Steps for Peacock TV?

[thej911]

Hi ,
I'm using a script for peacock based on widevine keys , and it used to work for a long time , but not lately . It stopped and return :

license response status: <Response [400]>
server reports: {"errorCode":"OVP_00114","description":"Unsupported browser/client"}

tried deferent user agents , still no luck . Any idea what could be the issue here ?

regards

It's your CDM. They've recently started blocking emulated CDMs, so you'll need to get one from a real device.

thanks i will look into it .

Regards

[zsm09574]

help me take a look at this issue，thanks

2024-07-25 16:38:14 [I] PCOK : Getting Authorization Tokens
2024-07-25 16:38:14 [I] PCOK : Verifying Authorization Tokens
2024-07-25 16:38:15 [I] PCOK : Retrieving Titles
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] Titles : Title: Those About to Die
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] Titles : Total Episodes: 10
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] Titles : By Season: 1 (10)
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] PCOK : Getting tracks for Those About to Die S01E01 - Rise or Die [/tv/those-about-to-die/7459843956286234112]
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : > All Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 6 Video Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [AAC] | [mp4a] | 2.0 | 131 kb/s | es
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 2 Text Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : > Selected Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 1 Video Track:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 1 Audio Track:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [E-AC3] | [ec-3] | 5.1 | 388 kb/s | en
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 2 Text Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : + PSSH: AAAAOHBzc2gAAAAA7e+LqXnWSs6jyCfc1R0h7QAAABgSEAAWhQ hb8IZRKOTdStY1Vx5I49yVmwY=
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : + KID: 001685085bf0865128e4dd4ad635571e
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : Decrypting...
2024-07-25 16:38:18 [C] PCOK : - HTTP Error 403: Forbidden: b'{"errorCode":"OVP_00306","description":"Securit y failure"}'

[iamghost]

help me take a look at this issue，thanks

2024-07-25 16:38:14 [I] PCOK : Getting Authorization Tokens
2024-07-25 16:38:14 [I] PCOK : Verifying Authorization Tokens
2024-07-25 16:38:15 [I] PCOK : Retrieving Titles
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] Titles : Title: Those About to Die
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] Titles : Total Episodes: 10
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] Titles : By Season: 1 (10)
2024-07-25 16:38:16 [I] PCOK : Getting tracks for Those About to Die S01E01 - Rise or Die [/tv/those-about-to-die/7459843956286234112]
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : > All Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 6 Video Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [AAC] | [mp4a] | 2.0 | 131 kb/s | es
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 2 Text Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : > Selected Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 1 Video Track:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 1 Audio Track:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [E-AC3] | [ec-3] | 5.1 | 388 kb/s | en
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : 2 Text Tracks:
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : + PSSH: AAAAOHBzc2gAAAAA7e+LqXnWSs6jyCfc1R0h7QAAABgSEAAWhQ hb8IZRKOTdStY1Vx5I49yVmwY=
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : + KID: 001685085bf0865128e4dd4ad635571e
2024-07-25 16:38:17 [I] PCOK : Decrypting...
2024-07-25 16:38:18 [C] PCOK : - HTTP Error 403: Forbidden: b'{"errorCode":"OVP_00306","description":"Securit y failure"}'

