UK Free to Air Downloader

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Anything involving widevine has always been an uphill battle for me, but I'll give anything a go, provided there are clear instructions alongside it.

UK-FTA uses widevine - one difference between that and devine/unshackle/vinetrimmer is that UK-FTA comes pre-configured with a widevine device.
So you already have a wvd file in the WVD folder of UK-FTA.
It's not a giant leap to copy that to where the other downloaders look for their wvd.
The stickies were written as help guides. Everyone finds it an uphill battle - wouldn't be worth doing otherwise. Wasn't it JFK, talking about getting men on the moon, who said - " We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

[dinzul]

Can someone grab this for me? I only have my mobile as my pc is getting repaired. Thanks.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/embarrassing-bodies/on-demand/50670-002

[cedric8528]

https://gofile.io/d/IWh4hW

[gordonlynne1968]

Love this tool! Have used it to archive a lot of my favourite shows. I noticed in the past few days, the All4 downloader is only showing a maximum resolution of 1024x576 even though I know (at least 2) 1080p streams exist. Is there anything I can change in the config to fix this? Many thanks.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

... the All4 downloader is only showing a maximum resolution of 1024x576 even though I know (at least 2) 1080p streams exist. .

Perhaps All4 has changed something. I'll take a look.

I can confirm the ALL4 downloader has been degraded. Very likely not enough header information is being sent. I tried using AllHell3Gui and chose the Dash-MPD-CLI downloader and got 1080p. So there is your short-term fix. But I'll look at the All4 code. Thanks for a alert.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Love this tool! Have used it to archive a lot of my favourite shows. I noticed in the past few days, the All4 downloader is only showing a maximum resolution of 1024x576 even though I know (at least 2) 1080p streams exist. Is there anything I can change in the config to fix this? Many thanks.

That was easy fix just needed this line adding to C4.py at UK-FTA/ukfta/c4_dl/

'Origin': "ak-jos-c4assets-com.akamaized.net",

exactly like in the image below.


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I'm in the process of pushing the fix to github https://github.com/vinefeeder/UK-FTA but you might not want the hassle of downloading everything. A quick in-place edit may do it for you.

[gordonlynne1968]

Love this tool! Have used it to archive a lot of my favourite shows. I noticed in the past few days, the All4 downloader is only showing a maximum resolution of 1024x576 even though I know (at least 2) 1080p streams exist. Is there anything I can change in the config to fix this? Many thanks.

That was easy fix just needed this line adding to C4.py at UK-FTA/ukfta/c4_dl/

'Origin': "ak-jos-c4assets-com.akamaized.net",

exactly like in the image below.


[Attachment 88351 - Click to enlarge]

I'm in the process of pushing the fix to github https://github.com/vinefeeder/UK-FTA but you might not want the hassle of downloading everything. A quick in-place edit may do it for you.

Thanks so much for taking a look at this for me. I tried again by adding the line above to my C4.py file and it still only produces 1024x576 files. Similarly, when using AllHell3GUI, it only brings up a 576p stream. I have even tried with files I know exist as 1080p streams. The output below if that is helpful:

