downloading a drm protected video

[thitom]

Hello

Can someone help me or send me my video that i want to download from this link:
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/a-z/8eraf/2021/8eraf/
I tried it but it's DRM protected

Thanks in advance!!

[ElCap]

you can use yt-dlp to download it
heres the key to decrypt it

83dd746096d6c77e0f8048b88b876300:5e28b8d4bae753f3a4463f2e88ade27e

theres lots of threads explaining both of those processes

[thitom]

what do you mean with decrypt?

[thitom]

The programme works for youtube videos, but if I download a drm video then the following message appears:
ERROR: This video is DRM protected; Try selecting another format with --format or add --check-formats to automatically fallback to the next best format

[jack_666]

thitom wrote/ask

Can someone ... send me my video

here is the requested video

https://mega.nz/file/c59QgYaJ#O4XQbSpQTMg0ZKNeGMwvrPkAY88aVq9Xg9G-2qx75Po

[thitom]

thitom wrote/ask

Can someone ... send me my video

here is the requested video

https://mega.nz/file/c59QgYaJ#O4XQbSpQTMg0ZKNeGMwvrPkAY88aVq9Xg9G-2qx75Po

How did you do this?

[ElCap]

The programme works for youtube videos, but if I download a drm video then the following message appears:
ERROR: This video is DRM protected; Try selecting another format with --format or add --check-formats to automatically fallback to the next best format

yt-dlp --allow-u "mpd url"

[thitom]

The programme works for youtube videos, but if I download a drm video then the following message appears:
ERROR: This video is DRM protected; Try selecting another format with --format or add --check-formats to automatically fallback to the next best format

yt-dlp --allow-u "mpd url"

Is this in the command line or in a specific application?

[[ss]vegeta]

Is this in the command line or in a specific application?

In the command prompt, run from the same folder where you have yt-dlp.exe

[Katharos]

It appears that yt-dlp broke this feature? I've tried -F and --allow-u, but neither will download a DRM file.

[Obo]

No, works here.

[Katharos]

No, works here.

Did you have to do anything special?

I updated to the latest yt-dlp, and ran this:

yt-dlp -F --allow-u "https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8"

And got this:

ERROR: [ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: This video is DRM protected

[Obo]

If I run this command as you did I get:

yt-dlp -F --allow-u "https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8" 
WARNING: You have asked for UNPLAYABLE formats to be listed/downloaded. This is a developer option intended for debugging. 
         If you experience any issues while using this option, DO NOT open a bug report
[ParamountPlus] Extracting URL: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: Forbidden>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U

And adding -v to confirm that I am running the latest vesion:

yt-dlp -v -F --allow-u "https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8" 
[debug] Command-line config: ['-v', '-F', '--allow-u', 'https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8']
WARNING: You have asked for UNPLAYABLE formats to be listed/downloaded. This is a developer option intended for debugging. 
         If you experience any issues while using this option, DO NOT open a bug report
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.10.07 [377e85a17]
[debug] Lazy loading extractors is disabled
[debug] Python 3.9.6 (CPython arm64 64bit) - macOS-14.0-arm64-arm-64bit (LibreSSL 2.8.3)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.4 (fdk,setts), ffprobe 4.4.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15.2, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-3.39.5, websockets-10.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1886 extractors
[ParamountPlus] Extracting URL: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: Forbidden>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U

Either you are not running the latest version or you are not telling the whole story. Why do I get a 403 and you don't?

[Katharos]

Here's the full output -- the only thing I can guess is that my version of Python is older, or there's some kind of region-lock issue that's serving us different files (I'm in the US).

Do you have a DRM download URL that works for you? I could try that on my end.

>yt-dlp -v
[debug] Command-line config: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.10.07 [377e85a17] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1k 25 Mar 2021)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-09-01-git-c500dc7cca-full_build-www.gyan.dev (setts), ffprobe 2021-09-01-git-c500dc7cca-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.19.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2023.07.22, mutagen-1.47.0, sqlite3-3.35.5, websockets-11.0.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1886 extractors

Usage: yt-dlp [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

yt-dlp: error: You must provide at least one URL.
Type yt-dlp --help to see a list of all options.