must be your cdm, try other cdm.
work on my machine

2024-07-25 12:57:03 [I] Titles : Title: Those About to Die
2024-07-25 12:57:03 [I] Titles : Total Episodes: 10
2024-07-25 12:57:03 [I] Titles : By Season: 1 (10)
2024-07-25 12:57:03 [I] PCOK : Getting tracks for Those About to Die S01E01 - Rise or Die [/tv/those-about-to-die/7459843956286234112]
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] PCOK : > All Tracks:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : 6 Video Tracks:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1280x720 @ 4822 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 960x540 @ 2999 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 960x540 @ 1853 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 768x432 @ 865 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 512x288 @ 356 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : 4 Audio Tracks:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [E-AC3] | [ec-3] | 5.1 | 388 kb/s | en
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [AAC] | [mp4a] | 2.0 | 131 kb/s | en
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [AAC] | [mp4a] | 2.0 | 131 kb/s | en-AD | Descriptive
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [AAC] | [mp4a] | 2.0 | 131 kb/s | es
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : 2 Text Tracks:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] PCOK : > Selected Tracks:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : 1 Video Track:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : 1 Audio Track:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ AUD | [E-AC3] | [ec-3] | 5.1 | 388 kb/s | en
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : 2 Text Tracks:
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] Tracks : ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] PCOK : Downloading: ├─ VID | [H.264, SDR] | 1920x1080 @ 7819 kb/s, 23.976 FPS
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] PCOK :  + PSSH: AAAAOHBzc2gAAAAA7e+LqXnWSs6jyCfc1R0h7QAAABgSEAAWhQhb8IZRKOTdStY1Vx5I49yVmwY=
2024-07-25 12:57:04 [I] PCOK :  + KID: 001685085bf0865128e4dd4ad635571e
[DL:30MiB][#439692 5.4MiB/6.5MiB(82%)][#1dcda2 4.3MiB/4.6MiB(92%)][#3d8fb4 4.2MiB/5.7MiB(73%)][#be76d2 3.4MiB/4.8MiB(6
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK :  + Downloaded
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK : Decrypting...
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK :  + Obtained content keys from the LocalDevice CDM
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK :  + 001685085bf0865128e4dd4ad635571e:7533ca9393ca1b0427cca33dc0ad0e79
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK : Caching to Local (LOCAL) vault
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK :  + Cached 1/1 keys
2024-07-25 12:58:52 [I] PCOK :  + KEY: 7533ca9393ca1b0427cca33dc0ad0e79 (From CDM)
[0725/125852:WARNING:avc_decoder_configuration_record.cc(91)] Insufficient bits in bitstream for given AVC profile
3252917139/3252917139
Packaging completed successfully.
2024-07-25 12:59:01 [I] PCOK :  + Decrypted
2024-07-25 12:59:01 [I] PCOK : Downloading: ├─ AUD | [E-AC3] | [ec-3] | 5.1 | 388 kb/s | en
2024-07-25 12:59:01 [I] PCOK :  + PSSH: AAAAOHBzc2gAAAAA7e+LqXnWSs6jyCfc1R0h7QAAABgSEAAWhQhb8IZRKOTdStY1Vx5I49yVmwY=
2024-07-25 12:59:01 [I] PCOK :  + KID: 001685085bf0865128e4dd4ad635571e
[DL:23MiB][#59d67a 16KiB/285KiB(5%)][#a7bb13 0B/289KiB(0%)][#0f4207 0B/285KiB(0%)][#89f1a4 0B/285KiB(0%)][#cf13a5 0B/0
2024-07-25 12:59:09 [I] PCOK :  + Downloaded
2024-07-25 12:59:09 [I] PCOK : Decrypting...
2024-07-25 12:59:09 [I] PCOK :  + KEY: 7533ca9393ca1b0427cca33dc0ad0e79 (From Local LOCAL Key Vault)
161514864/161514864
Packaging completed successfully.
2024-07-25 12:59:10 [I] PCOK :  + Decrypted
2024-07-25 12:59:10 [I] PCOK : Downloading: ├─ SUB | [VTT] | en

Cosmetic changes: 182
Replacements for language 'None': 0
2024-07-25 12:59:11 [I] PCOK :  + Downloaded
2024-07-25 12:59:11 [I] PCOK : Downloading: ├─ SUB | [VTT] | es

[zsm09574]

thank u iamghost ,

i use vt and cdm from peacock%20fixed-yaml.zip，cdm is l3 4464. which cdm u used

[Bumblebeee]

thank u iamghost ,

i use vt and cdm from peacock%20fixed-yaml.zip，cdm is l3 4464. which cdm u used

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/413719-Ready-to-use-CDMs-available-here%21

[iamghost]

thank u iamghost ,

i use vt and cdm from peacock%20fixed-yaml.zip，cdm is l3 4464. which cdm u used

I have try it again with this link, but got error for file name, it will be fine if you rename folder peacock%20fixed-yaml to VT or Vinetrimmer. try again.

