drm free content batch downloader, widefrog

[Obo]

Oh; I don't really know how the PyInstaller works, but if it copies the needed libs from the Python installation it uses into the binary to unpack it later when the binary is run, then ok - bummer.

As version 2.1.0 isn't really the latest version of widefrog, can't you use the widefrog as regular python app? Other than that you should be able to create your own widefrog binary - e.g. from within a docker image. I don't have x86 compatible hardware anymore, so I cannot create one for you.

Or - if pip let's you: install the missing packages with "pip install --user ...". That might to work.

Other option: update your Debian - the current stable (Trixie) uses glibc-2.41-12. Seems you are on Bookworm.

[vidsrme]

can't you use the widefrog as regular python app?

Yes, my bad, I only checked the linux binary. Now I have the python version and requirements installed, thanks.

Although it fails to download from docplus, is this service no longer working?

python3 widefrog.py "https://docplus.com/videos/the-hunt-for-gaddafi-s-billions-episode-1-132990"
[WARNING] Firefox browser is not installed. Services that require browser cookies won't work as intended.
[INFO] Current app version: 3.2.0
[INFO] Running on: linux/64bit/python 3.11.2
[INFO] Starting the service initialization stage.
[INFO] Current progress: [1/1]
[INFO] Starting the collections extraction stage.
[USER_ERROR] Failed to download: https://docplus.com/videos/the-hunt-for-gaddafi-s-billions-episode-1-132990. Reason: URL not supported. Solution: Extend the docplus_com service.
[INFO] Starting the media data extraction stage.
[INFO] Finished generating the download commands.
[WARNING] Saved the failed URLs to app_files/cmds_failed.txt
[WARNING] No download commands have been generated.

[Obo]

Seems so... - someone would have to debug and fix the service.

Unfortunately the author of the app hasn't posted anything here since March '25.

[vidsrme]

Seems so... - someone would have to debug and fix the service.

Unfortunately the author of the app hasn't posted anything here since March '25.

Ok, I guess we're pretty stuck with it... seems abandoned

[vidsrme]

Ok, so thanks to CMak the answer is:

You need to use the request headers for it work with N_m3u8DL-RE, the following worked for me.

N_m3u8DL-RE -mt "https://api.gizmott.com/api/v1/playlistV2/playlist.m3u8?id=202512041764832323142491&token=OEQef7f/g76c889T7jHDMO0bODsv1z0OnxdWWf3+1rLGp/Yh2iPa1ukooVj+hj0VhCChMjbaLdEmSjBisGzI1w==&type=video&pubid=50158" -M format=mp4 -H 'accept: */*' -H 'accept-language: en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8,el;q=0.7' -H 'access-token: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJjaGVjayI6dHJ1ZSwiaWF0IjoxNzY3MzE3ODU1LCJleHAiOjE3NzUwOTM4NTV9.yBvt5BRepC4GWko8uSSFoDrngdF63VP7hAmJvyTQlwA' -H 'cache-control: no-cache' -H 'channelid: 491' -H 'origin: https://docplus.com' -H 'pragma: no-cache' -H 'priority: u=1, i' -H 'pubid: 50158' -H 'referer: https://docplus.com/' -H 'sec-ch-ua: "Google Chrome";v="143", "Chromium";v="143", "Not A(Brand";v="24"' -H 'sec-ch-ua-mobile: ?0' -H 'sec-ch-ua-platform: "macOS"' -H 'sec-fetch-dest: empty' -H 'sec-fetch-mode: cors' -H 'sec-fetch-site: cross-site' -H 'uid: 5668809' -H 'user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Safari/537.36' --save-name "Gaddafi"

If using the stream detector, it's necessary to edit the preferences and tick the "include additional headers" box and then stream detector will provide working links for docplus.

I tried getting chatgpt to update the docplus service for WF so the headers are included but I'm not having much luck. If anyone fancies editing it, here's the answer anyway.

[fisk1]

Not sure if this was already discussed, but goplay.be is now play.tv (very distinctive branding that). With these steps I was able to get that to work (only the last one is non-trivial):

1. Copy services/goplay_be.py as services/play_tv.py
2. Replace all "goplay[._]be" with "play[._]tv"
3. Modify get_master_mpd as described next

The manifest now contains a thumbnail which will cause an exception in the above function because those nodes don't have SegmentTimeline keys. Around line 180 you can just skip anything that isn't audio/video (or explicitly skip "image/jpeg" if you prefer the other way around). The first and last lines are already in the original:

for adaptation in adaptations:
    if adaptation.get("@mimeType") not in ["video/mp4", "audio/mp4"]:
        continue

    representations = adaptation["Representation"]

Enjoy as before, thanks for sharing this excellent tool.

