How to find .mpd link?

[sven32]

Normally when I rip a stream from a website with youtube-dl I use F12, Firefox Inspect Element tool and copy a video link. If a .dash extension, I change that in .mpd and that enables the downloading.
With this video this doesn't work (I can play the video)
https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix.ism/dash/remix-video=1968572.mpd
and I get: ERROR: No video formats found; etc...
The F12 tool shows all the segments in .mp4 format.
How can I find the manifest, .mpd?

Original link to video:
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/a-z/cold-feet/1/cold-feet-s1a1/

[lomero]

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[ChezBompaLawijt]

Thats normal since most of the international programs are protected with DRM encryption there are 2 .mpd links and you cant download those TVDownloader and http://www.downloadgemist.nl/ downloads these trough the unencrypted m3u8 links so those 2 work goodluck

[sven32]

Thanks for your reply. You are probably right, but my experience is that if a video is drm protected, that drm is stated in the link.
And how do ¨downloadgemist¨ bypass the drm? I don't think they store all these videos on their server.

[Axel Slingerland]

I tested your link in TVDownloader and Youtube-dl-gui and got the same results from both. Here's a line from the error message I got in TVDownloader:

ERROR: Invalid Location.

That essentially translates to "File Not Found". And as a member of PBS I can tell you that they only keep programs online for a short time for non-members (usually no longer than a month after the last time they've shown it on one of their channels), and a slightly longer short time for PBS Passport members, IF they think members want to see it. Otherwise they delete it to save space for current programs.

There are 5 seasons (1-5) of Cold Feet on TubiTV, which for me has been the best for streaming.

[october262]

Thanks for your reply. You are probably right, but my experience is that if a video is drm protected, that drm is stated in the link.
And how do ¨downloadgemist¨ bypass the drm? I don't think they store all these videos on their server.

have you tried the firefox addon called the stream detector ??

[jagabo]

Download the mpd file and you'll see it's PlayReady DRM:


[Attachment 55590 - Click to enlarge]

[hvq]

It's Widevine.

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Desktop\decryptedvideo.mp4
Format                                   : iso6
Codec ID                                 : iso6 (iso6/dash)
File size                                : 705 MiB
Duration                                 : 50 min 3 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 1 969 kb/s

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main@L3.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 2 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc3
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 50 min 3 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 1 967 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 3 000 kb/s
Width                                    : 960 pixels
Height                                   : 540 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS
Minimum frame rate                       : 21.429 FPS
Maximum frame rate                       : 25.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.152
Stream size                              : 704 MiB (100%)
Codec configuration box                  : avcC

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[sven32]

Newbie...Does this mean that there is no way for me to find a working .mpd link to capture it with youtube-dl or other?

[hvq]

Newbie...Does this mean that there is no way for me to find a working .mpd link to capture it with youtube-dl or other?

Indeed. .mpd will be encrypted. The first challenge is to make sure that youtube-dl doesn't skip drm protected .mpd's. The second and also the biggest one is to find the decryption key of the stream.

[sven32]

Thanks again! How do I tell youtube-nl not to skip drm protected manifest files? Cannot find it in the -help file.
I am on Ubuntu terminal.

[ChezBompaLawijt]

sven32 even then you will need the keys and then decrypt those all that work wich i would not understand why you would want that TVDownloader downloads everything from there your link included just use your username and password and it will start downloading or the hard way change the mpd link from https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix.ism/.mpd to https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix_aes.ism/.m3u8 so you add this remix_aes.ism/.m3u8 after the / of the mpd link done and it will download you do this to all the video's with the drm protection mostly the international video's goodluck

[jagabo]

sven32 even then you will need the keys and then decrypt those all that work wich i would not understand why you would want that TVDownloader downloads everything from there your link included just use your username and password and it will start downloading or the hard way change the mpd link from https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix.ism/.mpd to https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix_aes.ism/.m3u8 so you add this remix_aes.ism/.m3u8 after the / of the mpd link done and it will download you do this to all the video's with the drm protection mostly the international video's goodluck

Nice. I was able to download via that m3u8 link from the USA without an account or VPN (with youtube-dl). How did you find the link?

[sven32]

sven32 even then you will need the keys and then decrypt those all that work wich i would not understand why you would want that TVDownloader downloads everything from there your link included just use your username and password and it will start downloading or the hard way change the mpd link from https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix.ism/.mpd to https://remix-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/remix/1b841f8a-ff9c-4ac5-8174-1c16f6369c63/remix_aes.ism/.m3u8 so you add this remix_aes.ism/.m3u8 after the / of the mpd link done and it will download you do this to all the video's with the drm protection mostly the international video's goodluck

Absolutely brilliant! I cannot use TVDownloader as I use Linux Ubuntu. Can you give us a hint how you came to this solution?
You made my day! Thanks!

[blimey]

Can you give us a hint how you came to this solution?

Here's a hint.

[sven32]

Next question....how to download this with youtube-dl.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/a-z/a-touch-of-frost/4/a-touch-of-frost-a4-the-things-we-do-for-love/

[blimey]

Next question....how to download this with youtube-dl.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/a-z/a-touch-of-frost/4/a-touch-of-frost-a4-the-things-we-do-for-love/

Use the method that you suggested earlier:

Thanks again! How do I tell youtube-nl not to skip drm protected manifest files? Cannot find it in the -help file.
I am on Ubuntu terminal.

youtube-dl/drm

[sven32]

This is what I found, and that link does not work so probably needs modification...but how and what to do?
https://ondemand-cf.lwc.vrtcdn.be/content/vod/vid-2ea3c383-d909-4e31-baba-91d3b8e52906-CDN_1/vid-2ea3c383-d909-4e31-baba-91d3b8e52906-CDN_1_drm_7410d8b3-b10d-411e-930e-e3703267af77.ism/dash/vid-2ea3c383-d909-4e31-baba-91d3b8e52906-CDN_1_drm_7410d8b3-b10d-411e-930e-e3703267af77-video=1094609.dash

[Vasya005]

Hello everybody. Can anyone to help me get a link to an mpd that contains inaccessible data when watching a video through a browser. Namely, I need audio tracks in the form "5.1". When watching a video through a browser, only "2.0" audio tracks are available. I know that in the headers to receive such an mpd, the line 'X-Device-Audio-Codecs': 'EC3' must be present.
For example:
1) link to video:
https://hd.kinopoisk.ru/film/40924c9dde2b87c9bf0e2e40877b0568?watch=
2) link to mpd available in browser:

https://strm.yandex.ru/vod/vh-ottenc-converted/vod-content/40924c9dde2b87c9bf0e2e40877b0568/9931460x1662185764x68382411-34e8-4d1d-9ff1-56dfbd660f3c/kaltura/dash_drm_sdr_hd_avc_aac_012a09eb778799aabdc5cd7aed8ae8ff/40924c9dde2b87c9bf0e2e40877b0568/ysign1=5b5a0f6fa6794fc24024548f874780043166a2856ca95582759a6e99938e3e20,abcID=1358,from=ott-kp,pfx,sfx,ts=63a0c70f/manifest.mpd

Obviously, a necessary but not sufficient condition should be the presence of "sdr_hd_avc_ec3" instead of "sdr_hd_avc_aac" in the link. Please tell me if there are ready-made programs or scripts for requesting links to mpd using a known link to video and headers? Or will I have to write my own script? If this is my own script, then please tell me how to compose it correctly. Thank you in advance.

[jack_666]

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