[PSXman_uk]

Quick question I assume you need an account and cookies for it to work

[iamghost]

Quick question I assume you need an account and cookies for it to work

yes

[zsm09574]

thank u iamghost ,

i use vt and cdm from peacock%20fixed-yaml.zip，cdm is l3 4464. which cdm u used

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/413719-Ready-to-use-CDMs-available-here%21

thx, its work

[jjcantab]

Does it work for sports replays or just TV / films? If so what's the correct format to use when specifying the title?

[iamghost]

Does it work for sports replays or just TV / films? If so what's the correct format to use when specifying the title?

for vt is only shows and movies.
if you want sport so give me sport link then i will get mpd and key

[ehurdler]

Does it work for sports replays or just TV / films? If so what's the correct format to use when specifying the title?

for vt is only shows and movies.
if you want sport so give me sport link then i will get mpd and key

During the Olympics here, I may ask for many! But since you stated above. Can you provided Key to the Opening Ceremonies?

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/sports/opening-ceremony/a31c73d3-c80d-3bb4-936f-86a895494d5e

<-- This is the NBC version, not the I guess world/BBC version.

I have the mpd, or can get it. If you can provide keys, that would be awesome!

[Bumblebeee]

Does it work for sports replays or just TV / films? If so what's the correct format to use when specifying the title?

for vt is only shows and movies.
if you want sport so give me sport link then i will get mpd and key

During the Olympics here, I may ask for many! But since you stated above. Can you provided Key to the Opening Ceremonies?

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/sports/opening-ceremony/a31c73d3-c80d-3bb4-936f-86a895494d5e

<-- This is the NBC version, not the I guess world/BBC version.

I have the mpd, or can get it. If you can provide keys, that would be awesome!

mpd: https://g002-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/FER/5a5/aec/202407/5a5aec90-afdd-50c1-a5c9-2b4a112089c8/peacock709093-ctr/master.mpd
--key 0022d2a37e47d61dc3d5fe33a272e7cd:09cec08f56c9b80361fa20d3e953fbd0

[ehurdler]

Does it work for sports replays or just TV / films? If so what's the correct format to use when specifying the title?

for vt is only shows and movies.
if you want sport so give me sport link then i will get mpd and key

During the Olympics here, I may ask for many! But since you stated above. Can you provided Key to the Opening Ceremonies?

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/sports/opening-ceremony/a31c73d3-c80d-3bb4-936f-86a895494d5e

<-- This is the NBC version, not the I guess world/BBC version.

I have the mpd, or can get it. If you can provide keys, that would be awesome!

mpd: https://g002-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/FER/5a5/aec/202407/5a5aec90-afdd-50c1-a5c9-2b4a112089c8/peacock709093-ctr/master.mpd
--key 0022d2a37e47d61dc3d5fe33a272e7cd:09cec08f56c9b80361fa20d3e953fbd0

Bumblebeee - Thank you so much for this! Downloading now.

I assume you are using VT with a cdm from a physical device, over one created from Android studio?

I can get VT to work with some shows, but not newer ones. I have not been able to figure out how to get the key alone without a device cdm. So thanks!!

[PSXman_uk]

@ehurdler pm you

[vidyava]

Just to save anyone like me from spending a day banging their head against a wall as to why none of their CDMs seem to work with the above posted VT (or similarly modified devine): make sure your codebase isn't in a directory with weird characters (spaces, commas, parenthesis, etc). It'll print all your configured directories fine, but then complain about "Invalid stream descriptors name/value pairs".

Edit: That said, VT is for some reason only picking up the first ~15 minutes of a broadcast (and downloading and decrypting it fine), but if I use another program (yt-dlp or m3u8DL) to download the full broadcast and then attempt an mp4decrypt with the KID:KEY that VT reports, it doesn't work. Anybody know why that might be?

Edit2: Finally got it working. For whatever reason, yt-dlp will download the last 20 minutes but in a full size file, VT will download the first 15-30 minutes, but N_m3u8DL-RE will get it all (and ffmpeg will correct the issue of it thinking it's twice as long of a video as it actually is after you combine video+audio). I think I must have been mixing the wrong keys between decode attempts earlier.