[khaledgamil]

[Attachment 90937 - Click to enlarge]

What’s the problem here?

https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/brazil-v-sweden-group-matches-1994-fifa-world-cup-usa-full-match-replay/0f13738e-b07e-4247-b7c0-e550cc1c62c5?gl=sa

[Lostion]

You try to run dos/cmd code from a python environment.

[khaledgamil]

You try to run dos/cmd code from a python environment.

What should I do to overcome this problem?

[Lostion]

Open the .py and comment out the line with # before the line.

[khaledgamil]

Open the .py and comment out the line with # before the line.

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I entered the code directly into the command prompt, but the result was still a failure.

[khaledgamil]

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How can I turn off automatic downloads in the highest quality? I want to download videos in 720p instead.

[IceM]

How can I turn off automatic downloads in the highest quality? I want to download videos in 720p instead.

edit config.json in app_files folder

remove -sv best in this line

 "VOD": "-sv best -sa best -da id=audio_div -ss all -mt --check-segments-count false --no-log"

[khaledgamil]

edit config.json in app_files folder

remove -sv best in this line

 "VOD": "-sv best -sa best -da id=audio_div -ss all -mt --check-segments-count false --no-log"

When I did that, it only downloaded the audio.

"VOD": "-sa best -da id=audio_div -ss all -mt --check-segments-count false --no-log"

[fisk1]

[QUOTE=khaledgamil;2791258]

edit config.json in app_files folder

When I did that, it only downloaded the audio.

"VOD": "-sa best -da id=audio_div -ss all -mt --check-segments-count false --no-log"

Remove -sa best (and perhaps -ss all, -da id=audio-div) as well; these options all perform track selections (or removal).

[khaledgamil]

Remove -sa best (and perhaps -ss all, -da id=audio-div) as well; these options all perform track selections (or removal).

thank you, its worked

[khaledgamil]

When I put a link from FIFA+Archive in a text file like this

https://www.fifa.com/en/watch/3A0xomr21iD9hflEWfeURt

or this

https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/france-v-paraguay-round-of-16-1998-fifa-world-cup-france-full-match-replay/305137bf-4789-4130-abef-816bda027d9e?gl=sa

widefrog would convert them to a N_m3u8DL-RE command.

But now, when it tries to convert the link by widefrog, the conversion fails.

[WARNING] Saved the failed URLs to app_files\cmds_failed.txt
[WARNING] No download commands have been generated.

Note that the FIFA+Archive link in the browser stays fixed on “content” and does not convert to “player” or “watch”.

[m0ck]

How do I download subtitles only from VIX? I tried to modify this line

"VOD": "-sv best -sa best -da id=audio_div -ss all -mt --check-segments-count false --no-log"

but I still end up with an mkv extension.

[Secranes]

How do I download subtitles only from VIX? I tried to modify this line

"VOD": "-sv best -sa best -da id=audio_div -ss all -mt --check-segments-count false --no-log"

but I still end up with an mkv extension.

The output is always MKV, regardless if someone wants to download only video, only audio, or even only subtitles.

N_m3u8DL-RE "MPD or M3U8 link" -ss all --save-name "Filename"

[khaledgamil]

Since the FIFA Plus website started keeping the video playback link as (content), WideFrog is no longer able to convert the link to N_m3u8DL command. Previously, when I gave it a link that contained (player), it would easily convert it to a N_m3u8DL command. But now, with (content)it gives me (No download commands have been generated)

Is there a way to solve this problem, or a way to obtain the video playback link that contains the (player)?

https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/france-v-paraguay-round-of-16-1998-fifa-world-cup...da027d9e?gl=sa

[loadz]

Hi, does anyone know how to fix M6 ?
Thanks in advance.

[loadz]

I managed to fix M6.

https://pastebin.com/kRv8wfJw

You just need to add a token to line 16 of the file.

To retrieve the token, press F12 on the M6 ​​page while logged into your account.
Go to Network and filter for "getJwt".

Then go to Responses on the right, and you'll find your token.