>yt-dlp -F --allow-u "https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8"
WARNING: You have asked for UNPLAYABLE formats to be listed/downloaded. This is a developer option intended for debugging.
If you experience any issues while using this option, DO NOT open a bug report
[ParamountPlus] Extracting URL: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading JSON metadata
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading JSON metadata
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading DASH_CENC_PRECON SMIL data
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading JSON metadata
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading DASH_CENC_PRECON SMIL data
[ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: Downloading MPD manifest
ERROR: [ParamountPlus] dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8: This video is DRM protected

[ElCap]

https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8
is that the actual url?

[Katharos]

https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/somenonsense/video/dBZs_V_9zPjxY11M_On6nyiaN5rwQCj8
is that the actual url?

Oddly enough, yes.

CBS and Paramount+ merged a while back, and now the paramountplus.com domain holds all of the CBS content.

So people discovered that if you want CBS content, you have to go to paramountplus.com and add a fake folder to the URL, and the domain will resolve/redirect to the CBS file. It's almost like there's a catch on the domain to redirect to the CBS content if it's not found on Paramount+.

The end result is that you can type anything you want between "shows" and "video", and it'll trick the domain into resolving to the file you want.

[Obo]

It seems to be an extractor specific thing if the allow-unplayable-formats option has an effect or not. Look e.g. at the RAI extractor: before reporting DRM the allow-unplayable-formats option is evaluated. Which is not the case in the paramountplus extractor. That's kind of inconsistent, but I guess a bug report on github would be shut down more or less immediately. In the end it's considered a developer option for debugging purposes.

I guess all you can do is to remove the check at your end.

[Katharos]

Ahhh, gotcha. Just my luck. =) Thanks Obo

[LZAA]