[ehurdler]

Just to save anyone like me from spending a day banging their head against a wall as to why none of their CDMs seem to work with the above posted VT (or similarly modified devine): make sure your codebase isn't in a directory with weird characters (spaces, commas, parenthesis, etc). It'll print all your configured directories fine, but then complain about "Invalid stream descriptors name/value pairs".

Edit: That said, VT is for some reason only picking up the first ~15 minutes of a broadcast (and downloading and decrypting it fine), but if I use another program (yt-dlp or m3u8DL) to download the full broadcast and then attempt an mp4decrypt with the KID:KEY that VT reports, it doesn't work. Anybody know why that might be?

How did you get VT with peacock to grab keys from live? I havent tried that actually. Still looking to figure out how to get sports and replays.

[vidyava]

How did you get VT with peacock to grab keys from live? I havent tried that actually. Still looking to figure out how to get sports and replays.

I'm not actually grabbing live, just the replays. If you browse the olympics by sport the links will have a watch/assets/sports/... link that VT accepts. It might be using some sort of live stream component under the hood that VT doesn't recognize but yt-dlp does, but unless they're encoding multiple segments differently. Still working on figuring out that part.

[ehurdler]

How did you get VT with peacock to grab keys from live? I havent tried that actually. Still looking to figure out how to get sports and replays.

I'm not actually grabbing live, just the replays. If you browse the olympics by sport the links will have a watch/assets/sports/... link that VT accepts. It might be using some sort of live stream component under the hood that VT doesn't recognize but yt-dlp does, but unless they're encoding multiple segments differently. Still working on figuring out that part.

What did you modify in peacock.py for it to accept the watch/assets/sports/?

I tried the following and maybe a few variations, but have not found one to work yet.

TITLE_RE = [
        r"(?:https?://(?:www\.)?peacocktv\.com/watch/asset/|/?)(?P<id>movies/[a-z0-9/-]+/[a-f0-9-]+)",
        r"(?:https?://(?:www\.)?peacocktv\.com/watch/asset/|/?)(?P<id>tv/[a-z0-9-]+/\d+)",
        r"(?:https?://(?:www\.)?peacocktv\.com/stream-tv/)?(?P<id>[a-z0-9-]+)",
        #r"(?:https?://(?:www\.)?peacocktv\.com/watch/asset/|/?)(?P<id>sports/[\.a-z0-9/-]+/[a-f0-9-]+)", # My add
        #"(?:https?://(?:www\.)?peacocktv\.com/watch/asset/|/?)(?P<id>sports/[a-z0-9/-]+/[a-f0-9-]+/\d+)", # My add
    ]

[vidyava]

What did you modify in peacock.py for it to accept the watch/assets/sports/?

I tried the following and maybe a few variations, but have not found one to work yet.

The VT fork I'm using (linked earlier in this thread) skips the exact regex and is a bit more flexible about it:

def get_titles(self):

        if "/" not in self.title:
            r = self.session.get(self.config["endpoints"]["stream_tv"].format(title_id=self.title))
            self.title = find("/watch/asset(/[^']+)", r.text)
            if not self.title:
                raise self.log.exit(" - Title ID not found or invalid")

        if not self.title.startswith("/"):
            self.title = f"/{self.title}"

        if self.title.startswith("/sports/"):
            self.movie = True

[ehurdler]

What did you modify in peacock.py for it to accept the watch/assets/sports/?

I tried the following and maybe a few variations, but have not found one to work yet.

The VT fork I'm using (linked earlier in this thread) skips the exact regex and is a bit more flexible about it:

def get_titles(self):

        if "/" not in self.title:
            r = self.session.get(self.config["endpoints"]["stream_tv"].format(title_id=self.title))
            self.title = find("/watch/asset(/[^']+)", r.text)
            if not self.title:
                raise self.log.exit(" - Title ID not found or invalid")

        if not self.title.startswith("/"):
            self.title = f"/{self.title}"

        if self.title.startswith("/sports/"):
            self.movie = True

Awesome! Thank you so much. I had used that fork from the zip above, I just didnt edit the last part correct in the peacock.py file. So I can get the first piece of the replay, use the key it spits out and just get the full stream with that key.