[calande]

Hello,

When trying to download videos from tf1.fr, the videos downloaded are corrupt and unreadable. I downloaded the tf1_fr.py file and retried, now I get an error message:

[USER_ERROR]/[APP_ERROR] Failed to download: https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-partie-1-du-20-fevrier-2026-75330442.html. Reason: Something went wrong with the license call. Solution: Make sure you can play the content and/or change your VPN IP. Additionally, wait a few minutes and/or replace your CDM with a fresh one. If the issue persists, then debug the tf1_fr service.

I'm using a French public IP address, I have no VPN client active.
The URLs I've tried so far, to no avail:

https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-partie-1-du-20-fevrier-2026-75330442.html
https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-partie-2-du-20-fevrier-2026-32906104.html
https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-la-suite-du-20-fevrier-2026-74179599.html

Could you help me solve this problem, please?

[IceM]

Hello,

When trying to download videos from tf1.fr, the videos downloaded are corrupt and unreadable. I downloaded the tf1_fr.py file and retried, now I get an error message:

[USER_ERROR]/[APP_ERROR] Failed to download: https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-partie-1-du-20-fevrier-2026-75330442.html. Reason: Something went wrong with the license call. Solution: Make sure you can play the content and/or change your VPN IP. Additionally, wait a few minutes and/or replace your CDM with a fresh one. If the issue persists, then debug the tf1_fr service.

I'm using a French public IP address, I have no VPN client active.
The URLs I've tried so far, to no avail:

https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-partie-1-du-20-fevrier-2026-75330442.html
https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-partie-2-du-20-fevrier-2026-32906104.html
https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/danse-avec-les-stars/videos/danse-avec-les-stars-emission-4-la-suite-du-20-fevrier-2026-74179599.html

Could you help me solve this problem, please?

Gibolin's fix is working --> https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414548-drm-free-content-batch-downloader-widefrog/...17#post2783517

[calande]

Gibolin's fix is working --> https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414548-drm-free-content-batch-downloader-widefrog/...17#post2783517

Indeed! This worked fine
Thank you!

[cH1LLa]

does anyone have a solution for Joyn.de, for some series, it doesn't find all the episodes, just some of them (e.g., out of 52 episodes, only 20).

The links to the missing episodes work fine and can be downloaded individually.

I’ve already tried using ChatGPT to build a “scraper,” but it also doesn’t find all the episodes of a series.

(here's a example of a serie's where the problem occurs "https://www.joyn.de/serien/nick-und-perry")

[Obo]

Not a solution, only an explanation: the Joyn API returns the episodes of a season in a fragmented way; the result set of the graphql query indicates that there are 52 episodes, but only the first 20 are included. You can see this in the browser network tab for the "grapqhl?operationName=Season" request.

I don't know enough of the internals of widefrog to understand how to fix this though.

[cH1LLa]

I've been playing around with KI and trying out a few things. This “scraper” works—it generates a list of links that can then be easily passed on to widefrog.

https://pastebin.com/44AE9NHe

but now I have another issue/question — has anyone managed to get widefrog to work with joyn.at?

changing the URLs in joyn_de.py doesn't seem to be working—it keeps telling me to debug joyn_de.py, but I can't get it to show me where the error is.

[Obo]

Can you provide a diff of what you changed?

From what I can tell you'll at least need to change
- headers for graphql requests to include something like:

            'joyn-distribution-tenant': 'JOYN_AT',
            'joyn-user-state': 'code=R_A;sessionLocation=AT;userLocation=AT',
            'origin': 'https://www.joyn.at',

- Login URL should point to www.joyn.at/oauth
- you'll likely need an austrian account

Best to look at saved headers from a working browser request. I'd suggest to save them as HAR file.

[cH1LLa]

Here ( "https://pastebin.com/jx1CLbAn" ) is the modified script. I can log in to the joyn.at website with my German account (using a VPN) and stream content.

What I changed:
I migrated the service from by hardcoding regional API endpoints,
updating the tenant to JOYN_AT, synchronizing the GraphQL hashes with the Austrian schema,
and enforcing 'joyn-country: AT' headers, and updatet the sha256Hash to them from the HAR file.

But as soon as I try to load something with the modified script, I get “[ERROR] API Response: {‘status’: ‘401’, ‘statusDescription’: ‘Unauthorized’, ‘code’: ‘INVALID_JWT’, ‘msg’: ‘Invalid JWT’}”

unfortunately, my knowledge in this area is limited. I’ve already consulted the guide on how to create a script (“The Slacker’s Guide to Mass Downloading (Most of) the Internet, Automation”), but I’m still not quite getting the hang of it.