yt-dlp --allow-u -F "https://vod-gcs-cedexis.cbsaavideo.com/intl_vms/2023/09/26/2267236931791/2376041_cenc_precon_dash/stream.mpd"
WARNING: You have asked for UNPLAYABLE formats to be listed/downloaded. This is a developer option intended for debugging.
If you experience any issues while using this option, DO NOT open a bug report
[generic] Extracting URL: https://vod-gcs-cedexis.cbsaavideo.com/intl_vms/2023/09/26/2267236931791/2376041_cenc_...ash/stream.mpd
[generic] stream: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] stream: Extracting information
[info] Available formats for stream:
ID EXT RESOLUTION │ TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────────
thumb_160x90-0 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-1 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-2 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-3 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-4 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-5 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-6 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-0 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-1 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-2 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-3 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-4 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-5 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-6 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
7-0 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7-1 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7-2 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7-3 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7-4 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7-5 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7-6 m4a audio only │ 130k dash │ audio only ec-3 130k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-0 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-1 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-2 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-3 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-4 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-5 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8-6 m4a audio only │ 131k dash │ audio only mp4a.40.2 131k 48k [en-US] DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
2-0 mp4 416x234 │ 140k dash │ avc1.640028 140k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2-1 mp4 416x234 │ 143k dash │ avc1.640028 143k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2-2 mp4 416x234 │ 144k dash │ avc1.640028 144k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2-3 mp4 416x234 │ 145k dash │ avc1.640028 145k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2-4 mp4 416x234 │ 146k dash │ avc1.640028 146k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2-5 mp4 416x234 │ 148k dash │ avc1.640028 148k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2-6 mp4 416x234 │ 149k dash │ avc1.640028 149k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-0 mp4 640x360 │ 461k dash │ avc1.640028 461k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-1 mp4 640x360 │ 463k dash │ avc1.640028 463k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-2 mp4 640x360 │ 471k dash │ avc1.640028 471k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-3 mp4 640x360 │ 476k dash │ avc1.640028 476k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-4 mp4 640x360 │ 476k dash │ avc1.640028 476k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-5 mp4 640x360 │ 481k dash │ avc1.640028 481k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3-6 mp4 640x360 │ 482k dash │ avc1.640028 482k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-0 mp4 768x432 │ 912k dash │ avc1.640028 912k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-1 mp4 768x432 │ 919k dash │ avc1.640028 919k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-2 mp4 768x432 │ 941k dash │ avc1.640028 941k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-3 mp4 768x432 │ 946k dash │ avc1.640028 946k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-4 mp4 768x432 │ 955k dash │ avc1.640028 955k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-5 mp4 768x432 │ 961k dash │ avc1.640028 961k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
5-6 mp4 768x432 │ 967k dash │ avc1.640028 967k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-0 mp4 960x540 │ 1841k dash │ avc1.640028 1841k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-1 mp4 960x540 │ 1845k dash │ avc1.640028 1845k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-2 mp4 960x540 │ 1847k dash │ avc1.640028 1847k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-3 mp4 960x540 │ 1881k dash │ avc1.640028 1881k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-4 mp4 960x540 │ 1887k dash │ avc1.640028 1887k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-5 mp4 960x540 │ 1893k dash │ avc1.640028 1893k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0-6 mp4 960x540 │ 1902k dash │ avc1.640028 1902k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-0 mp4 1024x576 │ 2571k dash │ avc1.640028 2571k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-1 mp4 1024x576 │ 2582k dash │ avc1.640028 2582k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-2 mp4 1024x576 │ 2634k dash │ avc1.640028 2634k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-3 mp4 1024x576 │ 2635k dash │ avc1.640028 2635k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-4 mp4 1024x576 │ 2650k dash │ avc1.640028 2650k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-5 mp4 1024x576 │ 2652k dash │ avc1.640028 2652k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
1-6 mp4 1024x576 │ 2662k dash │ avc1.640028 2662k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-0 mp4 1280x720 │ 3700k dash │ avc1.640028 3700k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-1 mp4 1280x720 │ 3719k dash │ avc1.640028 3719k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-2 mp4 1280x720 │ 3720k dash │ avc1.640028 3720k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-3 mp4 1280x720 │ 3728k dash │ avc1.640028 3728k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-4 mp4 1280x720 │ 3772k dash │ avc1.640028 3772k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-5 mp4 1280x720 │ 3804k dash │ avc1.640028 3804k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
6-6 mp4 1280x720 │ 3807k dash │ avc1.640028 3807k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-0 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5566k dash │ avc1.640028 5566k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-1 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5620k dash │ avc1.640028 5620k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-2 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5632k dash │ avc1.640028 5632k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-3 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5639k dash │ avc1.640028 5639k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-4 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5678k dash │ avc1.640028 5678k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-5 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5722k dash │ avc1.640028 5722k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4-6 mp4 1920x1080 │ 5770k dash │ avc1.640028 5770k video only DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash

[Katharos]

yt-dlp --allow-u -F "https://vod-gcs-cedexis.cbsaavideo.com/intl_vms/2023/09/26/2267236931791/2376041_cenc_precon_dash/stream.mpd"

Hrmmm, when I select one of the video formats, I get this output:

>yt-dlp -F "https://vod-gcs-cedexis.cbsaavideo.com/intl_vms/2023/09/26/2267236931791/2376041_cenc_precon_dash/stream.mpd" -o %(id)s.%(ext)s
[generic] Extracting URL: https://vod-gcs-cedexis.cbsaavideo.com/intl_vms/2023/09/26/2267236931791/2376041_cenc_...ash/stream.mpd
[generic] stream: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] stream: Extracting information
WARNING: This video is drm protected and only images are available for download. use --list-formats to see them
[info] Available formats for stream:
ID EXT RESOLUTION │ PROTO │ VCODEC MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────────
thumb_160x90-0 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-1 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-2 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-3 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-4 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-5 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_160x90-6 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-0 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-1 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-2 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-3 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-4 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-5 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)
thumb_320x180-6 mhtml unknown │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)

[LZAA]

yt-dlp --allow-u -F "https://vod-gcs-cedexis.cbsaavideo.com/intl_vms/2023/09/26/2267236931791/2376041_cenc_precon_dash/stream.mpd"