************************************************** ******************************
[ URL ] https://www.channel4.com/programmes/frasier/on-demand/24639-001
[ KEY ] 3c33badd1c77cb88faeb18040dc655c1:cb7fb7be9327d9f58 3a47dd3f57e2ce4
[ KEY ] 3c33badd1c77cb88faeb18040dc655c1:cb7fb7be9327d9f58 3a47dd3f57e2ce4
[ KEY ] 3c33badd1c77cb88faeb18040dc655c1:cb7fb7be9327d9f58 3a47dd3f57e2ce4
[ MPD ]
http://cf.dash01.stream.c4assets.com/wvmod-stream/CH4_33_05_42_24639_001_5_17177
8037835071.mpd?c3.ri=14618273605174570000
************************************************** ******************************
Frasier_S04E01 The_Two_Mrs_Cranes
12:12:12.932 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20241203
12:12:12.947 INFO : Loading URL: http://cf.dash01.stream.c4assets.com/wvmod-stream/CH4_33_05_42_24639_001_5_17177803783...73605174570000
12:12:13.009 INFO : Content Matched: Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
12:12:13.010 INFO : Parsing streams...
12:12:13.023 WARN : Writing meta json
12:12:13.025 INFO : Extracted, there are 10 streams, with 7 basic streams, 2 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
12:12:13.025 INFO : Vid *CENC 1024x576 | 1498 Kbps | video=1499237 | avc1.640029
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.025 INFO : Vid *CENC 1024x576 | 1200 Kbps | video=1199541 | avc1.640029
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.025 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 1000 Kbps | video=999656 | avc1.640029 |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.026 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 802 Kbps | video=799927 | avc1.4D401F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.026 INFO : Vid *CENC 512x288 | 502 Kbps | video=500218 | avc1.42C01F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.026 INFO : Vid *CENC 384x216 | 253 Kbps | video=250120 | avc1.42C01F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.026 INFO : Vid *CENC 256x144 | 153 Kbps | video=150204 | avc1.42C01F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.027 INFO : Aud *CENC audio_eng_1=128000 | 134 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en |
2CH | 1 Segment | Alternate | ~21m45s
12:12:13.027 INFO : Aud *CENC audio_eng=128000 | 133 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.028 INFO : Sub textstream=0 | 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.030 INFO : Parsing streams...
12:12:13.030 INFO : Selected streams:
12:12:13.030 INFO : Sub textstream=0 | 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.031 WARN : Writing meta json
12:12:13.032 INFO : Save Name: subs
12:12:13.094 INFO : Start downloading...Sub textstream=0 | Main
12:12:13.128 WARN : Reading media info...
12:12:13.285 INFO : NaN: Subtitle, webvtt
12:12:13.286 WARN : Extracting VTT(raw) subtitle...
12:12:13.290 INFO : Binary merging...
12:12:13.303 INFO : Done
12:12:13.323 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20241203
12:12:13.336 INFO : Loading URL: http://cf.dash01.stream.c4assets.com/wvmod-stream/CH4_33_05_42_24639_001_5_17177803783...73605174570000
12:12:13.364 INFO : Content Matched: Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
12:12:13.364 INFO : Parsing streams...
12:12:13.366 WARN : Writing meta json
12:12:13.368 INFO : Extracted, there are 10 streams, with 7 basic streams, 2 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
12:12:13.368 INFO : Vid *CENC 1024x576 | 1498 Kbps | video=1499237 | avc1.640029
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.368 INFO : Vid *CENC 1024x576 | 1200 Kbps | video=1199541 | avc1.640029
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.368 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 1000 Kbps | video=999656 | avc1.640029 |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.368 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 802 Kbps | video=799927 | avc1.4D401F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Vid *CENC 512x288 | 502 Kbps | video=500218 | avc1.42C01F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Vid *CENC 384x216 | 253 Kbps | video=250120 | avc1.42C01F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Vid *CENC 256x144 | 153 Kbps | video=150204 | avc1.42C01F |
1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Aud *CENC audio_eng_1=128000 | 134 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en |
2CH | 1 Segment | Alternate | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Aud *CENC audio_eng=128000 | 133 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Sub textstream=0 | 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Parsing streams...
12:12:13.369 INFO : Selected streams:
12:12:13.369 INFO : Vid *CENC 1024x576 | 1498 Kbps | video=1499237 | avc1.640029
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Aud *CENC audio_eng_1=128000 | 134 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en |
2CH | 1 Segment | Alternate | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 INFO : Aud *CENC audio_eng=128000 | 133 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH
| 1 Segment | Main | ~21m45s
12:12:13.369 WARN : Writing meta json
12:12:13.370 INFO : Save Name: Frasier_The_Two_Mrs_Cranes_S04E01
12:12:13.370 WARN : MuxAfterDone is detected, binary merging is automatically
enabled
12:12:13.565 WARN : The entire file has been cut into small segments to
accelerate76 | 1498 Kbps | Main ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0/100 0.00% - - --:--:--
12:12:13.566 WARN : The entire file has been cut into small segments to
accelerate76 | 1498 Kbps | Main ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0/100 0.00% - - --:--:--
12:12:13.567 INFO : Start downloading...Aud audio_eng_1=128000 | 134 Kbps |
mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH | Alternate ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0/100 0.00% - - --:--:--
12:12:13.567 INFO : Start downloading...Vid 1024x576 | 1498 Kbps | video=1499237
| avc1.640029 | MainKbps | Main ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0/100 0.00% - - --:--:--
12:12:13.618 WARN : The entire file has been cut into small segments to
accelerate76 | 1498 Kbps | Main ━━━━━━━━━━━ 0/24 0.00% - 0.00Bps --:--:-- ⣯
12:12:13.620 INFO : Start downloading...Aud audio_eng=128000 | 133 Kbps |
mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH | MainMain ━━━━━━━━━━━ 0/24 0.00% - 0.00Bps --:--:-- ⣯