[vidyava]

Awesome! Thank you so much. I had used that fork from the zip above, I just didnt edit the last part correct in the peacock.py file. So I can get the first piece of the replay, use the key it spits out and just get the full stream with that key.

And if you want to save a little bit of time/bandwidth, VT has the `--keys` flag which skips downloading and just prints out the keys

[ehurdler]

Awesome! Thank you so much. I had used that fork from the zip above, I just didnt edit the last part correct in the peacock.py file. So I can get the first piece of the replay, use the key it spits out and just get the full stream with that key.

And if you want to save a little bit of time/bandwidth, VT has the `--keys` flag which skips downloading and just prints out the keys

You have AGAIN saved me some time/bandwith! Thank you!! I probably should have known that to start with Thank you none the less!

[Drangly]

Thanks all for the discussion! Watching these Olympic events using rtx hdr, rtx super res, and rife/svp4 is fantastic!

[Chancho]

FYI, v6.1.8.3 of StreamFab finally gets Peacock working again.

I understand why people would want to try this software, but it's *** horrible to use. In the time it took to que up, analyze, download, and process one episode on Peacock, I could download an entire season using Devine.

At the very least, I hope people are using the cracked version and not paying the ridiculous price for it.

Its because those services on streamfab arent available on devine. Until people start sharing them, that crappy streamfab software will continue to be used.

Peacock does work with the latest version.

Or until people learn how to do things for themselves. You can't expect people to just give you everything.

Like I said, I understand why people use Streamfab. Most people aren't interested enough to learn programming. But you make it sound like users have no other option because people aren't willing to share their scripts, when the actual reason is that they're not willing to do any work. Any service is available for Devine if you want it to be.

hey man, I've been reading a lot on the video streaming downloading forums but I'm having a bit of an issue filtering all the information. It seems like i am starting at points where previous knowledge is required. if you had to start the learning process again where would you begin as a complete Noobie?

[stabbedbybrick]

hey man, I've been reading a lot on the video streaming downloading forums but I'm having a bit of an issue filtering all the information. It seems like i am starting at points where previous knowledge is required. if you had to start the learning process again where would you begin as a complete Noobie?

If you're a complete beginner, I'd recommend watching/reading an introduction to Python to get the basic terminology and syntax down and then start getting your hands dirty right away. I personally don't learn a whole lot from watching videos, so I started out by picking apart existing code/scripts to see how it worked. Python is very readable when well written, so one tip is to go on github and look through established projects and see how they solve and structure things. Whenever I didn't understand something, I'd look up that particular part. This makes things a lot more focused and interesting than following some course where they want you to program tic-tac-toe or whatever. And with how far AI has come, you can ask it to explain code as you go. Once things started clicking, I'd try to write my own code using existing codebases as guides.

For the DRM side of things, this forum is probably the best public source for it. You even have CDMs ready to go and plenty of scripts to study. The quality of the information varies a lot, and some things are kept under wraps because it's so public, but searching, reading, and experimenting a lot is the only way. And once you have some basic programming knowledge under your belt, things will become a lot clearer. Because it's all just code.

For Devine specifically (and most larger Python projects), it uses a programming concept called Object Oriented Programming (OOP). So that might be something worth paying extra attention to. I remember that being the first big hurdle for my brain to wrap itself around when starting out.

[Drangly]

hey man, I've been reading a lot on the video streaming downloading forums but I'm having a bit of an issue filtering all the information. It seems like i am starting at points where previous knowledge is required. if you had to start the learning process again where would you begin as a complete Noobie?

Using Claude AI (3.5 specifically in this case) has been tremendous for me understanding python and deciphering what would otherwise be gibberesh for a relative newbie like myself. Plenty of trial and error still, but Python and other related processes involved are much more clear to me. Claude can be finnicky when its trying to stay out of legal trouble, but being specific in what you are trying to understand instead of what you want Claude to do for you is better approach for something like this.