A download issue [discovery+]

[CrymanChen]

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I found this mpd file, and tried to download it because I've already got the keys.

But ytdlp gave an http 403 error.

Any solution? Thanks~


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[CrymanChen]

I also added "--allow-u" to download unplayable formats and "--cookies-from-browser chrome" to extract cookies from chrome in case of authentication needed.

[lomero]

try to add -o video.mp4
and also --referer "http:\\link"

but from mpd i see date Prod_5April2021&exp=.... i think it's expired mpd link

[Axel Slingerland]

I've never done anything like that on Discovery+, I just put addresses of videos in a batch file like so:

@echo off
cd Movies

yt-dlp.exe --cookies c:\yt-dlp\cookies.txt --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/path-to-video-1
yt-dlp.exe --cookies c:\yt-dlp\cookies.txt --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/path-to-video-2
yt-dlp.exe --cookies c:\yt-dlp\cookies.txt --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/path-to-video-3

pause

All I had to do was log in and copy the cookies in advance (I used a Google Chrome addon called "Get Cookies.txt" to accomplish that), run the batch file and it downloads them all, without any fuss. No digging for links, keys or CLI command typing needed. A membership is required. I've been using youtube-dl, youtube-dl-gui and later yt-dlp to download, and Discovery+ is one of the very few sites that no download has ever failed, except when my ISP has been playing yo-yo with my connection. A simple restart of the batch file usually gets it running again.

[CrymanChen]

try to add -o video.mp4
and also --referer "http:\\link"

but from mpd i see date Prod_5April2021&exp=.... i think it's expired mpd link

Thanks. I'll give it another try later~

[CrymanChen]

I've never done anything like that on Discovery+, I just put addresses of videos in a batch file like so:

@echo off
cd Movies

yt-dlp.exe --cookies c:\yt-dlp\cookies.txt --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/path-to-video-1
yt-dlp.exe --cookies c:\yt-dlp\cookies.txt --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/path-to-video-2
yt-dlp.exe --cookies c:\yt-dlp\cookies.txt --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/path-to-video-3

pause

All I had to do was log in and copy the cookies in advance (I used a Google Chrome addon called "Get Cookies.txt" to accomplish that), run the batch file and it downloads them all, without any fuss. No digging for links, keys or CLI command typing needed. A membership is required. I've been using youtube-dl, youtube-dl-gui and later yt-dlp to download, and Discovery+ is one of the very few sites that no download has ever failed, except when my ISP has been playing yo-yo with my connection. A simple restart of the batch file usually gets it running again.

Many thanks to your reply from which I have learned a lot.

[srt4bob]

Discovery+ has made a larger push rolling out their DRM over the past 24 hours..

[Axel Slingerland]

As in what, specifically? It doesn't seem like they would actually replace all of their shows, of which they claimed when they started that they had 55,000 episodes of many different TV shows, and I know they have a lot more than that now.

Edit: I get it... AT&T struck again. WarnerMedia and Discovery+ have merged. Whether it's a good or a bad thing remains to be seen.

[monsterbubble]

use youtube-dl and add --verbose --cookies <insert cookies.txt> <add website link from the video you want>

[CrymanChen]

Folks,
issue solved.
Just use "ytdlp <this website url> --cookies-from-browser <type the browser that you have logged in to paramountplus> -N 6"
Weird that in paramountplus, you donot need to input the mpd url, just the website url is OK.
Picture below.

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[Axel Slingerland]

use youtube-dl and add --verbose --cookies <insert cookies.txt> <add website link from the video you want>

So far, I've never used --verbose. What can I say? What would I do with debugging information?

Weird that in paramountplus, you donot need to input the mpd url, just the website url is OK.

I don't even have a membership there and can download a good bit of stuff. Like most sites I go to, there are some DRM files I can't download, but most of what I've tried has worked. I think that's their way of preventing people from having entire TV series they can release on DVDs somewhere...

[ElCap]

Folks,
issue solved.
Just use "ytdlp <this website url> --cookies-from-browser <type the browser that you have logged in to paramountplus> -N 6"
Weird that in paramountplus, you donot need to input the mpd url, just the website url is OK.

you can use the website url for discovery plus because yt-dlp has an extractor built in for it (along with a lot of others).
you can find the list of extractors and their scripts here

[CrymanChen]

Folks,
issue solved.
Just use "ytdlp <this website url> --cookies-from-browser <type the browser that you have logged in to paramountplus> -N 6"
Weird that in paramountplus, you donot need to input the mpd url, just the website url is OK.

you can use the website url for discovery plus because yt-dlp has an extractor built in for it (along with a lot of others).
you can find the list of extractors and their scripts here

Whoa... It is so nice of you to give me this itp~