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Thanks so much for taking a look at this for me. I tried again by adding the line above to my C4.py file and it still only produces 1024x576 files. Similarly, when using AllHell3GUI, it only brings up a 576p stream. I have even tried with files I know exist as 1080p streams. The output below if that is helpful:

Mmm, yes. See what you mean. It was fixed and now it isn't! Suggest you move on to https://github.com/vinefeeder/TwinVine. It should install very easily. You will need to edit the yaml file you create; C4 username and password at tthe appropriate place - it's all lald out.. Gets 1080p with an Android endpoint.

https://github.com/vinefeeder/TwinVine/blob/main/images/vinefeeder1.png

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

UK-FTA was a big part of my python learning experience trying to bring a user focus to software design rather than a focus on what was easy for the developer.

However, the tool has largely been eclipsed by the better code implementation of Devine.
UK-FTA still works, except for Channel 4 deciding to deliver only SD content to the browser. But Devine - using Android endpoints - has no issues obtaining HD.

For those whom have grown to like, and even expect, a GUI interface I prepared VineFeeder. It needs a separate install and it could call Devine for all the UK-FTA channels from a GUI. That is still a good solution - as VineFeeder on its own can be set to call Devine or Unshackle or Envied. But it needs a system wide install - a uv tool install for unshackle and envied. That presents a barrier for some users.

A natural progression has been to create TwinVine: an all-in-one uv package install for VineFeeder and Envied -> TwinVine. Complete; runs out of the box except for one file rename.

If you regularly use ALL4 BBC ITVX MY5 STV TPTV TVNZ U Then VineFeeder is your start tool.

[Attachment 88422 - Click to enlarge]

If you want to direct download from the command line but maybe select-titles too for any of:
ALL4 AUBC CBS DSCP iP MAX MY5 NF PCOK ROKU SPOT TPTV TVNZ YTBE
ARD CBC CTV DSNP ITV MTSP NBLA NRK PLUTO RTE STV TUBI UKTV ZDF

Then envied will be your choice.

[Attachment 88601 - Click to enlarge]
The option --select-titles does away with the need for -w S03E11 to get the latest offering in the series you are following. Is it up to 11 or is 12 now? Select-titles brings the convenience of a selecting from a list. Giving you an interface easier for the user - rather than the developer.

Twinvine may be installed by

git clone https://github.com/vinefeeder/TwinVine.git
cd TwinVine
uv clean
uv lock
uv sync

A working envied yaml is at Twinvine/packages/envied/src/envied/envied-working-example.yaml - change its name to envied.yaml and you are now ready to go!

uv run vinefeeder

or

uv code run envied env info

https://github.com/vinefeeder/TwinVine

[oediv2k]

My UK-FTA has stopped working. I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\*****\Downloads\uk-fta_16_1\UK-FTA\gui.py", line 4, in <module>
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QHBoxLayout, QCheckBox
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt6'

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

My UK-FTA has stopped working. I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\*****\Downloads\uk-fta_16_1\UK-FTA\gui.py", line 4, in <module>
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QHBoxLayout, QCheckBox
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt6'

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

...
[Attachment 88546 - Click to enlarge]

[oediv2k]

My UK-FTA has stopped working. I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\*****\Downloads\uk-fta_16_1\UK-FTA\gui.py", line 4, in <module>
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QHBoxLayout, QCheckBox
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt6'

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

...
[Attachment 88546 - Click to enlarge]

Thank you

[peterjung]

I am in need of some help to get up and running again. I thought I would give the Twinvine thing a go and followed the instructions in the post to download and install. However, I am presently unable to get this to work. In the meantime, this also seems to have broken my UK-FTA as well. The problems with both seems similar so I am sure they are related. Basically here is what I have going on:

1. UK-FTA

Ok, so let’s say I want to find The Hack on ITVX: Search by keyword produces the following:


[Attachment 89143 - Click to enlarge]

As you can see it correctly finds The Hack as the first listed result. However it now does not give me the “spacebar to select” option, and instead only has the “enter to confirm" option. On pressing enter I get “The search yielded no results; try again”.

I get the same result regardless of what I search for.


[Attachment 89144 - Click to enlarge]

2. Twinvine

Trying to find The Hack on TwinVine:


[Attachment 89145 - Click to enlarge]

Click on ITVX from the GUI
In the PowerShell window using the arrow keys select the option “Search by keyword”
Enter “Hack”
Again the correct search results are returned:
Again the only option is “enter to confirm”


[Attachment 89146 - Click to enlarge]

After pressing “enter” nothing happens for around 10 secs then get the message “No valid data at https://www.itv.com/watch/The-Hack/10a3293 found.”
Exiting


[Attachment 89147 - Click to enlarge]

The url is correct for the programme in question:

I am getting the same results for anything I search for. I would really appreciate some pointers in getting either UK-FTA or TwinVine or both back up and running again!

