Developer Tools reveals the master.m3u8 link. I will experiment a bit a see if I can accomplish what needs to be done. I didn't sign in yet I just noticed by playing the trailer that the Developer Tools revealed that master.m3u8 link. Thank you once again.

[Tom Saurus]

I just signed in and started playing episode 1 and got the master.m3u8 and did the list format which you can also use the -F command. Then I wrote out the -f and wrote in the video quality and chose the audio followed by the master.m3u8 link. It seems to be working and once again thank you for your instruction. It is probably best to get the videos one at a time as it keeps one skills sharp.

Update: I just checked it and it turned out. It didn't keep its name it was long technical stuff but it was simple enough to rename.

[mr_thamer]

I finally signed up for a CBC Gem Registered Account. Recently everything they have to stream has been placed behind a "sign in". To sign in I have to put in my email address and a password. So how do I use yt-dlp to work with all this to download TV Show episodes and such? Thank you in advance. Normally I would use a command like this:

yt-dlp -f "hls-1234 + hls-audio-English" https://gem.cbc.ca/anne-with-an-e/s02

You don't need to extract the m3u8 file, you only need to use these options in yt-dlp

yt-dlp --username yourusername@mail.com --password xxxxxx --verbose --no-overwrites --write-sub -S "res:1080" 'https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-nature-of-things/s60'

[Tom Saurus]

Thank you with new seasons starting soon for shows that my family watch this will come in handy.

[Jezzz]

Could someone help me? What is the link for Call the Midwife Season 2 Christmas Special (Pt.1) and (Pt.2) ? Is that https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e101 and https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e102 ? Thank you.

[[ss]vegeta]

Could someone help me? What is the link for Call the Midwife Season 2 Christmas Special (Pt.1) and (Pt.2) ? Is that https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e101 and https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e102 ? Thank you.

You can find the "link" in the network tab of developer tools in your browser. You search for m3u8, first link
something like

https://cbcrcott-aws-gem.akamaized.net/out/v1/blabla/blabla/index-aes.m3u8?pckgrp=blaaaaaaaaa

Then, you use N_m3u8-RE to download.
Here are your 2 episodes
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/abe1ea08-7ae5-462e-97e8-bc7f15a0dd95

[abrechen67]

Could someone help me? What is the link for Call the Midwife Season 2 Christmas Special (Pt.1) and (Pt.2) ? Is that https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e101 and https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e102 ? Thank you.

You can find the "link" in the network tab of developer tools in your browser. You search for m3u8, first link
something like

https://cbcrcott-aws-gem.akamaized.net/out/v1/blabla/blabla/index-aes.m3u8?pckgrp=blaaaaaaaaa

Then, you use N_m3u8-RE to download.
Here are your 2 episodes
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/abe1ea08-7ae5-462e-97e8-bc7f15a0dd95

Is it possible at gem.cbc.ca they now don't use m3u8 anymore? I tried with this video https://gem.cbc.ca/jamies-comfort-food/s01e01 and in the network tab in developer tools there is no link to m3u8

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks!

[Silv3r]

Could someone help me? What is the link for Call the Midwife Season 2 Christmas Special (Pt.1) and (Pt.2) ? Is that https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e101 and https://gem.cbc.ca/media/call-the-midwife/s02e102 ? Thank you.

You can find the "link" in the network tab of developer tools in your browser. You search for m3u8, first link
something like

https://cbcrcott-aws-gem.akamaized.net/out/v1/blabla/blabla/index-aes.m3u8?pckgrp=blaaaaaaaaa

Then, you use N_m3u8-RE to download.
Here are your 2 episodes
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/abe1ea08-7ae5-462e-97e8-bc7f15a0dd95

Is it possible at gem.cbc.ca they now don't use m3u8 anymore? I tried with this video https://gem.cbc.ca/jamies-comfort-food/s01e01 and in the network tab in developer tools there is no link to m3u8

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks!

https://cbcrcott-aws-gem.akamaized.net/out/v1/b93a02e539bd49a1bc243ffa7301f2ce/026bf27581e640c4b4fb78ae5aaa5021/4992c413374a4be4af23a7b5453f28df/index-aes.m3u8?pckgrp=bf5b9c2800b7e86d48330ceb5add54a4&ewid=83317&manifestType=desktop&hdnea=st=1741310534~exp=1741310654~acl=*~hmac=32983d0b6ec0b77b8791d949ee065f6b95a194502af2f676677a04a1dab08dd8&EIA608ClosedCaptions=true&lang=en

[Tom Saurus]

Does CBC work with YT-DLP now and if so what does one do to get it working? Thank in advance for any guidance.