Youtube-Dl Issue

[bentheguitarman]

Hi everyone, I have been downloading "Malcolm In The Middle" from the site Hotstar. It is free to watch this show so it isn't a paid to watch video.

However I have successfully downloaded the first 3 seasons using youtube-dl and FFMPG using code below

youtube-dl.exe http://www.hotstar.com/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle/12117/if-boys-were-girls/1000114290

was working fine up until about 6 days ago when i now recieve this error

C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Compressed\ffmpeg-20170503-a75ef15-win64-static\bin>youtube-dl.exe -v http://www.hotstar.com/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle/12117/grandma-sues/1000114289
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.hotstar.com/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle/12117/grandma-sues/1000114289']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.05
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-85750-ga75ef15, ffprobe N-85750-ga75ef15
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[HotStar] 1000114289: Downloading JSON metadata
[HotStar] 1000114289: Downloading JIO JSON metadata
[HotStar] 1000114289: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6q2mjw76\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 761, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6q2mjw76\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6q2mjw76\build\youtube_dl\extractor\hotstar.py", line 89, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6q2mjw76\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1056, in _sort_formats
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Compressed\ffmpeg-20170503-a75ef15-win64-static\bin>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

I wasnt using A VPN as it was working fine without one (Australia) but some episodes from S01 and S02 required a "Mumbai" server on Express VPN to be used.

But now I just cannot get it to work, and whats more annoying is I feel I may be blocked somehow, as I could actually watch the show in browser on the Mumbai server but can now only watch on Chenai server, but no matter what server I pick I cannot get youtube-dl to work.

[bentheguitarman]

I have also tried Hotstarlivestreamer and I get this error

paste the link:http://www.hotstar.com/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle/12117/if-boys-were-girls/1000114290
Available streams:    234p 360p 404p 720p 900p 1080p
write quality (example write 720p):1080p
play or download? (write p or d):d
Starting livestreamer...

The system cannot find the path specified.
Done.
Press any key to continue . . .

I would love some help with this asap as the show will be taken off in 14 days and this is the only possible way to get it all in HD as netflix doesn't have S06 and S07 in HD,

Also admin/moderators of this site, this is purely for my own viewing, I have the dvd's but want to have it in HD

[jimdagys]

http://www.hotstar.com/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle/12117/grandma-sues/1000114289

Tubedigger ($15) with vpn got it.
Link to video:
https://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/in.mp4

[bentheguitarman]

only 720p Im guessing with that small of a filesize, youtube-dl was getting 1080p and around 700mb filesize

[bentheguitarman]

Update have tried hotstarlivestreamer by biezom and it is working, is their a way to queue up multiple links though so I can just start program and leave it to do its thing

[jimdagys]

Could anyone tell me some general information about
hotstarlivestreamer by biezom?
For example, does it download without a vpn if you are outside of India? If so, how can it do that?
Can someone provide a simple example using
hotstarlivestreamer.
I need to see a specific example of downloading ( post the command line output from beginning to end, so I can see how to use it.
I know there is information on Github about this, but it is too complicated for me to follow. I just need one good specific example and then I can figure it out.
Thanks.