Thanks in advance

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

removed duplication

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

I am in need of some help ....

Try expanding the size of your powershell window - you cannot see stuff because it is cut-off. You are also selecting a single item so use the arrow keys to move the caret to your selection and press return

UK-FTA

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2. TwinVine
Use the search boxas your entry point! As in the following image..and use full titles; 'The Hack' works better than 'hack' - that's ITV not me.

[Attachment 89160 - Click to enlarge]
Move the caret to your selection and press enter (single selection)

[Attachment 89161 - Click to enlarge]
Press A to select All or A again to select none or spacebar to select/deselect

[Attachment 89162 - Click to enlarge]
Downloading

[Attachment 89163 - Click to enlarge]

[peterjung]

Hi Angela and thank you for responding to my thread. I went through the steps again both with UK-FTA and TwinVine and I am getting the same result – i.e. after the search initially finds results matching with the keyword, when I go to the next step, it cannot find the stream to download.

Something must have got broken during my installation on TwinVine as UK-FTA was working OK before.

Again here is my exact step by step process for both UK-FTA and TwinVine:

1. UK-FTA

Start UK-FTA and select ITVX from the menu using the arrow keys and then Enter

[Attachment 89171 - Click to enlarge]

Select “Search by keyword” from the menu by pressing Enter

[Attachment 89172 - Click to enlarge]

Enter The Hack as search string, press Enter and the search results are displayed as follows:

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With the caret on the first option (correct search result), press Enter. After a few seconds I get the message : “The search yielded no results; try again.” and the UK-FTA closes:

[Attachment 89174 - Click to enlarge]


2. TwinVine

In Windows PowerShell start TwinVine using “uv run vinefeeder”

[Attachment 89175 - Click to enlarge]

Using the mouse click on ITVX in the GUI and in the PowerShell window I get the search options.

[Attachment 89176 - Click to enlarge]

Using the arrow keys, move down to select “Search by keyword(s)”. Enter the search string The Hack, and the search results are displayed as follows:

[Attachment 89177 - Click to enlarge]

With the caret on the first option (correct search result), press Enter. After a few seconds (about double the time it takes for the same step in UK-FTA) I get the message :

No valid data at https://www.itv.com/watch/The-Hack/10a3293 found.
Exiting
Ready!

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So something is going wrong in the step between the search (finds the list) and selecting anything from these results for download – I get the same results if I try any other item on the search results list. Any ideas on what is going wrong?

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Hi Angela and thank you for responding to my thread. I went through the steps again both with UK-FTA and TwinVine and I am getting the same result

In TwinVine
Put the search term in the search-box THEN click on the ITV button. For some reason the menu search (clicking the ITV button with an EMPTY search box) seems to be failing.

[peterjung]

Hi Angela and thank you for responding to my thread. I went through the steps again both with UK-FTA and TwinVine and I am getting the same result

In TwinVine
Put the search term in the search-box THEN click on the ITV button. For some reason the menu search (clicking the ITV button with an EMPTY search box) seems to be failing.

Hi Angela - thanks again - however this gives exactly the same result as before.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Hi Angela - thanks again - however this gives exactly the same result as before.

Perhaps this will work for you:

https://github.com/vinefeeder/Sundry/tree/main

ITVX.py is a simple. fast. single purpose, direct downloader?

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Hi Angela and thank you for responding to my thread. I went through the steps again both with UK-FTA and TwinVine and I am getting the same result

In TwinVine
Put the search term in the search-box THEN click on the ITV button. For some reason the menu search (clicking the ITV button with an EMPTY search box) seems to be failing.

Hi Angela - thanks again - however this gives exactly the same result as before.

I've reworked the terminal search routine. https://github.com/vinefeeder/TwinVine If you installed previously using git clone ... then in the TwinVine folder just run

git pull

to update

[tvdownloaderfan]

Can anyone please download this for me many TIA

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/hollyoaks/on-demand/76933-127

[iamghost]

Can anyone please download this for me many TIA

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/hollyoaks/on-demand/76933-127

https://gofile.io/d/mfOUXy

[tvdownloaderfan]

Can anyone please download this for me many TIA

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/hollyoaks/on-demand/76933-127

https://gofile.io/d/mfOUXy

Many thanks