Help downloading .mpd dash stream with no manifest

[JustPassing]

I'm trying to download a stream from a paid sports site but haven't find a way to. There is no .m3u8, no manifest, no .ism. Just a bunch of .m4f files. Here's how the link to the .mpd dash looks like:

https://ncdn-catchup-ssl.pfd.sfr.net/out/vod/dash/c/2da/RMS5342666/RMS5342666.mpd

The site I'm trying to download from is rmcsport.tv. It's unfortunately behind a paywall so I don't know if anyone can figure out how to download just off of my info. Note that Video DownloadHelper shows a bunch of .mp4 and audio files.

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

[LZAA]

Need access.

[JustPassing]

That'd be risky for me because you'd have access to my account and would be able to charge my account for stuff... Rather, I'm trying to see if the User-Agent Switcher + The Stream Detector could work, but I'm not able to click when I choose User Agent Apple iOS. Do you know how I can click? I've tried using Ctrl + Shift + M while in iOS User Agent, but still not able to click. Thanks.

[chapun67]

and would be able to charge my account for stuff...

nobody needs it here

[JustPassing]

So... are you saying you were able to download it? Can you guide me through please? Thanks.

[Sviests]

You can get HLS for this instead, i just played around.
So in the link:

https://ncdn-catchup-ssl.pfd.sfr.net/out/vod/dash/c/2da/RMS5342666/RMS5342666.mpd

you see a part called /dash/. I tried renaming it to /hls/ and then tried renaming the stream fiile to .m3u8 and voala:

https://ncdn-catchup-ssl.pfd.sfr.net/out/vod/hls/c/2da/RMS5342666/RMS5342666.m3u8

This m3u8 will have all kinds of resolutions,including 1080p i think.
Now all you need to do this use youtube-dl or streamlink to capture the video

streamlink.exe "https://ncdn-catchup-ssl.pfd.sfr.net/out/vod/hls/c/2da/RMS5342666/RMS5342666.m3u8" best -o video.ts

or

youtube-dl.exe "https://ncdn-catchup-ssl.pfd.sfr.net/out/vod/hls/c/2da/RMS5342666/RMS5342666.m3u8"

You're welcome.

[JustPassing]

Thank you so much! Wow, all that was required was changing things up a bit... Who'd have thought it? Anyway, thanks again for your help.

[yetanotherlogin]

Hello,

I used the trick above and downloaded with youtube-dl, to no avail.

c:\>youtube-dl.exe https://lil1-cdn-edge-vod00.pfd.sfr.net/ncdn-cu-kairos-lyo0.pfd.sfr.net/sid=01rrpvedvh7i22sbca80/dashcenc/catchup/NEUF_BFMTV/51c/WFM1_BFM3085238/manifest.mpd
[generic] manifest: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
[generic] manifest: Extracting information
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.

c:\>youtube-dl.exe -F https://lil1-cdn-edge-vod00.pfd.sfr.net/ncdn-cu-kairos-lyo0.pfd.sfr.net/sid=01rrpvedvh7i22sbca80/hls/catchup/NEUF_BFMTV/51c/WFM1_BFM3085238/manifest.m3u8
[generic] manifest: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://lil1-cdn-edge-vod00.pfd.sfr.net/ncdn-cu-kairos-lyo0.pfd.sfr.net/sid=01rrpvedvh7i22sbca80/hls/catchup/NEUF_BFMTV/51c/WFM1_BFM3085238/manifest.m3u8: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); 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:\>youtube-dl.exe -F https://lil1-cdn-edge-vod00.pfd.sfr.net/ncdn-cu-kairos-lyo0.pfd.sfr.net/sid=01rrpvedvh7i22sbca80/hls/catchup/NEUF_BFMTV/51c/WFM1_BFM3085238/manifest.mpd
[generic] manifest: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://lil1-cdn-edge-vod00.pfd.sfr.net/ncdn-cu-kairos-lyo0.pfd.sfr.net/sid=01rrpvedvh7i22sbca80/hls/catchup/NEUF_BFMTV/51c/WFM1_BFM3085238/manifest.mpd: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); 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.

Is it definitely off-limit with youtube-dl?

Thank you.

[[ss]vegeta]

Is it definitely off-limit with youtube-dl?Thank you.

Use ytdlp

ytdlp.exe --allow-u "https://lil1-cdn-edge-vod00.pfd.sfr.net/ncdn-cu-kairos-lyo0.pfd.sfr.net/sid=01rrpvedvh7i22sbca80/dashcenc/catchup/NEUF_BFMTV/51c/WFM1_BFM3085238/manifest.mpd"

However, content is encrypted, and you'll have to use Guesser to get keys for decryption, use mp4decrypt to decrypt and ffmpeg to mux video and audio.
Read this sub-forum more.

[yetanotherlogin]

Thanks, I'll read up on Guesser and mp4decrypt

https://github.com/Satsuoni/widevine-l3-guesser

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Edit: As an easier work-around, I simply recorded the screen with OBS.